Kedah State Legislative Assembly

Kedah State Legislative Assembly

*Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah*
ديوان اوندڠن نڬري قدح
吉打州议会
Kedah State Legislative Assembly ; Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah; ديوان اوندڠن نڬري قدح; 吉打州议会
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	Ahmad Kassim, PH-PKR ; since 4 July 2018
Deputy Speaker	Juhari Bulat, BERSATU ; since 4 July 2018
Government Leader	Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor, PN-PAS ; since 17 May 2020
Opposition Leader	Phahrolrazi Mohd Zawawi, PH-AMANAH ; since 20 July 2020
Secretary	Iqbal Ahmad
Structure
Seats	36; Quorum: 12; Simple majority: 19; Two-thirds majority: 24
Political groups	(As of 28 May 2020); Government (23):; Perikatan Nasional (23); PAS (15); BERSATU (4); Barisan Nasional (2) UMNO (2); ; Independent (2); Opposition (13):; Pakatan Harapan (11); PKR (5); AMANAH (4); DAP (2); Independent (2)
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

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style="background:Template:Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party/meta/color; color:white;width:41.67%;"\|15	4	style="background:Template:United Malays National Organisation/meta/color; color:white;width:5.55%;"\|2	2	style="background:Template:People's Justice Party (Malaysia)/meta/color; color:white;width:19.44%;"\|5	style="background:Template:National Trust Party (Malaysia)/meta/color; color:white;width:11.11%;"\|4	style="background:Template:Democratic Action Party/meta/color; color:white;width:5.56%;"\|2
style="color:Template:Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party/meta/color;"\|PAS	BERSATU	style="color:Template:United Malays National Organisation/meta/color;"\|UMNO	IND	style="color:Template:People's Justice Party (Malaysia)/meta/color;"\|PKR	style="color:Template:National Trust Party (Malaysia)/meta/color;"\|AMANAH	style="color:Template:Democratic Action Party/meta/color;"\|DAP

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)	Post
-	Non-MLA	Ahmad Kassim	PH (PKR)	Speaker
N1	Ayer Hangat	Juhari Bulat	PN (BERSATU)	Deputy Speaker
N2	Kuah	Mohd Firdaus Ahmad	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO member
N3	Kota Siputeh	Salmee Said	PH (AMANAH)	N/A
N4	Ayer Hitam	Azhar Ibrahim	PN (PAS)	N/A
N5	Bukit Kayu Hitam	Halimaton Shaadiah Saad	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO member
N6	Jitra	Mukhriz Mahathir	IND	MP of Jerlun
N7	Kuala Nerang	Munir @ Mohamad Yusoff Zakaria	PN (PAS)	N/A
N8	Pedu	Mohd Radzi Md Amin	PN (PAS)
N9	Bukit Lada	Salim Mahmood	PN (PAS)
N10	Bukit Pinang	Romani Wan Salim	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
N11	Derga	Tan Kok Yew	PH (DAP)	N/A
N12	Suka Menanti	Zamri Yusuf	PH (PKR)
N13	Kota Darul Aman	Teh Swee Leong	PH (DAP)
N14	Alor Mengkudu	Phahrolrazi Mohd Zawawi	PH (AMANAH)	Leader of Opposition
N15	Anak Bukit	Amiruddin Hamzah	IND	MP of Kubang Pasu
N16	Kubang Rotan	Mohd Asmirul Anuar Aris	PH (AMANAH)	N/A
N17	Pengkalan Kundor	Ismail Salleh	PH (AMANAH)	N/A
N18	Tokai	Mohd Hayati Othman	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
N19	Sungai Tiang	Suraya Yaacob	PN (UMNO)	EXCO member
N20	Sungai Limau	Mohd Azam Abd Samat	PN (PAS)	N/A
N21	Guar Chempedak	Ku Abd Rahman Ku Ismail ^{[N 1]}^[1]^[2]	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO member
N22	Gurun	Johari Abdul	PH (PKR)	MP of Sungai Petani
N23	Belantek	Mad Isa Shafie	PN (PAS)	N/A
N24	Jeneri	Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor	PN (PAS)	Menteri Besar
N25	Bukit Selambau	Summugam Rengasamy	PH (PKR)	N/A
N26	Tanjong Dawai	Hanif Ghazali	PN (PAS)
N27	Pantai Merdeka	Ahmad Fadzli Hashim	PN (PAS)
N28	Bakar Arang	Ooi Tze Min	PH (PKR)
N29	Sidam	Robert Ling Kui Ee	PN (IND)	EXCO member
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
N33	Merbau Pulas	Siti Aishah Ghazali	PN (PAS)	EXCO member
N34	Lunas	Azman Nasruddin	PN (IND)	EXCO member
N35	Kulim	Yeo Keng Chuan	PH (PKR)	N/A
N36	Bandar Baharu	Norsabrina Mohd. Noor	PN (UMNO)	N/A

Seating arrangement

Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant		Vacant	Vacant	N07 Kuala Nerang	N04 Ayer Hitam
Vacant	N08 Pedu	N09 Bukit Lada	N32 Kuala Ketil		N01 Ayer Hangat (Deputy Speaker)	N02 Kuah	N27 Pantai Merdeka	N26 Tanjong Dawai
	Vacant	N30 Bayu	N23 Belantek		bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" \|N29 Sidam	N10 Bukit Pinang	Vacant
		N15 Anak Bukit	C		B	N36 Bandar Baharu
	bgcolor="Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color" \|N13 Kota Darul Aman	N06 Jitra	D	Sergeant-at-Arm	A	N05 Bukit Kayu Hitam	N31 Kupang
	bgcolor="Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color" \|N35 Kulim	bgcolor="Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color" \|N17 Pengkalan Kundor				N33 Merbau Pulas	N18 Tokai
	bgcolor="Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color" \|N25 Bukit Selambau	bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color\| N12 Suka Menanti		the Mace		bgcolor=Template:Independent/meta/color\| N34 Lunas	N20 Sungai Limau
	bgcolor="Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color" \|N03 Kota Siputeh	bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color\| N11 Derga		the Mace		N19 Sungai Tiang	State Financial Officer
	bgcolor="Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color" \|N28 Bakar Arang	bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color\| N22 Gurun				N21 Guar Chempedak	State Legal Advisor
	bgcolor="Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color" \|N16 Kubang Rotan	bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color\| N14 Alor Mengkudu (Opposition Leader)		Secretary		N24 Jeneri (Menteri Besar)	State Secretary
				bgcolor=Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color\| Speaker
				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
1	Ahmad Tunku Ismail	20 May 1959	28 February 1964
2	Syed Omar Syed Abdullah Shahabudin	25 April 1964	7 December 1967
3	Salleh Ishak	10 May 1969	30 July 1974
4	Abdullah Ismail	27 October 1974	11 June 1978
4	Abdullah Ismail	26 July 1978	12 February 1981
5	Shaari Abu Bakar	22 April 1982	18 July 1986
6	Seroji Haron	3 August 1986	4 October 1990
(4)	Abdullah Ismail	27 October 1990	1995
7	Zainol Md Isa	5 June 1995	31 July 1998
8	Badruddin Amiruldin	26 December 1999	2004
9	Md Rozai Safian	2004	2008
10	Abdul Isa Ismail	2008	2013
(9)	Md Rozai Safian	2013	2018
11	Ahmad Kassim	4 July 2018	Incumbent

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 betraying the mandate of the people of Kedah during the 14th GE, the member of state of Sidam 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

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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

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

References

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

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

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

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