Kedah State Legislative Assembly

15th Kedah State Legislative AssemblyTypeTypeHistoryFounded1959Preceded byKedah State Council (3 August 1905–31 March 1959)LeadershipStructureSeats36
Quorum: 12
Simple majority: 19
Two-thirds majority: 24(As of 13 August 2023^[update])

Government (33)
  PN (33)

•   PAS (21)
•   BERSATU (11)
•   GERAKAN (1)

Opposition (3)
  PH (3)

•   PKR (2)
•   DAP (1)

Speaker (1)

  PN (non-MLA)CommitteesElectionsPlurality: First-past-the-post (36 single-member constituencies)12 August 2023By 24 November 2028Meeting placeWisma Darul Aman, Alor Setar, KedahWebsitemmk.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.

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
-	-	#	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 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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2016)

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
		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.

List of Assemblies

Assembly	Term began	Members	Election	Committee	Majority party/coalition
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) PN-BN (2020-2022) Perikatan Nasional (2022-2023)
15th	2023			Muhammad Sanusi II	Perikatan Nasional

Notes

See also

• List of State Seats Representatives in Malaysia
• State legislative assemblies of Malaysia

References

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