State legislative assemblies of Malaysia

Subnational legislatures of Malaysia

A state legislative assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri, DUN; also known simply as state assembly) is the legislative branch of the state governments in each of the 13 Malaysian states. Members of a state legislative assembly comprises elected representatives from single-member constituencies during state elections through the first-past-the-post system.

The assemblies have powers to enact state laws as provided for by the Constitution of Malaysia. The majority party in each assembly forms the state government, and the leader of the majority party becomes Menteri Besar (for states with hereditary rulers) or Chief Minister (for states without hereditary rulers) of the state.

The state legislative assemblies are unicameral, unlike the bicameral Parliament of Malaysia. The hereditary rulers or Yang di-Pertua Negeri (governors) are vested with powers to dissolve their respective state legislative assemblies on the advice of the menteri besar or chief minister. Once dissolved, elections must be carried out within an interim period of sixty (60) days. Usually, state elections are held simultaneously with the federal parliamentary elections, with the exception of Sarawak, Sabah, Melaka and
Johor.

List of state legislative assemblies in Malaysia[edit]

The list excludes Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan as Federal Territories do not have state legislative assemblies and are governed directly by the federal government under the Ministry of Federal Territories together with local authorities, namely the Kuala Lumpur City Hall, Putrajaya Corporation and Labuan Corporation respectively.

State (and Assembly)	Seats (2018)	Population (2020)	Population/seat	Governing party / coalition		Government Leader	Speaker		Opposition party / coalition		Opposition Leader
Johor (15th)	56	4,009,670	71,601		BN	Onn Hafiz Ghazi		Mohd Puad Zarkashi[1]		PH	Andrew Chen Kah Eng
Kedah (14th)	36	2,131,427	59,206		PN	Muhammad Sanusi Md. Nor		Juhari Bulat[2]		PH	Zamri Yusuf
Kelantan (14th)	45	1,792,501	39,833		PN	Ahmad Yakob		Abdullah Ya’kub[3]		BN	Md. Alwi Che Ahmad
Malacca (15th)	28	998,428	35,658		BN+PH	Abdul Rauf Yusoh		Ibrahim Durum		PN	Mohd Yadzil Yaakub
Negeri Sembilan (14th)	36	1,199,974	33,333		PH	Aminuddin Harun		Zulkefly Mohamad Omar[4]		BN
Pahang (15th)	42	1,591,295	37,888		BN+PH	Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail		Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin		PN	Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man
Penang (14th)	40	1,740,405	43,510		PH	Chow Kon Yeow		Law Choo Kiang[5]		PN	Mohd Yusni Mat Piah
Perak (15th)	59	2,496,041	42,306		BN+PH	Saarani Mohammad		Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid		PN	Razman Zakaria
Perlis (15th)	15	284,885	18,992		PN	Mohd Shukri Ramli		Rus’sele Eizan		PH	Gan Ay Ling
Sabah (16th)	73	3,418,785	46,833		GRS	Hajiji Noor		Kadzim M. Yahya		WARISAN	Shafie Apdal
Sarawak (19th)	82	2,453,677	29,923		GPS	Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg		Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar		PSB	Wong Soon Koh
Selangor (14th)	56	6,994,423	124,900		PH+BN	Amirudin Shari		Ng Suee Lim[6]		PN
Terengganu (14th)	32	1,149,440	35,920		PN	Dr. Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar		Yahaya Ali[7]		BN	Ahmad Said

Lists of State Assembly Representatives in Malaysia[edit]

State Assembly constituencies (marked in blue border) in peninsular Malaysia for 2018-23 session.

See also[edit]

State legislative assembly constituencies in Sabah and Sarawak, by party affiliation.

References[edit]