Kedah State Legislative Assembly

Kedah State Legislative Assembly Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah ديوان اوندڠن نڬري قدح
14th Kedah State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1959
Preceded by	Kedah State Council (3 August 1905–31 March 1959)
Leadership
Sultan	Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Al-Marhum Sultan Badlishah since 12 September 2017
Speaker	Juhari Bulat, PN-BERSATU since 25 August 2020
Deputy Speaker	Ahmad Fadzli Hashim, PN-PAS since 25 August 2020
First Minister	Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor, PN-PAS since 17 May 2020
Opposition Leader	Phahrolrazi Mohd Zawawi, PH-AMANAH since 20 July 2020
Secretary	Iqbal Ahmad
Structure
Seats	36 Quorum: 12 Simple majority: 19 Two-thirds majority: 24
Political groups	(As of 22 August 2020) Government (21)   PN (21)   PAS (15)   BERSATU (6) Confidence and supply (2)   BN (2)   UMNO (2) Opposition (13)   PH (11)   PKR (5)   AMANAH (4)   DAP (2)   PEJUANG (2) Speaker (1)   MLA from Ayer Hangat
Committees	show 5 Committee of Selection Public Accounts Committee House Committee Committee of Privileges Standing Orders Committee
Elections
Voting system	Plurality: First-past-the-post (36 single-member constituencies)
Last election	9 May 2018
Next election	4 September 2023 or earlier
Meeting place
, Alor Setar, Kedah
Website
mmk.kedah.gov.my

The Kedah State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah) is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Kedah. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 36 lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout the state.

Members of the unicameral state legislature are called state assemblymen. The Legislative Assembly building is located at the Wisma Darul Aman in the state capital, Alor Setar.

Map of current constituencies

Current composition[]

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Portrait	Member	Coalition (Party)	Post
P04	Langkawi	N1	Ayer Hangat		Juhari Bulat	PN (BERSATU)	Speaker
		N2	Kuah		Mohd Firdaus Ahmad	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO member
P05	Jerlun	N3	Kota Siputeh		Salmee Said	PH (AMANAH)	N/A
		N4	Ayer Hitam		Azhar Ibrahim	PN (PAS)
P06	Kubang Pasu	N5	Bukit Kayu Hitam		Halimaton Shaadiah Saad	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO member
		N6	Jitra		Mukhriz Mahathir	PEJUANG	MP of Jerlun
P07	Padang Terap	N7	Kuala Nerang		Munir @ Mohamad Yusoff Zakaria	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N8	Pedu		Mohd Radzi Md Amin	PN (PAS)
P08	Pokok Sena	N9	Bukit Lada		Salim Mahmood	PN (PAS)
		N10	Bukit Pinang		Romani Wan Salim	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
		N11	Derga		Tan Kok Yew	PH (DAP)	N/A
P09	Alor Setar	N12	Suka Menanti		Zamri Yusuf	PH (PKR)
		N13	Kota Darul Aman		Teh Swee Leong	PH (DAP)
		N14	Alor Mengkudu		Phahrolrazi Mohd Zawawi	PH (AMANAH)	Leader of Opposition
P10	Kuala Kedah	N15	Anak Bukit		Amiruddin Hamzah	PEJUANG	MP of Kubang Pasu
		N16	Kubang Rotan		Mohd Asmirul Anuar Aris	PH (AMANAH)	N/A
		N17	Pengkalan Kundor		Ismail Salleh	PH (AMANAH)
P11	Pendang	N18	Tokai		Mohd Hayati Othman	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
		N19	Sungai Tiang		Suraya Yaacob	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
P12	Jerai	N20	Sungai Limau		Mohd Azam Abd Samat	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N21	Guar Chempedak		Ku Abd Rahman Ku Ismail[N 1][1][2]	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO member
		N22	Gurun		Johari Abdul	PH (PKR)	MP of Sungai Petani
P13	Sik	N23	Belantek		Mad Isa Shafie	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N24	Jeneri		Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor	PN (PAS)	Menteri Besar
P14	Merbok	N25	Bukit Selambau		Summugam Rengasamy	PH (PKR)	N/A
		N26	Tanjong Dawai		Hanif Ghazali	PN (PAS)
P15	Sungai Petani	N27	Pantai Merdeka		Ahmad Fadzli Hashim	PN (PAS)	Deputy Speaker
		N28	Bakar Arang		Ooi Tze Min	PH (PKR)	N/A
		N29	Sidam		Robert Ling Kui Ee	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO member
P16	Baling	N30	Bayu		Abd Nasir Idris	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N31	Kupang		Najmi Ahmad	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
		N32	Kuala Ketil		Mansor Zakaria	PN (PAS)	N/A
P17	Padang Serai	N33	Merbau Pulas		Siti Aishah Ghazali	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
		N34	Lunas		Azman Nasruddin	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO member
P18	Kulim-Bandar Baharu	N35	Kulim		Yeo Keng Chuan	PH (PKR)	N/A
		N36	Bandar Baharu		Norsabrina Mohd. Noor	BN (UMNO)

Seating arrangement[]

Role[]

The Kedah 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 law, 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 Assembly.

Speakers Roll of Honour[]

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The following is the Speaker of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly Roll of Honour, since 1959:

Election pendulum[]

The 14th General Election witnessed 18 governmental seats and 18 non-governmental seats filled the Kedah State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 1 safe seat and 3 fairly safe seats. However, none of the non-government side has safe and fairly safe seat. Despite won the seat of Sidam with PKR (PH) in the 14th GE, Dr. Robert Ling Kui Ee has held a press conference on 12/05/2020 to announce that he has left his party (PKR) and join the new Perikatan Nasional coalition to form a state government.

Notes[]

See also[]

• List of State Seats Representatives in Malaysia
• State legislative assemblies of Malaysia

References[]

External links[]

• Kedah State Government official website