Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly

Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly Dewan Undangan Negeri Sembilan ديوان اوندڠن نڬري سمبيلن
14th Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1959
Leadership
Yang di-Pertuan Besar	Tuanku Muhriz Al-Marhum Tuanku Munawir since 29 December 2008
Speaker	Zulkefly Mohamad Omar, PH–AMANAH since 2 July 2018
Deputy Speaker	Ravi Munusamy, PH–PKR since 2 July 2018
Menteri Besar	Aminuddin Harun, PH–PKR since 12 May 2018
Opposition Leader	Mohamad Hasan, BN-UMNO since 2 July 2018
Secretary	Mohd Amin Ludin
Structure
Seats	36 Quorum: 12 Simple majority: 19 Two-thirds majority: 24
Political groups	(As of 13 April 2019) Government (20)   PH (20)   DAP (11)   PKR (6)   AMANAH (3) Opposition (16)   BN (16)   UMNO (15)   MIC (1) Speaker (1)   non-MLA
Committees	show 4 Public Accounts Committee Rules of Proceedings Committee Right and Privileges Committee Committee of Selection
Elections
Voting system	Plurality: First-past-the-post (36 single-member constituencies)
Last election	9 May 2018
Next election	2 September 2023 or earlier
Meeting place
Wisma Negeri, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
Website
www.ns.gov.my

The Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Sembilan) is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. It consists of 36 members who represent single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart, and are usually conducted simultaneously with elections to the federal parliament and other state assemblies (except Sarawak). It is unicameral.

The Assembly convenes at the Wisma Negeri in the state capital, Seremban.

Map of current constituencies (since 2018)

Current composition[]

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Portrait	Member	Coalition (Party)	Post
-	-	-	Non-MLA		Zulkefly Mohamad Omar	PH (AMANAH)	Speaker
P126	Jelebu	N1	Chennah		Anthony Loke Siew Fook	PH (DAP)	MP of Seremban
		N2	Pertang		Noor Azmi Yusuf	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N3	Sungai Lui		Mohd Razi Mohd Ali	BN (UMNO)
		N4	Klawang		Bakri Sawir	PH (AMANAH)	EXCO member
P127	Jempol	N5	Serting		Shamshulkahar Mohd. Deli	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N6	Palong		Mustafa Nagoor	BN (UMNO)
		N7	Jeram Padang		Manickam Letchuman	BN (MIC)
		N8	Bahau		Teo Kok Seong	PH (DAP)	EXCO member
P128	Seremban	N9	Lenggeng		Suhaimi Kassim	PH (AMANAH)	N/A
		N10	Nilai		Arul Kumar Jambunathan	PH (DAP)	EXCO member
		N11	Lobak		Chew Seh Yong	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N12	Temiang		Ng Chin Tsai	PH (DAP)
		N13	Sikamat		Aminuddin Harun	PH (PKR)	Menteri Besar
		N14	Ampangan		Mohamad Rafie Abdul Malek	PH (PKR)	EXCO member
P129	Kuala Pilah	N15	Juasseh		Ismail Lasim	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N16	Seri Menanti		Abdul Samad Ibrahim	BN (UMNO)
		N17	Senaling		Adnan Abu Hasan	BN (UMNO)
		N18	Pilah		Mohamad Nazaruddin Sabtu	PH (PKR)	EXCO member
		N19	Johol		Saiful Yazan Sulaiman	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P130	Rasah	N20	Labu		Ismail Ahmad	PH (PKR)	EXCO member
		N21	Bukit Kepayang		Tan Lee Koon	PH (DAP)	EXCO member
		N22	Rahang		Mary Josephine Pritam Singh	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N23	Mambau		Yap Yew Weng	PH (DAP)
		N24	Seremban Jaya		Gunasekaren Palasamy	PH (DAP)
P131	Rembau	N25	Paroi		Mohamad Taufek Abd. Ghani	PH (AMANAH)	EXCO member
		N26	Chembong		Zaifulbahri Idris	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N27	Rantau		Mohamad Hasan	BN (UMNO)	Opposition Leader
		N28	Kota		Awaludin Said	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P132	Port Dickson	N29	Chuah		Yek Diew Ching	PH (PKR)
		N30	Lukut		Choo Ken Hwa	PH (DAP)	EXCO member
		N31	Bagan Pinang		Tun Hairuddin Abu Bakar	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N32	Linggi		Abd Rahman Mohd Redza	BN (UMNO)
		N33	Sri Tanjung		Ravi Munusamy	PH (PKR)	Deputy Speaker
P133	Tampin	N34	Gemas		Abdul Razak Said	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N35	Gemencheh		Mohd Isam Mohd Isa	BN (UMNO)
		N36	Repah		Veerapan Superamaniam	PH (DAP)	EXCO member

Seating arrangement[]

Role[]

The Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly's main function is to enact laws that apply in the state. The Speaker presides over proceedings in the Assembly.

The Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, as head of state, opens each session of the State Assembly. During the first sitting of each legislative session, he is joined by the four Undangs of Negeri Sembilan and the Tunku Besar of Tampin, the very people who elected him.^[1]

The leader of the majority party of coalition in the Assembly assumes the role of Menteri Besar. He appoints members of the State Executive Council, the executive branch of the Negeri Sembilan government.

Election pendulum[]

The 14th General Election witnessed 20 governmental seats and 16 non-governmental seats filled the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 11 safe seats and 1 fairly safe seat, while the non-government side has 3 safe seats and 3 fairly safe seats. In addition, there were 1 seat that win uncontested in non-governmental seats; namely Rantau (won by incumbent assemblyman, Mohamad Hasan).

References[]

External links[]

• Negeri Sembilan State Government official website