Johor State Legislative Assembly

Johor State Legislative Assembly

*Dewan Negeri Johor*
ديوان اوندڠن نڬري جوهر
Johor State Legislative Assembly ; Dewan Negeri Johor; ديوان اوندڠن نڬري جوهر;
14th Johor State Assembly
	Insignia of Johor State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1959
Leadership
Sultan	Sultan Ibrahim Al-Marhum Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj ; since 23 January 2010
Speaker	Suhaizan Kayat, PH-AMANAH ; since 28 June 2018
Deputy Speaker	Gan Peck Cheng, PH-DAP ; since 28 June 2018
First Minister	Hasni Mohammad, BN-UMNO ; since 28 February 2020
Opposition Leader	Aminolhuda Hassan, PH-AMANAH ; since 31 March 2020
Secretary	Shubanah Yusuf
Structure
Seats	56; Quorum: 19; Simple majority: 29; Two-thirds majority: 37
Political groups	(As of 27 February 2021); Government (16); BN (16) UMNO (14); MIC (2); Confidence and supply (40); PH (27); DAP (14); PKR (7); AMANAH (6); PN (13) BERSATU (12); PAS (1); Speaker (1); non-MLA
Committees	show 4
Elections
Voting system	Plurality: First-past-the-post (56 single-member constituencies)
Last election	9 May 2018
Next election	28 August 2023 or earlier
Meeting place
	Sultan Ismail Building, Kota Iskandar, Iskandar Puteri, Johor
	Sultan Ibrahim Building, Johor Bahru, Johor
Website
	www.johor.gov.my

Constituencies of the Johor State Legislative Assembly

The Johor State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Negeri Johor) is the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Johor. It is composed of 56 members who are elected from single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart, along with elections to the federal parliament and other state assemblies (except Sarawak).

The State Assembly convenes at Sultan Ismail Building in Kota Iskandar, Iskandar Puteri.

Current composition[]

BN		PN		PH
16		13		27
14	2	12	1	14	7	6
UMNO	MIC	BERSATU	PAS	DAP	PKR	AMANAH

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)	Post
-	-	-	Non-MLA	Suhaizan Kayat	PH (AMANAH)	Speaker
P140	Segamat	N1	Buloh Kasap	Zahari Sarip	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P140	Segamat	N2	Jementah	Tan Chen Choon	PH (DAP)	N/A
P141	Sekijang	N3	Pemanis	Chong Fat Full	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO Member
P141	Sekijang	N4	Kemelah	Sulaiman Mohd Nor	PH (AMANAH)	N/A
P142	Labis	N5	Tenang	Mohd Solihan Badri	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO Member
P142	Labis	N6	Bekok	Ramakrishnan Suppiah	PH (DAP)	N/A
P143	Pagoh	N7	Bukit Kepong	Sahruddin Jamal	PN (BERSATU)	President of Lembaga Perindustrian Nanas Malaysia
P143	Pagoh	N8	Bukit Pasir	Najib Lep	PN (PAS)	N/A
P144	Ledang	N9	Gambir	Muhyiddin Yassin	PN (BERSATU)	MP of Pagoh
		N10	Tangkak	Ee Chin Li	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N11	Serom	Faizul Amri Adnan^[2]	PH (PKR)
P145	Bakri	N12	Bentayan	Ng Yak Howe	PH (DAP)
		N13	Simpang Jeram	Salahuddin Ayub	PH (AMANAH)	MP of Pulai
		N14	Bukit Naning	Md Ysahruddin Kusni	PH (PKR)	N/A
P146	Muar	N15	Maharani	Nor Hayati Bachok	PH (AMANAH)	N/A
P146	Muar	N16	Sungai Balang	Zaiton Ismail	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P147	Parit Sulong	N17	Semerah	Mohd Khuzzan Abu Bakar	PH (PKR)	N/A
P147	Parit Sulong	N18	Sri Medan	Zulkurnain Kamisan	BN (UMNO)
P148	Ayer Hitam	N19	Yong Peng	Chew Peck Choo	PH (DAP)
P148	Ayer Hitam	N20	Semarang	Samsol Bari Jamali	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P149	Sri Gading	N21	Parit Yaani	Aminolhuda Hassan	PH (AMANAH)	Opposition Leader
P149	Sri Gading	N22	Parit Raja	Nor Rashidah Ramli	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P150	Batu Pahat	N23	Penggaram	Gan Peck Cheng	PH (DAP)	Deputy Speaker
		N24	Senggarang	Khairuddin A. Rahim^[2]	PH (PKR)	N/A
		N25	Rengit	Ayub Jamil	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P151	Simpang Renggam	N26	Machap	Abd. Taib Abu Bakar	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P151	Simpang Renggam	N27	Layang-Layang	Onn Hafiz Ghazi	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P152	Kluang	N28	Mengkibol	Chew Chong Sin	PH (DAP)	N/A
P152	Kluang	N29	Mahkota	Muhamad Said Jonit^[2]	PH (PKR)
P153	Sembrong	N30	Paloh	Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali	PH (DAP)
P153	Sembrong	N31	Kahang	Vidyananthan Ramanadhan	BN (MIC)	EXCO Member
P154	Mersing	N32	Endau	Alwiyah Talib^{[N 1]}^[3]	PN (BERSATU)	N/A
P154	Mersing	N33	Tenggaroh	Raven Kumar Krishnasamy	BN (MIC)
P155	Tenggara	N34	Panti	Hahasrin Hashim	BN (UMNO)
P155	Tenggara	N35	Pasir Raja	Rashidah Ismail	BN (UMNO)
P156	Kota Tinggi	N36	Sedili	Rasman Ithnain^{[N 2]}^[3]	PN (BERSATU)
P156	Kota Tinggi	N37	Johor Lama	Rosleli Jahari^{[N 3]}^[3]	PN (BERSATU)
P157	Pengerang	N38	Penawar	Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain	BN (UMNO)
P157	Pengerang	N39	Tanjung Surat	Syed Sis A Rahman	BN (UMNO)
P158	Tebrau	N40	Tiram	Gopalakrishnan Subramaniam	PH (PKR)
P158	Tebrau	N41	Puteri Wangsa	Mazlan Bujang	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO Member
P159	Pasir Gudang	N42	Johor Jaya	Liow Cai Tung	PH (DAP)	N/A
P159	Pasir Gudang	N43	Permas	Che Zakaria Mohd. Salleh	PN (BERSATU)	N/A
P160	Johor Bahru	N44	Larkin	Mohammad Izhar Ahmad	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO Member
P160	Johor Bahru	N45	Stulang	Chen Kah Eng	PH (DAP)	N/A
P161	Pulai	N46	Perling	Cheo Yee How	PH (DAP)
P161	Pulai	N47	Kempas	Osman Sapian	PN (BERSATU)
P162	Iskandar Puteri	N48	Skudai	Tan Hong Pin	PH (DAP)
P162	Iskandar Puteri	N49	Kota Iskandar	Dzulkefly Ahmad	PH (AMANAH)
P163	Kulai	N50	Bukit Permai	Tosrin Jarvanthi	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO Member
		N51	Bukit Batu	Jimmy Puah Wee Tse	PH (PKR)	N/A
		N52	Senai	Tee Boon Tsong	PH (DAP)	N/A
P164	Pontian	N53	Benut	Hasni Mohammad	BN (UMNO)	Menteri Besar
P164	Pontian	N54	Pulai Sebatang	Muhammad Taqiuddin Che'man	PH (AMANAH)	N/A
P165	Tanjong Piai	N55	Pekan Nanas	Yeo Tung Siong	PH (DAP)
P165	Tanjong Piai	N56	Kukup	Md Othman Yusof	BN (UMNO)

Seating arrangement[]

Sultan Ibrahim Building, Johor Bahru (only for opening ceremony of new term assembly)[]

			Vacant	N54 Pulai Sebatang	N29 Mahkota	N15 Maharani	N24 Senggarang	Vacant
			N12 Bentayan	N46 Perling	N10 Tangkak	N55 Pekan Nanas	N11 Serom	N04 Kemelah
N40 Tiram	N52 Senai		N45 Stulang	N19 Yong Peng	N38 Penawar	N01 Buloh Kasap	N32 Endau	N37 Johor Lama		N22 Parit Raja	N56 Kukup
N14 Bukit Naning	N28 Mengkibol		N33 Tenggaroh	N39 Tanjung Surat	N26 Machap		N43 Permas	N36 Sedili		N35 Pasir Raja	N34 Panti
			N08 Bukit Pasir	N18 Sri Medan	N09 Gambir		N47 Kempas	N07 Bukit Kepong
			B
	N23 Penggaram	C							A	N03 Pemanis (EXCO Member)
	N48 Skudai
	N49 Kota Iskandar									N16 Sungai Balang (EXCO Member)
	N02 Jementah									N44 Larkin (EXCO Member)
	N30 Paloh									N05 Tenang (EXCO Member)
	N06 Bekok									N50 Bukit Permai (EXCO Member)
	N17 Semerah									N20 Semarang (EXCO Member)
	N51 Bukit Batu									N31 Kahang (EXCO Member)
	N42 Johor Jaya									N25 Rengit (EXCO Member)
	N13 Simpang Jeram									N41 Puteri Wangsa (EXCO Member)
	N21 Parit Yaani (Opposition Leader)									N53 Benut (Menteri Besar)
					Secretary
		Sergeant-at-Arm			Speaker			State Secretary	State Legal Advisor	State Financial Officer
					Sultan

Sultan Ismail Building, Kota Iskandar (official meeting hall)[]

Vacant

B

Vacant

C

A

Vacant

N03 Pemanis (EXCO Member)

Vacant

N24 Senggarang

N40 Tiram

N49 Kota
Iskandar

N16 Sungai Balang (EXCO Member)

N01 Buloh
Kasap

N32 Endau

N54 Pulai
Sebatang

N14 Bukit
Naning

N02 Jementah

N44 Larkin (EXCO Member)

N33 Tenggaroh

N37 Johor
Lama

N15 Maharani

N46 Perling

N30 Paloh

N05 Tenang (EXCO Member)

N39 Tanjung
Surat

N36 Sedili

N29 Mahkota

N55 Pekan
Nanas

N06 Bekok

N50 Bukit Permai (EXCO Member)

N26 Machap

N43 Permas

N04 Kemelah

N10 Tangkak

N17 Semerah

N20 Semarang (EXCO Member)

N08 Bukit
Pasir

N56 Kukup

N11 Serom

N45 Stulang

N51 Bukit Batu

N31 Kahang (EXCO Member)

N18 Sri
Medan

N34 Panti

N52 Senai

N19 Yong
Peng

N42 Johor
Jaya

N25 Rengit (EXCO Member)

N07 Bukit
Kepong

N22 Parit
Raja

N28 Mengkibol

N23 Penggaram (Deputy Speaker)

N13 Simpang
Jeram

N41 Puteri Wangsa (EXCO Member)

N47 Kempas

N35 Pasir
Raja

N12 Bentayan

N48 Skudai

N21 Parit
Yaani (Opposition Leader)

N53 Benut (Menteri Besar)

N09 Gambir

N38 Penawar

Secretary

Sergeant-at-Arm

Speaker

State Secretary

State Legal Advisor

State Financial Officer

Sultan

Role[]

The Johor State Legislative Assembly's main function is to enact laws that apply in the state. It is also the forum for members to voice their opinions on the state government's policies and implementation of those policies. Under the Privileges, Immunities and Powers Ordinance 1963, assemblymen are given the right to freely discuss current issues such as public complaints. On financial matters, the Assembly approves supply to the government and ensures that the funds are spent as approved and in the tax-payers' interest.

The State Executive Council (EXCO) is appointed from members of the State Assembly. Led by the Menteri Besar, it exercises executive power on behalf of the Sultan and is responsible to the State Assembly.

Speakers Roll of Honour[]


Speaker	Term Start	Term end	Party	Constituency
Haji Rahmat bin Daud	20 August 1959	1 March 1964	Alliance (UMNO)	Tampoi
Haji Ali bin Raya	April 1964	20 March 1969	Alliance (UMNO)	Endau
Syed Mohamed bin Edrus	11 May 1969	31 July 1974	Alliance (UMNO)	Glang Patah
Haji Abdullah bin Haji Sudin	25 August 1974	12 June 1978	BN (UMNO)	Kukup
Syed Zain bin Idrus Shahab Al-Haj	9 July 1978	29 March 1982	BN (UMNO)	Simpang Rengam
Syed Zain bin Idrus Shahab Al-Haj	23 April 1982	19 July 1986	BN (UMNO)	Simpang Rengam
Mohd Yunos Sulaiman	4 August 1986	4 October 1990	BN (UMNO)	Tanjong Puteri
Mohamed Ali Hassan	22 October 1990	6 April 1995	BN (UMNO)	Tiram
Mohamed Ali Hassan	26 April 1995	10 November 1999	BN (UMNO)	Tiram
Zainalabidin bin Mohamed Zin	30 November 1999	4 March 2004	BN (UMNO)	Rengit
Mohamed Ali Hassan	22 March 2004	13 February 2008	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
Mohamed Ali Hassan	21 April 2008	3 April 2013	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
Mohamad Aziz	20 June 2013	7 April 2018	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
Suhaizan Kayat	28 Jun 2018	Incumbent	PH (AMANAH)	Non-MLA

Election pendulum[]

The 14th General Election witnessed 36 governmental seats and 20 non-governmental seats filled the Johor State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 12 safe seats and 7 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has 4 safe seats and 3 fairly safe seats.

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2018 Johor state election

GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Semerah	Mohd. Khuzzan Abu Bakar	PKR	42.84
Pemanis	Chong Fat Full	PKR	45.14
Senggarang	Khairuddin A. Rahim	AMANAH	45.90
Mahkota	Muhamad Said Jonit	AMANAH	48.24
Bukit Naning	Md. Ysahruddin Kusni	PKR	48.38
Bukit Kepong	Sahruddin Jamal	BERSATU	48.98
Serom	Faizul Amri Adnan	AMANAH	49.20
Pulai Sebatang	Muhammad Taqiuddin Che'man	AMANAH	50.73
Tenang	Mohd. Solihan Badri	BERSATU	50.92
Paloh	Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali	DAP	52.10
Tiram	Gopalakrishnan Subramaniam	PKR	52.71
Bukit Permai	Tosrin Jarvanthi	BERSATU	52.73
Pekan Nanas	Yeo Tung Siong	DAP	52.92
Gambir	Muhyiddin Mohd. Yassin	BERSATU	53.33
Maharani	Nor Hayati Bachok	AMANAH	53.92
Parit Yaani	Aminolhuda Hassan	AMANAH	54.16
Permas	Che Zakaria Mohd. Salleh	BERSATU	54.19
Fairly safe
Larkin	Mohd. Izhar Ahmad	BERSATU	56.00
Kemelah	Sulaiman Mohd. Nor	AMANAH	56.10
Bekok	Ramakrishnan Suppiah	DAP	57.25
Kota Iskandar	Dzulkefly Ahmad	AMANAH	58.35
Jementah	Tan Chen Choon	DAP	59.07
Yong Peng	Chew Peck Choo	DAP	59.26
Kempas	Osman Sapian	BERSATU	59.68
Safe
Tangkak	Ee Chin Li	DAP	61.57
Simpang Jeram	Salahuddin Ayub	AMANAH	61.62
Johor Jaya	Liow Cai Tung	DAP	62.53
Perling	Cheo Yee How	DAP	63.24
Penggaram	Gan Peck Cheng	DAP	64.44
Bukit Batu	Jimmy Puah Wee Tse	PKR	65.68
Stulang	Andrew Chen Kah Eng	DAP	67.55
Puteri Wangsa	Mazlan Bujang	BERSATU	70.25
Mengkibol	Chew Chong Sin	DAP	74.10
Senai	Tee Boon Tsong	DAP	75.10
Skudai	Tan Hong Pin	DAP	79.47
Bentayan	Ng Yak Howe	DAP	79.72

NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Sungai Balang	Zaiton Ismail	UMNO	42.19
Parit Raja	Nor Rashidah Ramli	UMNO	44.28
Machap	Abd. Taib Abu Bakar	UMNO	46.93
Layang-Layang	Onn Hafiz Ghazi	UMNO	46.93
Endau	Alwiyah Talib	UMNO	47.95
Kukup	Md. Othman Yusof	UMNO	49.60
Pasir Raja	Rashidah Ismail	UMNO	51.59
Buloh Kasap	Zahari Sarip	UMNO	52.51
Panti	Hahasrin Hashim	UMNO	53.15
Tenggaroh	Raven Kumar Krishnasamy	MIC	54.96
Bukit Pasir	Najib Lep	PAS	55.29
Rengit	Ayub Jamil	UMNO	55.33
Benut	Hasni Mohammad	UMNO	55.43
Fairly safe
Sri Medan	Zulkurnain Kamisan	UMNO	56.88
Kahang	Vidyanathan Ramanadhan	MIC	57.66
Semarang	Samsol Bari Jamali	UMNO	59.45
Safe
Johor Lama	Rosleli Jahari	UMNO	60.57
Tanjung Surat	Syed Sis Syed A. Rahman	UMNO	65.37
Penawar	Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain	UMNO	70.35
Sedili	Rasman Ithnain	UMNO	75.98

Notes[]

^ Alwiyah Talib contested the general election as a Barisan Nasional (UMNO) candidate, officially switch allegiance to Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU) on 25 November 2018 with other two assemblyman.
^ Rasman Ithnain contested the general election as a Barisan Nasional (UMNO) candidate, officially switch allegiance to Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU) on 19 November 2018.
^ Rosleli Jahari contested the general election as a Barisan Nasional (UMNO) candidate, officially switch allegiance to Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU) on 19 November 2018.

References[]

^ "Pejabat Jurutulis Dewan Negeri Johor".
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Halim, M. Fakhrull (2021-02-27). "3 lagi Adun dari Amanah sertai PKR". Malaysiakini (in Malay). Retrieved 2021-02-27.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Johor's last 2 independent reps join PPBM". Free Malaysia Today. 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2018-11-26.

External links[]

Johor State Government official website

[3] Alwiyah Talib contested the general election as a Barisan Nasional (UMNO) candidate, officially switch allegiance to Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU) on 25 November 2018 with other two assemblyman.

[5] Rasman Ithnain contested the general election as a Barisan Nasional (UMNO) candidate, officially switch allegiance to Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU) on 19 November 2018.

[6] Rosleli Jahari contested the general election as a Barisan Nasional (UMNO) candidate, officially switch allegiance to Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU) on 19 November 2018.

[1] "Pejabat Jurutulis Dewan Negeri Johor".

[:0-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Halim, M. Fakhrull (2021-02-27). "3 lagi Adun dari Amanah sertai PKR". Malaysiakini (in Malay). Retrieved 2021-02-27.

[JB-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Johor's last 2 independent reps join PPBM". Free Malaysia Today. 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2018-11-26.

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Johor State Legislative Assembly

Contents

Current composition[]

Seating arrangement[]

Sultan Ibrahim Building, Johor Bahru (only for opening ceremony of new term assembly)[]

Sultan Ismail Building, Kota Iskandar (official meeting hall)[]

Role[]

Speakers Roll of Honour[]

Election pendulum[]

Notes[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]