Kedah State Legislative Assembly

Kedah State Legislative Assembly

*Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah*
ديوان اوندڠن نڬري قدح
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	Johari Abdul, PH-PKR ; since 31 October 2022
Secretary	Mohamad Azlee Ahmad
Structure
Seats	36; Quorum: 12; Simple majority: 19; Two-thirds majority: 24
Political groups	(As of 30 October 2022); Government (21); PN (21); PAS (15); BERSATU (6); Opposition (15); PH (10); PKR (5); AMANAH (3); DAP (2); GTA (2); PEJUANG (2); BN (2) UMNO (2); IND (1); Speaker (1) MLA from Ayer Hangat
Committees	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
	Wisma Darul Aman, 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.

Current composition

Government		Opposition
PN		PH			GTA	BN	IND
21		10			2	2	1
15	6	5	3	2	2	2	1
PAS	BERSATU	PKR	AMANAH	DAP	PEJUANG	UMNO	IND

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)	Post
P04	Langkawi	N1	Ayer Hangat	Juhari Bulat	PN (BERSATU)	Speaker
P04	Langkawi	N2	Kuah	Mohd Firdaus Ahmad	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO member
P05	Jerlun	N3	Kota Siputeh	Salmee Said	PH (AMANAH)	N/A
P05	Jerlun	N4	Ayer Hitam	Azhar Ibrahim	PN (PAS)	N/A
P06	Kubang Pasu	N5	Bukit Kayu Hitam	Halimaton Shaadiah Saad	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO member
P06	Kubang Pasu	N6	Jitra	Mukhriz Mahathir	PEJUANG	N/A
P07	Padang Terap	N7	Kuala Nerang	Munir @ Mohamad Yusoff Zakaria	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
P07	Padang Terap	N8	Pedu	Mohd Radzi Md Amin	PN (PAS)	N/A
P08	Pokok Sena	N9	Bukit Lada	Salim Mahmood	PN (PAS)	N/A
		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^{[N 1]}^[1]	IND
P10	Kuala Kedah	N15	Anak Bukit	Amiruddin Hamzah	PEJUANG
		N16	Kubang Rotan	Mohd Asmirul Anuar Aris	PH (AMANAH)
		N17	Pengkalan Kundor	Ismail Salleh	PH (AMANAH)
P11	Pendang	N18	Tokai	Mohd Hayati Othman	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
P11	Pendang	N19	Sungai Tiang	Suraya Yaacob	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P12	Jerai	N20	Sungai Limau	Mohd Azam Abd Samat	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N21	Guar Chempedak	Ku Abd Rahman Ku Ismail^{[N 2]}^[2]^[3]	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO member / MP of Kubang Pasu
		N22	Gurun	Johari Abdul	PH (PKR)	Leader of Opposition
P13	Sik	N23	Belantek	Mad Isa Shafie	PN (PAS)	N/A
P13	Sik	N24	Jeneri	Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor	PN (PAS)	Menteri Besar
P14	Merbok	N25	Bukit Selambau	Summugam Rengasamy	PH (PKR)	N/A
P14	Merbok	N26	Tanjong Dawai	Hanif Ghazali	PN (PAS)	N/A
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
P17	Padang Serai	N34	Lunas	Azman Nasruddin	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO member
P18	Kulim-Bandar Baharu	N35	Kulim	Yeo Keng Chuan	PH (PKR)	N/A
P18	Kulim-Bandar Baharu	N36	Bandar Baharu	Norsabrina Mohd. Noor	BN (UMNO)	N/A

Seating arrangement

Vacant	Vacant	N36 Bandar Baharu	N19 Sungai Tiang		Vacant	Vacant	N26 Tanjong Dawai	N04 Ayer Hitam
Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant		N08 Pedu	N09 Bukit Lada	N32 Kuala Ketil	N30 Bayu
	Vacant	N16 Kubang Rotan	N14 Alor Mengkudu		N02 Kuah (EXCO Member)	N05 Bukit Kayu Hitam (EXCO Member)	N23 Belantek
		N25 Bukit Selambau	C		B	N10 Bukit Pinang (EXCO Member)
Vacant	Vacant	N03 Kota Siputeh	D	Sergeant-at-Arm	A	N31 Kupang (EXCO Member)	N20 Sungai Limau	N01 Ayer Hangat (Speaker)
Vacant	Vacant	N12 Suka Menanti				N33 Merbau Pulas (EXCO Member)	N07 Kuala Nerang (EXCO Member)	N27 Pantai Merdeka (Deputy Speaker)
Vacant	N35 Kulim	N28 Bakar Arang		the Mace		N34 Lunas (EXCO Member)	N24 Sidam (EXCO Member)	Vacant
Vacant	N13 Kota Darul Aman	N17 Pengkalan Kundor		the Mace		N18 Tokai (EXCO Member)	State Financial Officer	Vacant
Vacant	N15 Anak Bukit	N11 Derga				N21 Guar Chempedak (EXCO Member)	State Legal Advisor	Vacant
Vacant	N06 Jitra	N22 Gurun (Opposition Leader)		Secretary		N24 Jeneri (Menteri Besar)	State Secretary	Vacant
Vacant				Speaker				Vacant
				Sultan

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

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

No.	Speaker	Term start	Term end	Party	Constituency
1	Ahmad Tunku Ismail	20 May 1959	28 February 1964	Alliance (UMNO)	Sala
2	Syed Omar Syed Abdullah Shahabudin	25 April 1964	7 December 1967	Alliance (UMNO)	Baling Barat
3	Salleh Ishak	10 May 1969	30 July 1974	Alliance (UMNO)	Sungei Patani Luar
4	Abdullah Ismail	27 October 1974	11 June 1978	BN (UMNO)	Yan
4	Abdullah Ismail	26 July 1978	12 February 1981	BN (UMNO)	Yan
5	Shaari Abu Bakar	22 April 1982	18 July 1986	BN (UMNO)	Pendang
6	Seroji Haron	3 August 1986	4 October 1990	BN (UMNO)	Bayu
(4)	Abdullah Ismail	27 October 1990	1995	BN (UMNO)	Yan
7	Zainol Md Isa	5 June 1995	31 July 1998	BN (UMNO)	Kupang
8	Badruddin Amiruldin	26 December 1999	2004	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
9	Md Rozai Safian	2004	2008	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
10	Abdul Isa Ismail	2008	2013	PR (PAS)	Non-MLA
(9)	Md Rozai Safian	2013	2018	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
11	Ahmad Kassim	4 July 2018	14 August 2020	PH (PKR)	Non-MLA
12	Juhari Bulat	25 August 2020	Incumbent	PN (BERSATU)	Ayer Hangat

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.

2018 Kedah state election

.

GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Kota Siputeh	Salmee Said	AMANAH	38.52
Alor Mengkudu	Phahrolrazi Zawawi	AMANAH	39.75
Kulim	Yeo Keng Chuan	PKR	41.55
Bukit Kayu Hitam	Halimahton Shaadiah Saad	BERSATU	41.72
Anak Bukit	Ir. Amiruddin Hamzah	BERSATU	42.21
Pengkalan Kundor	Dr. Ismail Salleh	AMANAH	42.58
Ayer Hangat	Johari Bulat	BERSATU	42.89
Bukit Selambau	Summugam Rengasamy	PKR	45.11
Gurun	Johari Abdul	PKR	47.32
Kubang Rotan	Mohd. Asmirul Anuar Aris	AMANAH	48.67
Kuah	Mohd. Firdaus Ahmad	BERSATU	49.05
Derga	Tan Kok Yew	DAP	50.79
Suka Menanti	Zamri Yusuf	PKR	53.35
Jitra	Mukhriz Dr. Mahathir	BERSATU	55.58
Fairly safe
Lunas	Azman Nasrudin	PKR	57.62
Sidam	Robert Ling Kui Ee	PKR	58.09
Bakar Arang	Simon Ooi Tze Min	PKR	58.21
Safe
Kota Darul Aman	Teh Swee Leong	DAP	69.99

NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Bandar Baharu	Norsabrina Mohd. Noor	UMNO	34.43
Merbau Pulas	Siti Aishah Ghazali	PAS	34.57
Guar Chempedak	Dr. Ku Abdul Rahman Ku Ismail	UMNO	35.30
Tanjong Dawai	Hanif Ghazali	PAS	35.37
Ayer Hitam	Azhar Ibrahim	PAS	36.71
Sungai Tiang	Suraya Yaacob	UMNO	38.39
Bukit Lada	Salim Mahmood	PAS	38.85
Pedu	Mohd. Radzi Md. Amin	PAS	43.13
Bukit Pinang	Wan Romani Wan Salim	PAS	43.57
Bayu	Abd. Nasir Idris	PAS	43.70
Kuala Ketil	Mansor Zakaria	PAS	44.09
Kuala Nerang	Mohamad Yusoff Zakaria	PAS	45.61
Pantai Merdeka	Ahmad Fadzli Hashim	PAS	45.62
Kupang	Najmi Ahmad	PAS	45.64
Jeneri	Muhammad Sanusi Md. Nor	PAS	46.31
Belantek	Mad Isa Shafie	PAS	50.52
Tokai	Dr. Mohd. Hayati Othman	PAS	52.33
Sungai Limau	Mohd. Azam Abd. Samat	PAS	53.01

Notes

^ Phahrolrazi contested the general election as a Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH) candidate, was sacked from AMANAH on 30 October 2022 and become independent. He was also the Opposition Leader from 20 July 2020 to his sacking date.
^ Ku Abd Rahman Ku Ismail contested the general election as a Barisan Nasional (UMNO) candidate, quitted UMNO on 12 November 2018.

References

^ "PKR's Johari Abdul is new Kedah Opposition leader". The Star. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
^ "ADUN Guar Chempedak umum keluar UMNO". Berita Harian (in Malay). 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
^ "ADUN Guar Chempedak sertai Bersatu, nafi khianati rakyat". Malaysiakini (in Malay). 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2018-12-07.

External links

Kedah State Government official website

[1] Phahrolrazi contested the general election as a Pakatan Harapan (AMANAH) candidate, was sacked from AMANAH on 30 October 2022 and become independent. He was also the Opposition Leader from 20 July 2020 to his sacking date.

[3] Ku Abd Rahman Ku Ismail contested the general election as a Barisan Nasional (UMNO) candidate, quitted UMNO on 12 November 2018.

[2] "PKR's Johari Abdul is new Kedah Opposition leader". The Star. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

[4] "ADUN Guar Chempedak umum keluar UMNO". Berita Harian (in Malay). 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2018-11-12.

[5] "ADUN Guar Chempedak sertai Bersatu, nafi khianati rakyat". Malaysiakini (in Malay). 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2018-12-07.

[N 1]

[1]

[N 2]

[2]

[3]