- Current composition
- Seating arrangement
- Role
- Committees
- Speakers Roll of Honour
- Election pendulum
- See also
- References
- External links
{{Short description|Legislative branch of the Penang state government}}{{Infobox legislature | background_color = skyblue | name = Penang State Legislative Assembly | native_name = {{lang-ms|Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang}} 槟城州议会 பினாங்கு மாநில சட்ட மன்றம் | coa_pic = | session_room = Dewan Undangan Negeri Penang Dec 2006 003.jpg | session_res = 250px | legislature = 14th Penang State Legislative Assembly | house_type = Unicameral | houses = | foundation = {{start date|1959|7|11|df=yes}} | preceded_by = | leader1_type = Governor | leader1 = Abdul Rahman Abbas | party1 = | election1 = {{start date|2001|5|1|df=yes}} | leader2_type = Speaker | leader2 = Law Choo Kiang[1] | party2 =PH–PKR | election2 = {{start date|2013|6|28|df=yes}} | leader3_type = Deputy Speaker | leader3 = Amar Pritpal Abdullah[2] | party3 = PH–PKR | election3 = {{start date|2018|8|2|df=yes}} | leader4_type = Chief Minister | leader4 = Chow Kon Yeow | party4 = PH–DAP | election4 = {{start date|2018|5|14|df=yes}} | leader5_type = Opposition Leader | leader5 = Muhamad Yusoff Mohd Noor[2] | party5 = BN–UMNO | election5 = {{start date|2018|8|2|df=yes}} | leader6_type = Secretary | leader6 = Mohd Farulizam Che Meh | election6 = | members = 40 Quorum: 13 Simple majority: 21 Two-thirds majority: 27 | structure1 = DUN Penang 20180517.svg | structure1_res= 250px | political_groups1 = ({{as of|2018|05|10}}) Government: {{Color box|{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} Pakatan Harapan (37)
- {{Color box|{{Democratic Action Party/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} DAP (19)
- {{Color box|{{People's Justice Party (Malaysia)/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} PKR (14)
- {{Color box|{{National Trust Party (Malaysia)/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} AMANAH (2)
- {{Color box|{{Malaysian United Indigenous Party/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} BERSATU (2)
Opposition: {{Color box|{{Barisan Nasional/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} Barisan Nasional (2)
- {{Color box|{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} UMNO (2)
{{Color box|{{Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} PAS (1) | committees1 = {{Collapsible list |title = 5 |Public Accounts Committee|Rights and Privileges Committee|Assembly Committee|Rules of Proceedings Committee|Constitutional Committee}} | voting_system1 = Plurality: First-past-the-post (40 single-member constituencies) | last_election1 = 9 May 2018 | next_election1 = 2023 | meeting_place = Penang State Assembly Building, Light Street, George Town, Penang | website = {{URL|http://dun.penang.gov.my/}} }}The Penang State Legislative Assembly ({{lang-ms|Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang}}) is the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 40 elected lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout Penang. The state legislature, whose members are called State Assemblymen, convenes at the Penang State Assembly Building in Penang's capital city of George Town. The Penang State Executive Council, the executive branch of the Penang state government, is drawn from among the State Assemblymen. Out of the 40 seats, 37 are held by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) ruling coalition after the 2018 State Election. Within the coalition, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) holds 19 seats, the People's Justice Party (PKR) 14, the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM) two and the National Trust Party (Amanah) two. The PH coalition thus commands a supermajority in the legislature. Meanwhile, the opposition is formed by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), which controls two seats, and the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), which occupies a single seat. Current composition{{for|a complete list of State Assemblymen|Constituencies of Penang|Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2018-)#Penang}}Composition of the Penang State Legislative Assembly37 | 2 | 1 | PH | BN | GS | {{DUNPenang}}Seating arrangementThe seating arrangement of the Penang State Legislative Assembly is as follows.[3] {{Font color|white|N2 Bertam|link=Bertam (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N40 Telok Bahang|link=Telok Bahang (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N25 Pulau Tikus|link=Pulau Tikus (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N32 Seri Delima|link=Seri Delima (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N17 Bukit Tengah|link=Bukit Tengah (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N24 Kebun Bunga|link=Kebun Bunga (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N11 Permatang Pasir|link=Permatang Pasir (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N38 Bayan Lepas|link=Bayan Lepas (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N30 Sungai Pinang|link=Sungai Pinang (Penang state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N28 Komtar|link=Komtar (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N36 Pantai Jerejak|link=Pantai Jerejak (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N23 Air Putih|link=Air Putih (Penang state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N35 Batu Uban|link=Batu Uban (state constituency)}} | | Vacant | {{Font color|white|N6 Telok Ayer Tawar|link=Telok Ayer Tawar (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N20 Sungai Bakap|link=Sungai Bakap (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N33 Air Itam|link=Air Itam (Penang state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N12 Penanti|link=Penanti (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N7 Sungai Puyu|link=Sungai Puyu (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N8 Bagan Jermal|link=Bagan Jermal (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N19 Jawi|link=Jawi (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N14 Machang Bubuk|link=Machang Bubuk (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N29 Datok Keramat|link=Datok Keramat (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N34 Paya Terubong|link=Paya Terubong (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N39 Pulau Betong|link=Pulau Betong (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N31 Batu Lancang|link=Batu Lancang (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N15 Padang Lalang|link=Padang Lalang (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N37 Batu Maung|link=Batu Maung (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N18 Bukit Tambun|link=Bukit Tambun (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N9 Bagan Dalam|link=Bagan Dalam (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N16 Perai|link=Perai (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N22 Tanjong Bunga|link=Tanjong Bunga (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N27 Pengkalan Kota|link=Pengkalan Kota (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N1 Penaga|link=Penaga (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N3 Pinang Tunggal|link=Pinang Tunggal (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N10 Seberang Jaya|link=Seberang Jaya (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N13 Berapit|link=Berapit (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N4 Permatang Berangan|link=Permatang Berangan (state constituency)}} | State Legal Advisor | State Financial Officer | {{Font color|white|N21 Sungai Acheh|link=Sungai Acheh (state constituency)}} | {{Font color|white|N5 Sungai Dua (Opposition Leader)|link=Sungai Dua (state constituency)}} | Deputy State Legislative Assembly Secretary | State Legislative Assembly Secretary | {{Font color|white|N26 Padang Kota (Chief Minister)|link=Padang Kota (state constituency)}} | State Secretary | |
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RoleThe Penang State Legislative Assembly's main function is to enact legislation and policies relating to the State List and Joint List as defined in the Federal Constitution. Its members also provide oversight on the state's executive branch of government, ensuring the state departments and agencies enforce the aforementioned legislation.[4] Debates in the Assembly are presided over by the Speaker. The leader of the party or coalition with a majority in the Assembly is appointed as the Chief Minister by the Governor of Penang. The Chief Minister heads the state's executive, known as the State Executive Council, whose members are also drawn from the Assembly. CommitteesThe State Assembly also consists of committees to handle administrative matters. The committees include:[5] - Public Accounts Committee
- Committee on Privileges
- House Committee
- Standing Orders Committee
- Constitution Committee
Speakers Roll of HonourThe following is the Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly Roll of Honour, since 1959:[6] No. | Speaker | Term start | Term end |
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1 | Sulaiman Ahmad | 6 January 1959 | 1 April 1964 | 25 April 1964 | 19 March 1969 | 2 | Harun Sirat | 10 May 1969 | 31 July 1974 | 24 August 1974 | 16 June 1978 | 3 | Hassan Md. Noh | 8 July 1978 | 29 March 1982 | 4 | Teh Ewe Lim | 22 April 1982 | 19 July 1986 | 5 | Ooi Ean Kwong | 3 August 1986 | 5 October 1990 | 6 | Abdul Rahman Abbas | 21 October 1990 | 4 April 1995 | 7 | Yahaya Abdul Hamid | 25 April 1995 | 10 November 1999 | 29 November 1999 | 2 March 2004 | 21 March 2004 | 12 February 2008 | 8 | Abdul Halim Hussain | 8 March 2008 | 27 June 2013 | 9 | Law Choo Kiang | 28 June 2013 | Incumbent |
Election pendulumThe 14th General Election witnessed 37 governmental seats and 3 non-governmental seats filled the Penang State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 25 safe seats and 2 fairly safe seats. However, none of the non-government side has safe and fairly safe seat.{{cot|2018 Penang state election}} GOVERNMENT SEATS | Marginal | Pinang Tunggal | Ahmad Zakiyuddin Abd. Rahman | PKR | 38.76 | Bertam | Khaliq Mehtab Mohd. Ishaq | BERSATU | 41.20 | Sungai Acheh | Zulkifli Ibrahim | PKR | 44.19 | Telok Ayer Tawar | Mustafa Kamal Ahmad | PKR | 44.40 | Penanti | Dr. Norlela Ariffin | PKR | 44.95 | Permatang Pasir | Muhammad Faiz Mohamed Fadzil | AMANAH | 45.33 | Sungai Bakap | Amar Pritpal Abdullah | PKR | 45.56 | Telok Bahang | Zolkifly Md. Lazim | BERSATU | 45.65 | Pulau Betong | Mohd. Tuah Ismail | PKR | 49.63 | Seberang Jaya | Dr. Afif Bahardin | PKR | 53.12 | Fairly safe | Bayan Lepas | Azrul Mahathir Aziz | AMANAH | 56.17 | Batu Maung | Abdul Halim Hussain | PKR | 58.72 | Safe | Bukit Tengah | Gooi Hsiao-Leung | PKR | 66.16 | Sungai Pinang | Lim Siew Khim | DAP | 68.79 | Machang Bubok | Lee Khai Loon | PKR | 68.98 | Bagan Dalam | Satees Muniandy | DAP | 72.54 | Pantai Jerejak | Saifuddin Nasution Ismail | PKR | 73.45 | Datok Keramat | Jagdeep Singh Deo | DAP | 75.25 | Tanjong Bunga | Zairil Khir Johari | DAP | 76.37 | Jawi | H’ng Mooi Lye | DAP | 78.58 | Air Itam | Joseph Ng Soon Seong | DAP | 79.76 | Batu Uban | Kumaresan Aramugam | PKR | 80.43 | Bukit Tambun | Goh Choon Aik | PKR | 81.54 | Pulau Tikus | Chris Lee Chun Kit | DAP | 82.32 | Perai | Prof. Dr. Ramasamy Palanisamy | DAP | 82.46 | Seri Delima | Syerleena Abdul Rashid | DAP | 82.54 | Komtar | Teh Lai Heng | DAP | 84.64 | Bagan Jermal | Soon Lip Chee | DAP | 85.37 | Air Putih | Lim Guan Eng | DAP | 85.61 | Padang Kota | Chow Kon Yeow | DAP | 85.76 | Kebun Bunga | Jason Ong Khan Lee | PKR | 86.27 | Paya Terubong | Yeoh Soon Hin | DAP | 88.59 | Padang Lalang | Chong Eng | DAP | 88.66 | Pengkalan Kota | Gooi Zi Sen | DAP | 88.87 | Batu Lancang | Ong Ah Teong | DAP | 89.01 | Sungai Puyu | Phee Boon Poh | DAP | 90.17 | Berapit | Heng Lee Lee | DAP | 92.06 |
NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS | Marginal | Permatang Berangan | Nor Hafizah Othman | UMNO | 37.87 | Sungai Dua | Muhammad Yusoff Mohd. Noor | UMNO | 41.07 | Penaga | Mohd. Yusni Mat Piah | PAS | 53.55 | {{clear}}{{cob}}See also- Penang State Assembly Building
- Penang state government
- Constituencies of Penang
- Constitution of Penang
References1. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/08/02/guan-eng-saifuddin-to-make-history-in-penang-assembly/|title=Guan Eng, Saifuddin to make history in Penang assembly|last=Nambiar|first=Predeep|date=2 August 2018|work=Free Malaysia Today|access-date=2 August 2018}} 2. ^1 {{Cite news|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2018/08/397114/lawan-tetap-lawan-kawan-tetap-kawan-dewan-tetap-dewan|title='Lawan tetap lawan, kawan tetap kawan, dewan tetap dewan'|last=Dermawan|first=Audrey|date=2 August 2018|work=New Straits Times|access-date=2 August 2018}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://dun.penang.gov.my/images/SUSUNAN%20TEMPAT%20DUDUK%20ADUN%202018_1.pdf|title=Persidangan Dewan Undangan Negeri Keempat Belas|last=|first=|date=2018|website=Penang State Legislative Assembly|access-date=9 August 2018}} 4. ^Role and Membership of the State Assembly Penang State Assembly Portal 5. ^List of State Assembly Committees Penang State Assembly Portal 6. ^Senarai Yang di-Pertua Dewan Undangan Negeri
External links - Penang State Assembly Portal
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