Penang State Legislative Assembly

Penang State Legislative Assembly Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang
15th State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	11 July 1959; 65 years ago (1959-07-11)
Leadership
Yang di-Pertua Negeri	Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak since 1 May 2021 (2021-05-01)
Speaker	Law Choo Kiang, PH–PKR since 28 June 2013 (2013-06-28)
Deputy Speaker	Azrul Mahathir Aziz, PH–AMANAH since 29 August 2023 (2023-08-29)
Chief Minister	Chow Kon Yeow, PH–DAP since 14 May 2018 (2018-05-14)
Leader of the Opposition	Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff, PN–PAS since 17 November 2023 (2023-11-17)
Secretary	Maheswari Malayandy
Structure
Seats	40 Quorum: 13 Simple majority: 21 Two-thirds majority: 27
Political groups	(As of 6 July 2024[update]) Government (29)   PH (27)   DAP (19)   PKR (7)   AMANAH (1)   BN (2)   UMNO (2) Opposition (11)   PN (11)   PAS (7)   BERSATU (4) Speaker (1)   PH (non-MLA)
Committees	5 Public Accounts Committee Rights and Privileges Committee Assembly Committee Rules of Proceedings Committee Constitutional Committee
Elections
Voting system	Plurality First-past-the-post
Last election	12 August 2023
Next election	By 28 October 2028
Meeting place
Penang State Assembly Building, Light Street, George Town, Penang
Website
dun.penang.gov.my

The Penang State Legislative Assembly is the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 40 elected lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout Penang. The state legislature, whose members are called "State Assemblymen", convenes at the Penang State Assembly Building in Penang's capital city of George Town. The Penang State Executive Council, the executive branch of the Penang state government, is drawn from among the State Assemblymen.

After the 2023 Penang state election, 29 out of 40 seats are held by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN). The PH–BN alliance thus command a supermajority in the legislature. Meanwhile, 11 seats are held by the Perikatan Nasional (PN) opposition coalition.

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Portrait	Member	Coalition (Party)	Post
-	-	-	Non-MLA		Law Choo Kiang	PH (PKR)	Speaker
P041	Kepala Batas	N01	Penaga		Mohd Yusni Mat Piah	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N02	Bertam		Reezal Merican Naina Merican	BN (UMNO)
		N03	Pinang Tunggal		Bukhori Ghazali	PN (PAS)
P042	Tasek Gelugor	N4	Permatang Berangan		Mohd Sobri Saleh	PN (PAS)
		N05	Sungai Dua		Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff	PN (PAS)	Opposition Leader
		N06	Telok Ayer Tawar		Azmi Alang	PN (BERSATU)	N/A
P043	Bagan	N07	Sungai Puyu		Phee Syn Tze	PH (DAP)
		N08	Bagan Jermal		Chee Yeeh Keen	PH (DAP)
		N09	Bagan Dalam		Kumaran Krishnan	PH (DAP)
P044	Permatang Pauh	N10	Seberang Jaya		Izhar Shah Arif Shah	PN (BERSATU)
		N11	Permatang Pasir		Amir Hamzah Abdul Hashim	PN (PAS)
		N12	Penanti		Zulkefli Bakar	PN (BERSATU)
P045	Bukit Mertajam	N13	Berapit		Heng Lee Lee	PH (DAP)
		N14	Machang Bubok		Lee Khai Loon	PH (PKR)
		N15	Padang Lalang		Daniel Gooi Zi Sen	PH (DAP)	EXCO Member
P46	Batu Kawan	N16	Perai		Sundarajoo Somu	PH (DAP)
		N17	Bukit Tengah		Gooi Hsiao Leung	PH (PKR)	N/A
		N18	Bukit Tambun		Goh Choon Aik	PH (PKR)
P047	Nibong Tebal	N19	Jawi		Jason H'ng Mooi Lye	PH (DAP)	EXCO Member
		N20	Sungai Bakap		Abidin Ismail	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N21	Sungai Acheh		Rashidi Zinol	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P048	Bukit Bendera	N22	Tanjong Bunga		Zairil Khir Johari	PH (DAP)
		N23	Air Putih		Lim Guan Eng	PH (DAP)	Former Chief Minister of Penang MP for Bagan
		N24	Kebun Bunga		Lee Boon Heng	PH (PKR)	N/A
		N25	Pulau Tikus		Joshua Woo Sze Zeng	PH (DAP)
P049	Tanjong	N26	Padang Kota		Chow Kon Yeow	PH (DAP)	Chief Minister MP for Batu Kawan
		N27	Pengkalan Kota		Wong Yuee Harng	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N28	Komtar		Teh Lai Heng	PH (DAP)
P050	Jelutong	N29	Datok Keramat		Jagdeep Singh Deo	PH (DAP)	Deputy Chief Minister II
		N30	Sungai Pinang		Lim Siew Khim	PH (DAP)	EXCO Member
		N31	Batu Lancang		Ong Ah Teong	PH (DAP)	N/A
P051	Bukit Gelugor	N32	Seri Delima		Connie Tan Hooi Peng	PH (DAP)
		N33	Air Itam		Joseph Ng Soon Siang	PH (DAP)
		N34	Paya Terubong		Wong Hon Wai	PH (DAP)	EXCO Member
P052	Bayan Baru	N35	Batu Uban		Kumaresan Aramugam	PH (PKR)	N/A
		N36	Pantai Jerejak		Fahmi Zainol	PH (PKR)	EXCO Member
		N37	Batu Maung		Mohamad Abdul Hamid	PH (PKR)	Deputy Chief Minister I
P053	Balik Pulau	N38	Bayan Lepas		Azrul Mahathir Aziz	PH (AMANAH)	Deputy Speaker
		N39	Pulau Betong		Mohamad Shukor Zakariah	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N40	Telok Bahang		Muhamad Kasim	PN (BERSATU)

The seating arrangement of the Penang State Legislative Assembly is as follows.^[1]

The Penang State Legislative Assembly's main function is to enact legislation and policies relating to the State List and Joint List as defined in the Federal Constitution. Its members also provide oversight on the state's executive branch of government, ensuring the state departments and agencies enforce the aforementioned legislation.^[2] Debates in the Assembly are presided over by the Speaker.

The leader of the party or coalition with a majority in the Assembly is appointed the Chief Minister by the Tuan Yang Terutama Tun Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang. The Chief Minister heads the state's executive, known as the State Executive Council, whose members are also drawn from the Assembly.

The State Assembly also consists of committees to handle administrative matters. The committees include:^[3]

• Public Accounts Committee
• Committee on Privileges
• House Committee
• Standing Orders Committee
• Constitution Committee

The following is the Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly Roll of Honour, since 1959:^[4]

The 2023 Penang state election witnessed 29 governmental seats and 11 non-governmental seats filled the Penang State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 25 safe seats and 1 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has 4 safe seats and 3 fairly safe seats.

• Penang State Assembly Building
• Penang state government
• Constituencies of Penang
• Constitution of Penang

• Penang State Assembly Portal