State legislative assemblies of Malaysia

A state legislative assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri, DUN; also known simply as state assembly) is the legislative branch of the state governments in 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.

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 (and Assembly)	Seats (2018)	Population (2010)	Population/seat		Government Leader			Opposition Leader
Johor (14th)	56	3,348,283	59,791	BN	Ir. Hasni Mohammad	Suhaizan Kayat^[1]	PH	Aminolhuda Hassan
Kedah (14th)	36	1,947,651	54,101	PN	Muhammad Sanusi Md. Nor	Juhari Bulat^[2]	PH	Phahrolrazi Mohd Zawawi
Kelantan (14th)	45	1,539,601	34,213	PN	Ahmad Yakob	Abdullah Ya'kub^[3]	N/A	Vacant
Malacca (14th)	28	821,110	29,325	BN	Sulaiman Md. Ali	Ibrahim Durum	PH	Adly Zahari
Negeri Sembilan (14th)	36	1,021,064	28,363	PH	Aminuddin Harun	Zulkefly Mohamad Omar^[4]	BN	Mohamad Hasan
Pahang (14th)	42	1,500,817	35,734	BN	Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail	Ishak Muhammad^[5]	PH	Chiong Yoke Kong
Penang (14th)	40	1,561,383	39,035	PH	Chow Kon Yeow	Law Choo Kiang^[6]	BN	Muhamad Yusoff Mohd. Noor
Perak (14th)	59	2,352,743	39,877	BN	Saarani Mohammad	Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid	PH	Dr. Abdul Aziz Bari
Perlis (14th)	15	231,541	15,436	BN	Azlan Man	Hamdan Bahari	PH	Asrul Nizan Abd. Jalil
Sabah (16th)	73	3,206,742	53,446	GRS	Hajiji Noor	Kadzim M. Yahya	WARISAN+	Shafie Apdal
Sarawak (18th)	82	2,471,140	30,136	GPS	Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg	Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar	PSB	Wong Soon Koh
Selangor (14th)	56	5,462,141	97,538	PH	Amirudin Shari	Ng Suee Lim^[7]	BN	Rizam Ismail
Terengganu (14th)	32	1,035,977	32,374	PN	Dr. Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar	Yahaya Ali^[8]	BN	Ahmad Said