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| Vacant || style="background-color:#002255;" |{{Font color|white|N34 Lunas|link=Lunas (state constituency)}} || bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" | {{Font color|white|N13 Kota Darul Aman|link=Kota Darul Aman (state constituency)}}|| || bgcolor=#002255 |{{Font color|white|N33 Merbau Pulas (EXCO Member)|link=Merbau Pulas (state constituency)}}|| State Legal Advisor || Vacant |
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| Vacant ||style="background-color:#002255;" |{{Font color|white|N25 Bukit Selambau|link=Bukit Selambau (state constituency)}} ||bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" |{{Font color|white|N29 Sidam (Opposition Leader)|link=Sidam (state constituency)}} || Secretary || style="background-color:#002255;"| {{Font color|white|N24 Jeneri (Menteri Besar)|link=Jeneri (state constituency)}} || State Secretary || Vacant |
| Vacant ||style="background-color:#002255;" |{{Font color|white|N25 Bukit Selambau|link=Bukit Selambau (state constituency)}} ||bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" |{{Font color|white|N29 Sidam (Opposition Leader)|link=Sidam (state constituency)}} || Secretary || style="background-color:#002255;"| {{Font color|white|N24 Jeneri (Menteri Besar)|link=Jeneri (state constituency)}} || State Secretary || Vacant |
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Kedah State Legislative Assembly Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah ديوان اوندڠن نݢري قدح 吉打州立法议会 கெடா மாநில சட்டமன்றம் ฝ่ายนิติบัญญัติการประกอบรัฐเกดะห์ | |
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15th Kedah State Legislative Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | |
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 | |
Deputy Speaker | Abdul Razak Khamis, PN-BERSATU since 25 September 2023 |
Opposition Leader | |
Secretary | Mohamad Azlee Ahmad |
Structure | |
Seats | 36 Quorum: 12 Simple majority: 19 Two-thirds majority: 24 |
Political groups | (As of 13 August 2023[update]) Government (33) Opposition (3) Speaker (1) |
Committees | 5
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Elections | |
Plurality: First-past-the-post (36 single-member constituencies) | |
Last election | 12 August 2023 |
Next election | By 24 November 2028 |
Meeting place | |
Wisma Darul Aman, Alor Setar, Kedah | |
Website | |
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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.
Out of the 36 seats, 33 are held by the Perikatan Nasional (PN) ruling coalition after the 2023 state election. Thus, the PN coalition commands a two-thirds supermajority in the assembly. Meanwhile, Pakatan Harapan (PH) that comprises People's Justice Party (PKR) holds just 2 seats, followed by Democratic Action Party (DAP) which retain only single seat.
Current composition
Government | Opposition | |||
PN | PH | |||
33 | 3 | |||
21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
PAS | BERSATU | GERAKAN | PKR | DAP |
No. | Parliamentary Constituency | No. | State Constituency | Portrait | Member | Coalition (Party) | Post |
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- | - | # | Non-MLA | Zubir Ahmad | PN (PAS) | Speaker | |
P004 | Langkawi | N01 | Ayer Hangat | Shamsilah Siru | PN (BERSATU) | N/A | |
N02 | Kuah | Ahmad Pared Mahamud | PN (BERSATU) | ||||
P005 | Jerlun | N03 | Kota Siputeh | Mohd Ashraf Mustaqim Badrul Munir | PN (BERSATU) | ||
N04 | Ayer Hitam | Azhar Ibrahim | PN (PAS) | ||||
P006 | Kubang Pasu | N05 | Bukit Kayu Hitam | Halimaton Shaadiah Saad | PN (BERSATU) | EXCO Member | |
N06 | Jitra | Haim Hilman Abdullah | PN (PAS) | ||||
P07 | Padang Terap | N07 | Kuala Nerang | Munir @ Mohamad Yusoff Zakaria | PN (PAS) | ||
N08 | Pedu | Mohd Radzi Md Amin | PN (PAS) | N/A | |||
P008 | Pokok Sena | N09 | Bukit Lada | Salim Mahmood | PN (PAS) | ||
N10 | Bukit Pinang | Wan Romani Wan Salim | PN (PAS) | ||||
N11 | Derga | Muhammad Amri Wahab | PN (BERSATU) | ||||
P009 | Alor Setar | N12 | Suka Menanti | Dzowahir Ab Ghani | PN (BERSATU) | EXCO Member | |
N13 | Kota Darul Aman | Teh Swee Leong | PH (DAP) | N/A | |||
N14 | Alor Mengkudu | Muhamad Radhi Mat Din | PN (PAS) | EXCO Member | |||
P010 | Kuala Kedah | N15 | Anak Bukit | Rashidi Abdul Razak | PN (PAS) | N/A | |
N16 | Kubang Rotan | Mohd Salleh Saidin | PN (BERSATU) | EXCO Member | |||
N17 | Pengkalan Kundor | Mardhiyyah Johari | PN (PAS) | N/A | |||
P011 | Pendang | N18 | Tokai | Mohd Hayati Othman | PN (PAS) | N/A | |
N19 | Sungai Tiang | Abdul Razak Khamis | PN (BERSATU) | Deputy Speaker | |||
P012 | Jerai | N20 | Sungai Limau | Mohd Azam Abd Samat | PN (PAS) | EXCO Member | |
N21 | Guar Chempedak | Abdul Ghafar Saad | PN (BERSATU) | N/A | |||
N22 | Gurun | Baddrol Bakhtiar | PN (PAS) | ||||
P013 | Sik | N23 | Belantek | Ahmad Sulaiman | PN (PAS) | ||
N24 | Jeneri | Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor | PN (PAS) | Menteri Besar | |||
P014 | Merbok | N25 | Bukit Selambau | Azizan Hamzah | PN (PAS) | N/A | |
N26 | Tanjong Dawai | Hanif Ghazali | PN (PAS) | ||||
P015 | Sungai Petani | N27 | Pantai Merdeka | Shahril Long | PN (PAS) | ||
N28 | Bakar Arang | Adam Loh Wee Chai | PH (PKR) | ||||
N29 | Sidam | Bau Wong Bau Ek | PH (PKR) | Opposition Leader | |||
P016 | Baling | N30 | Bayu | Mohd Taufik Yaacob | PN (BERSATU) | N/A | |
N31 | Kupang | Najmi Ahmad | PN (PAS) | ||||
N32 | Kuala Ketil | Mansor Zakaria | PN (PAS) | EXCO Member | |||
P017 | Padang Serai | N33 | Merbau Pulas | Siti Ashah Ghazali | PN (PAS) | ||
N34 | Lunas | Khairul Anuar Ramli | PN (BERSATU) | N/A | |||
P018 | Kulim-Bandar Baharu | N35 | Kulim | Wong Chia Zhen | PN (GERAKAN) | EXCO Member | |
N36 | Bandar Baharu | Muhammad Suffian Yusoff | PN (PAS) | N/A |
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
The following is the Speaker of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly Roll of Honour, since 1959:
No. | Speaker | Term start | Term end | Party | Constituency |
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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 |
26 July 1978 | 12 February 1981 | ||||
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 |
7 | Abdullah Ismail | 27 October 1990 | 1995 | BN (UMNO) | Yan |
8 | Zainol Md Isa | 5 June 1995 | 31 July 1998 | BN (UMNO) | Kupang |
9 | Badruddin Amiruldin | 26 December 1999 | 2004 | BN (UMNO) | Non-MLA |
11 | Md Rozai Safian | 2004 | 2008 | BN (UMNO) | Non-MLA |
12 | Abdul Isa Ismail | 2008 | 2013 | PR (PAS) | Non-MLA |
12 | Md Rozai Safian | 2013 | 2018 | BN (UMNO) | Non-MLA |
13 | Ahmad Kassim | 4 July 2018 | 14 August 2020 | PH (PKR) | Non-MLA |
14 | Juhari Bulat | 25 August 2020 | 29 July 2023 | PN (BERSATU) | Ayer Hangat |
15 | Zubir Ahmad | 25 September 2023 | present | PN (PAS) | Non-MLA |
Election pendulum
The 2023 Kedah state election witnessed 33 governmental seats and 3 non-governmental seats filled the Kedah State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 29 safe seats and 2 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has only a safeseat.
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List of Assemblies
Assembly | Term
began |
Members | Election | Committee | Majority party/coalition |
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1st | 1959 | Syed Omar I | Alliance | ||
2nd | 1964 | Syed Omar II (1964-1967)
Syed Ahmad I (1967-1969) |
Alliance | ||
3rd | 1969 | Syed Ahmad II | Alliance (1969-1973)
Barisan Nasional (1973-1974) | ||
4th | 1974 | Syed Ahmad III | Barisan Nasional | ||
5th | 1978 | Syed Nahar I | Barisan Nasional | ||
6th | 1982 | Syed Nahar II (1982-1985)
Osman I (1985-1986) |
Barisan Nasional | ||
7th | 1986 | Osman III | Barisan Nasional | ||
8th | 1990 | Osman III | Barisan Nasional | ||
9th | 1995 | Osman IV (1995-1996)
Sanusi Junid (1996-1999) |
Barisan Nasional | ||
10th | 1999 | Syed Razak I | Barisan Nasional | ||
11th | 2004 | Syed Razak II (2004-2005)
Mahdzir (2005-2008) |
Barisan Nasional | ||
12th | 2008 | Azizan | Pakatan Rakyat | ||
13th | 2013 | Mukhriz I (2013-2016)
Ahmad Bashah (2016-2018) |
Barisan Nasional | ||
14th | 2018 | Mukhriz II (2018-2020)
Muhammad Sanusi I (2020-2023) |
Pakatan Harapan (2018-2020)
PH-Bersatu (2020) | ||
15th | 2023 | Muhammad Sanusi II | Perikatan Nasional |