Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly Dewan Undangan Negeri Sembilan ديوان اوندڠن نڬري سمبيلن | |
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14th Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly | |
Type | |
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History | |
Founded | 1959 |
Leadership | |
Yang di-Pertuan Besar | Tuanku Muhriz Al-Marhum Tuanku Munawir since 29 December 2008 |
Speaker | |
Deputy Speaker | |
Opposition Leader | |
Secretary | Mohd Amin Ludin |
Structure | |
Seats | 36 Quorum: 12 Simple majority: 19 Two-thirds majority: 24 |
Political groups | (As of 13 April 2019[update]) Government (20) Confidence and supply (16) Speaker (1) |
Committees | 4
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Elections | |
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 | |
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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.
Current composition
Government | Confidence and supply | |||
PH | BN | |||
20 | 16 | |||
11 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 1 |
DAP | PKR | AMANAH | UMNO | MIC |
No. | Parliamentary Constituency | No. | State Constituency | Portrait | Member | Coalition (Party) | Post |
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- | - | - | 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) | MP for Jempol | |
N6 | Palong | Mustafa Nagoor | BN (UMNO) | N/A | |||
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 / MP for Port Dickson | |||
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) | Leader of the Opposition/MP for Rembau | |||
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) | MP for Tampin | |||
N36 | Repah | Veerapan Superamaniam | PH (DAP) | EXCO member |
Seating arrangement
N03 Sungai Lui | N34 Gemas | N31 Bagan Pinang | Vacant | N11 Lobak | N22 Rahang | ||||
N32 Linggi | N30 Lukut (EXCO Member) | N21 Bukit Kepayang (EXCO Member) | N18 Pilah (EXCO Member) | N36 Repah (EXCO Member) | N12 Temiang | ||||
N35 Gemencheh | N14 Ampangan (EXCO Member) | N08 Bahau (EXCO Member) | N23 Mambau | ||||||
N17 Senaling | N01 Chennah | N7 Jeram Padang | C | B | A | State Financial Officer | N04 Kelawang (EXCO Member) | N24 Seremban Jaya | |
N06 Palong | N05 Serting | N28 Kota | State Legal Advisor | N10 Nilai (EXCO Member) | N29 Chuah | ||||
N02 Pertang | N16 Seri Menanti | N15 Juasseh | the Mace | State Secretary | N20 Labu (EXCO Member) | N09 Lenggeng | |||
N19 Johol | N26 Chembong | N27 Rantau (Opposition Leader) | Secretary | N13 Sikamat (Menteri Besar) | N25 Paroi (EXCO Member) | N33 Sri Tanjung (Deputy Speaker) | |||
Speaker | |||||||||
Yamtuan Besar | Sergeant-at-Arm |
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).
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References
- ^ 12th Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly begins Loke Siew Fook. 25 April 2008. Accessed 18 June 2010