State legislative assemblies of Malaysia

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A state legislative assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri, DUN; also known simply as state assembly) is the legislative branch of the state governments of 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. After the March 2008 general election, the Barisan Nasional coalition were the majority party in eight states, while the opposition won five states. In February 2009, BN regained Perak after 3 Pakatan Rakyat assembly members defected.

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, and before 2004, Sabah.

List of State Legislative Assemblies in Malaysia

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 (incl. Season) Seats (2016) Population (2010) Population/seat Majority party Speaker
Johor (13th) 56 3,348,283 59,791      BN Mohamad Aziz
Kedah (13th) 36 1,947,651 54,101      BN Md. Rozai Safian
Kelantan (13th) 45 1,539,601 34,213      PAS Abdullah Ya'kub
Malacca (13th) 28 821,110 29,325      BN Othman Muhamad
Pahang (13th) 42 1,500,817 35,734      BN Ishak Muhammad
Perak (13th) 59 2,352,743 39,877      BN S. Thangeswary
Perlis (13th) 15 231,541 15,436      BN Hamdan Bahari
Penang (13th) 40 1,561,383 39,035      PH Law Choo Kiang
Selangor (13th) 56 5,462,141 97,538      PH Hannah Yeoh
Negeri Sembilan (13th) 36 1,021,064 28,363      BN Dr. Awaluddin Said
Terengganu (13th) 32 1,035,977 32,374      BN Mohd. Zubir Embong
Sarawak (19th) 82 2,471,140 30,136      BN Syed Abas Syed Ali
Sabah (14th) 60 3,206,742 53,446      BN Mohd. Asfia Awang Nassar

List of State Assembly Representatives in Malaysia

Current composition

Current composition as of 27 June 2016
State legislative
assemblies
# of
seats
Simple
majority
BN
seats
DAP
seats
PKR
seats
Amanah
seats
PAS
seats
STAR
seats
UPP
seats
Ind
seats
Perlis Perlis 15 8 13
UMNO (12)
MCA (1)
0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Kedah Kedah 36 19 20
UMNO (18)
MCA (2)
2 4 1 8 0 0 1
Kelantan Kelantan 45 23 12
UMNO (12)
0 1 0 31 0 0 1
Terengganu Terengganu 32 17 17
UMNO (17)
0 1 0 14 0 0 0
Penang Penang 40 21 10
UMNO (10)
19 10 0 1 0 0 0
Perak Perak 59 30 31
UMNO (30)
MCA (1)
18 5 1 4 0 0 0
Pahang Pahang 42 22 30
UMNO (28)
MCA (2)
7 2 1 2 0 0 0
Selangor Selangor 56 29 12
UMNO (12)
14 13 2 13 0 0 2
Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan 36 19 22
UMNO (21)
MIC (1)
11 3 0 0 0 0 0
Malacca Malacca 28 15 21
UMNO (17)
MCA (3)
MIC (1)
5 0 0 1 0 0 1
Johor Johor 56 29 37
UMNO (31)
MIC (3)
MCA (2)
Gerakan (1)
13 1 1 3 0 0 1
Sabah Sabah 60 31 48
UMNO (30)
PBS (7)
UPKO (4)
LDP (3)
Gerakan (2)
MCA (1)
PBRS (1)
3 5 0 0 1 0 3
Sarawak Sarawak 82 42 67
PBB (39)
PRS (11)
Others (1)
SUPP (7)
SPDP (4)
7 3 0 0 0 5 0
Total 587 347 99 49 6 78 1 5 9

References

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