Pahang State Legislative Assembly

15th Pahang State Legislative AssemblyTypeTypeHistoryFounded22 August 1959LeadershipStructureSeats42+0 Nominated Member (Maximum 47 Members)
Quorum: 14
Simple majority: 22
Two-thirds majority: 28(as of 7 October 2023)

Government (25)
  BN (17)

•   UMNO (16)
•   MIC (1)

  PH (8)

•   DAP (6)
•   PKR (2)

Opposition (17)
  PN (17)

•   PAS (15)
•   BERSATU (2)

Speaker (1)

  BN (non-MLA)CommitteesElectionsPlurality: First-past-the-post (42 single-member constituencies)19 November 2022By 27 February 2028Meeting placeWisma Seri Pahang, Kuantan, PahangWebsitewww.pahang.gov.my

The Pahang State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Negeri Pahang) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Pahang. It is composed of 42 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state.

The Assembly convenes at the Wisma Seri Pahang in the state capital, Kuantan.

Current composition

Government				Opposition
BN		PH		PN
17		8		17
16	1	6	2	15	2
UMNO	MIC	DAP	PKR	PAS	BERSATU

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Portrait	Member	Coalition (Party)	Remark
-	-	-	Non-MLA		Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin	BN (UMNO)	Speaker
P78	Cameron Highlands	N1	Tanah Rata		Ho Chi Yang	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N2	Jelai		Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail	BN (UMNO)	Menteri Besar
P79	Lipis	N3	Padang Tengku		Mustapa Long	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N4	Cheka		Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man	PN (PAS)	Opposition Leader MP for Kubang Kerian
		N5	Benta		Mohd. Soffi Abd. Razak	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
P80	Raub	N6	Batu Talam		Abdul Aziz Mat Kiram	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N7	Tras		Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji	PH (DAP)
		N8	Dong		Fadzli Mohamad Kamal	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
P81	Jerantut	N9	Tahan		Mohd Zakhwan Ahmad Badarddin	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N10	Damak		Zuridan Mohd Daud	PN (PAS)
		N11	Pulau Tawar		Yohanis Ahmad	PN (PAS)
P82	Indera Mahkota	N12	Beserah		Andansura Rabu	PN (PAS)
		N13	Semambu		Chan Chun Kuang	PH (PKR)
P83	Kuantan	N14	Teruntum		Sim Chon Siang	PH (PKR)	EXCO member
		N15	Tanjung Lumpur		Rosli Abdul Jabar	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N16	Inderapura		Shafik Fauzan Sharif	BN (UMNO)
P84	Paya Besar	N17	Sungai Lembing		Mohamad Ayub Mat Ashri	PN (PAS)
		N18	Lepar		Mohd Yazid Mohd Yunus	PN (BERSATU)
		N19	Panching		Mohd Tarmizi Yahaya	PN (PAS)
P85	Pekan	N20	Pulau Manis		Mohd Rafiq Khan Ahmad Khan	PN (PAS)
		N21	Peramu Jaya		Mohamad Nizar Mohd Najib	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
		N22	Bebar		Mohd Fakhruddin Mohd Ariff	BN (UMNO)
		N23	Chini		Mohd Sharim Md Zain	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P86	Maran	N24	Luit		Mohd Sofian Abd Jalil	PN (PAS)
		N25	Kuala Sentul		Jasri Jamaluddin	PN (BERSATU)
		N26	Chenor		Mujjibur Rahman Ishak	PN (PAS)
P87	Kuala Krau	N27	Jenderak		Rodzuan Zaaba	BN (UMNO)
		N28	Kerdau		Syed Ibrahim Syed Ahmad	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
		N29	Jengka		Shahril Azman Abd Halim	PN (PAS)	N/A
P88	Temerloh	N30	Mentakab		Woo Chee Wan	PH (DAP)
		N31	Lanchang		Hassan Omar	PN (PAS)
		N32	Kuala Semantan		Hassanuddin Salim	PN (PAS)
P89	Bentong	N33	Bilut		Lee Chin Chen	PH (DAP)	Deputy Speaker
		N34	Ketari		Thomas Su Keong Siong	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N35	Sabai		Arumugam Verappa Pillai	BN (MIC)
		N36	Pelangai		Amizar Abu Adam[nb 1]	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
P90	Bera	N37	Guai		Sabariah Saidan	BN (UMNO)
		N38	Triang		Leong Yu Man	PH (DAP)
		N39	Kemayan		Khaizulnizam Mohamad Zuldin	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P91	Rompin	N40	Bukit Ibam		Nazri Ahmad	PN (PAS)
		N41	Muadzam Shah		Razali Kassim	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
		N42	Tioman		Mohd Johari Hussain	BN (UMNO)	N/A

Seating arrangement

Vacant	N20 Pulau Manis	N31 Lanchang	N32 Kuala Semantan	Vacant	N39 Kemayan	N35 Sabai	N27 Jenderak
Vacant	N17 Sungai Lembing	N15 Tanjung Lumpur	N12 Beserah		Vacant	N38 Triang (EXCO Member)	N23 Chini
Vacant	N11 Pulau Tawar	N04 Cheka (Opposition Leader)	D	Sergeant-at-Arm	C	N14 Teruntum (EXCO Member)	N03 Padang Tengku
Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	E	Vacant	B	Vacant	N08 Dong (EXCO Member)
Vacant	N29 Jengka	N13 Semambu				N37 Guai (EXCO Member)	N42 Tioman	Vacant
Vacant	N26 Chenor	N01 Tanah Rata				N21 Peramu Jaya (EXCO Member)	N06 Batu Talam	Vacant
Vacant	N24 Luit	N30 Mentakab		the Mace		N41 Muadzam Shah (EXCO Member)	N16 Inderapura	Vacant
		N34 Ketari	F		A	N22 Bebar (EXCO Member)
N25 Kuala Sentul	N19 Panching	N07 Tras				N28 Kerdau (EXCO Member)	State Financial Officer	Vacant
N18 Lepar	N10 Damak	N33 Bilut (Deputy Speaker)				N05 Benta (EXCO Member)	State Legal Advisor	Vacant
N40 Bukit Ibam	N09 Tahan	N36 Pelangai (EXCO Member)		Secretary		N02 Jelai (Menteri Besar)	State Secretary	Vacant
				Speaker
				Sultan

Role

As the state's legislative body, the Pahang State Legislative Assembly's main function is to enact laws that apply to Pahang, known as enactments. The Speaker presides over the Assembly's proceedings, and works to maintain order during debates.

The state government's executive branch (known as the State Executive Council (EXCO), or Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri), including the Menteri Besar, are drawn from the Assembly. The Menteri Besar is ceremonially appointed by the Sultan of Pahang on the basis that he is able to command a majority in the Assembly. The Menteri Besar then appoints members of the State EXCO drawing from members of the Assembly.

Pahang state elections, 2022

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Perikatan Nasional		Malaysian Islamic Party	244,142	27.95	15	+7
			Malaysian United Indigenous Party	79,321	9.08	2	+2
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	16,915	1.94	0	0
		Total		340,378	38.97	17	+9
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	294,767	33.75	16	–9
			Malaysian Chinese Association	38,322	4.39	0	–1
			Malaysian Indian Congress	4,444	0.51	1	+1
		Total		337,533	38.65	17	–9
	Pakatan Harapan		People's Justice Party	69,145	7.92	2	0
			National Trust Party	43,387	4.97	0	0
			Democratic Action Party	75,698	8.67	6	–1
		Total		188,230	21.55	8	–1
	Gerakan Tanah Air		Homeland Fighter's Party	4,188	0.48	0	New
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front	820	0.09	0	0
		Total		5,008	0.57	0	0
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia			203	0.02	0	0
	Independents			1,989	0.23	0	0
Total				873,341	100.00	42	0
Valid votes				873,341	98.70
Invalid/blank votes				11,467	1.30
Total votes				884,808	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,136,944	77.82
Source: SPR, SPR

Pahang state elections, 2018

Summary of the 9 May 2018 Pahang State Assembly election results

	Votes	% of vote	+/–	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Barisan Nasional:	275,766	41.64		25	59.5	5
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	220,715	33.32		24	57.1	4
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	40,241	6.08		1	2.4	1
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)	3,879	0.59		0	0.0
Malaysian People's Movement Party (GERAKAN)	10,931	1.65		0	0.0
Pakatan Harapan:	192,837	29.12		9	21.4
Democratic Action Party (DAP)	71,396	10.78		7	16.7
People's Justice Party (PKR)	64,338	9.71		2	4.8
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM)	14,722	2.22		0	0.0
National Trust Party (AMANAH)	42,381	6.40		0	0.0
Others	192,432	29.05		8	19.0	5
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	192,203	29.02		8	19.0	5
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM)	229	0.03		0	0.0
Independents	1,281	0.19		0	0.0
Valid votes	662,316
Invalid/blank votes	11,065
Total votes	673,381
Registered voters	823,981
Source: undi.info

Election pendulum

The 15th General Election witnessed 25 governmental seats and 17 non-governmental seats filled the Pahang State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 4 safe seats and 4 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has just 1 safe seat and fairly safe seat each.

List of Assemblies

Assembly	Term began	Members	Election	Committee	Majority party/coalition
1st	1959			Wan Abdul Aziz	Perikatan
2nd	1964			Yahya I	Perikatan
3rd	1969			Yahya II (1969-1972) Abdul Aziz (1972-1974) Muhammad I (1974)	Perikatan (1969-1973) Barisan Nasional (1973-1974)
4th	1974			Muhammad II	Barisan Nasional
5th	1978			Abdul Rahim (1978-1981) Abdul Rashid (1981-1982)	Barisan Nasional
6th	1982			Najib	Barisan Nasional
7th	1986			Mohd Khalil I	Barisan Nasional
8th	1990			Mohd Khalil II	Barisan Nasional
9th	1995			Mohd Khalil III (1995-1999) Adnan I (1999)	Barisan Nasional
10th	1999			Adnan II	Barisan Nasional
11th	2004			Adnan III	Barisan Nasional
12th	2008			Adnan IV	Barisan Nasional
13th	2013			Adnan V	Barisan Nasional
14th	2018			Wan Rosdy I	Barisan Nasional
15th	2022			Wan Rosdy II	BN-PH

See also

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

References

External links

• Pahang State Government official website