Perak State Legislative Assembly

15th Perak State AssemblyTypeTypeHistoryFounded21 July 1959LeadershipStructureSeats59
Quorum: 20
Simple majority: 30
Two-thirds majority: 40(As of 20 November 2022^[update])

Government (33)
  PH (24)

•   DAP (18)
•   PKR (5)
•   AMANAH (1)

  BN (9)

•   UMNO (8)
•   MCA (1)

Opposition (26)
  PN (26)

•   PAS (17)
•   BERSATU (9)

Speaker (1)

  BN (non-MLA)Up to 5 yearsElectionsPlurality: First-past-the-post (59 single-member constituencies)19 November 2022By 17 February 2028Meeting placeBangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan, Ipoh, PerakWebsitewww.perak.gov.my

The Perak State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Negeri Perak) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Perak. It is composed of 59 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart, along with elections to the federal parliament and other state assemblies.

The Assembly convenes at the Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan in the state capital, Ipoh. At 59 seats, it is the largest state assembly among the 11 legislatures of the States of Malaya.

Current composition

Government					Opposition
BN		PH			PN
9		24			26
8	1	18	5	1	17	9
UMNO	MCA	DAP	PKR	AMANAH	PAS	BERSATU

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Portrait	Member	Coalition (Party)	Post
-	-	-	Non-MLA		Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid	BN (UMNO)	Speaker
P54	Gerik	N1	Pengkalan Hulu		Mohamad Amin Roslan	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N2	Temengor		Salbiah Mohamed	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P55	Lenggong	N3	Kenering		Husairi Ariffin	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N4	Kota Tampan		Saarani Mohamad	BN (UMNO)	Menteri Besar
P56	Larut	N5	Selama		Mohd Akmal Kamaruddin	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N6	Kubu Gajah		Khalil Yahaya	PN (PAS)
		N7	Batu Kurau		Mohd Najmuddin Elias Al-Hafiz	PN (BERSATU)
P57	Parit Buntar	N8	Titi Serong		Hakimi Hamzi Hayat	PN (PAS)
		N9	Kuala Kurau		Abdul Yunus Jamahri	PN (BERSATU)
P58	Bagan Serai	N10	Alor Pongsu		Noor Azman Ghazali	PN (BERSATU)
		N11	Gunong Semanggol		Razman Zakaria	PN (PAS)	Leader Of Opposition
		N12	Selinsing		Sallehuddin Abdullah	PN (PAS)	N/A
P59	Bukit Gantang	N13	Kuala Sepetang		Ahmad Man	PN (BERSATU)
		N14	Changkat Jering		Rahim Ismail	PN (PAS)
		N15	Trong		Faisal Abdul Rahman	PN (PAS)
P60	Taiping	N16	Kamunting		Mohd Fakhruddin Abdul Aziz	PN (PAS)
		N17	Pokok Assam		Ong Seng Guan	PH (DAP)
		N18	Aulong		Teh Kok Lim	PH (DAP)	EXCO Member
P61	Padang Rengas	N19	Chenderoh		Syed Lukman Hakim Syed Mohd Zin	PN (BERSATU)	N/A
		N20	Lubok Merbau		Azizi Mohamed Ridzuan	PN (PAS)
P62	Sungai Siput	N21	Lintang		Mohd Zolkafly Harun	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
		N22	Jalong		Loh Sze Yee	PH (DAP)
P63	Tambun	N23	Manjoi		Hafez Sabri	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N24	Hulu Kinta		Muhamad Arafat Varisai Mahamad	PH (PKR)
P64	Ipoh Timur	N25	Canning		Jenny Choy Tsi Jen	PH (DAP)	Deputy Speaker
		N26	Tebing Tinggi		Dr. Abdul Aziz Bari	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N27	Pasir Pinji		Goh See Hua	PH (DAP)
P65	Ipoh Barat	N28	Bercham		Ong Boon Piow	PH (DAP)
		N29	Kepayang		Nga Kor Ming	PH (DAP)	MP of Teluk Intan Federal Minister
		N30	Buntong		Thulsi Thivani Manogaran	PH (DAP)	N/A
P66	Batu Gajah	N31	Jelapang		Cheah Pou Hian	PH (DAP)
		N32	Menglembu		Chaw Kam Foon	PH (DAP)	Political Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government
		N33	Tronoh		Steven Tiw Tee Siang	PH (DAP)	N/A
P67	Kuala Kangsar	N34	Bukit Chandan		Hashim Bujang	PN (BERSATU)
		N35	Manong		Burhanuddin Ahmad	PN (PAS)
P68	Beruas	N36	Pengkalan Baharu		Azman Noh	BN (UMNO)
		N37	Pantai Remis		Wong May Ing	PH (DAP)
		N38	Astaka		Jason Ng Thien Yeong	PH (DAP)
P69	Parit	N39	Belanja		Khairudin Abu Hanipah	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
		N40	Bota		Najihatussalehah Ahmad	PN (PAS)	N/A
P70	Kampar	N41	Malim Nawar		Bavani Veraiah @ Shasha	PH (DAP)
		N42	Keranji		Angeline Koo Hai Yen	PH (DAP)
		N43	Tulang Sekah		Mohd Azlan Helmi	PH (PKR)	EXCO Member
P71	Gopeng	N44	Sungai Rapat		Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin	PH (AMANAH)	EXCO Member Former Menteri Besar of Perak
		N45	Simpang Pulai		Wong Chai Yi	PH (PKR)	N/A
		N46	Teja		Sandrea Ng Shy Ching	PH (PKR)	EXCO Member
P72	Tapah	N47	Chenderiang		Choong Sin Heng	BN (MCA)	N/A
		N48	Ayer Kuning		Isham Shahruddin	BN (UMNO)
P73	Pasir Salak	N49	Sungai Manik		Zainol Fadzi Paharudin	PN (BERSATU)
		N50	Kampong Gajah		Zafarulazlan Zan	PN (PAS)
P74	Lumut	N51	Pasir Panjang		Rosli Abd Rahman	PN (PAS)
		N52	Pangkor		Norhaslinda Zakaria	PN (BERSATU)
P75	Bagan Datuk	N53	Rungkup		Shahrul Zaman Yahya	BN (UMNO)
		N54	Hutan Melintang		Wasanthee Sinnasamy	PH (PKR)
P76	Teluk Intan	N55	Pasir Bedamar		Woo Kah Leong	PH (DAP)	EXCO Member
		N56	Changkat Jong		Nadziruddin Mohamed Bandi	PN (BERSATU)	N/A
P77	Tanjong Malim	N57	Sungkai		Sivanesan Achalingam	PH (DAP)	EXCO Member
		N58	Slim		Muhammad Zulfadli Zainal	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N59	Behrang		Salina Samsudin	BN (UMNO)

Seating arrangement

Vacant		N54 Hutan Melintang	N38 Astaka	N33 Tronoh		N30 Buntong
N19 Chenderoh	N17 Pokok Assam	N42 Keranji		N31 Jelapang	N41 Malim Nawar	N27 Pasir Pinji
N01 Pengkalan Hulu	N47 Chenderiang	E			N28 Bercham	N45 Simpang Pulai
N08 Titi Serong	N52 Pangkor	F		D	N36 Pengkalan Baharu	N59 Behrang
N58 Slim	N35 Manong				N37 Pantai Remis	N48 Ayer Kuning
N50 Kampong Gajah	N56 Changkat Jong				N53 Rungkup	N32 Menglembu
N10 Alor Pongsu	N12 Selinsing	G	Sergeant-at-Arm	C	N29 Kepayang	N24 Hulu Kinta
N16 Kamunting	N13 Kuala Sepetang				N26 Tebing Tinggi	N25 Canning (Deputy Speaker)
N15 Trong	N03 Kenering				N18 Aulong (EXCO Member)	N55 Pasir Bedamar (EXCO Member)
N14 Changkat Jering	N07 Batu Kurau	H		B	N02 Temenggor (EXCO Member)	N43 Tualang Sekah (EXCO Member)
N20 Lubok Merbau	N40 Bota		the Mace		N22 Jalong (EXCO Member)	N39 Belanja (EXCO Member)
N34 Bukit Chandan}	N09 Kuala Kurau				N57 Sungkai (EXCO Member)	N46 Teja (EXCO Member)
N51 Pasir Panjang	N05 Selama	I		A	N21 Lintang (EXCO Member)	State Financial Officer
N23 Manjoi	N49 Sungai Manik				N44 Sungai Rapat (EXCO Member)	State Legal Advisor
N06 Kubu Gajah	N11 Gunong Semanggol (Opposition Leader)		Secretary		N04 Kota Tampan (Menteri Besar)	State Secretary
			Speaker
			Sultan

Role

The Perak State Legislative Assembly enacts laws that apply in Perak. It must hold at least three sittings a year and table a budget in March and late October or early November.^[2] The Speaker presides over sittings in the Assembly and ensures order during debates. The present Speaker is Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid.

The majority party or coalition in the Assembly forms the state government, led by the Menteri Besar. He appoints the state executive council, or EXCO (Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan), drawing from members of the Assembly.

Speakers of The Assembly

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2021)

No.	Speaker	Term start	Term end	Party	Constituency	Remarks
8	Junus Wahid	1999	2004	BN (UMNO)	Slim
9	V. Sivakumar	25 April 2008	7 May 2009	PR (DAP)	Tronoh	1st Indian speaker
10	Ganesan Retanam	7 May 2009	5 May 2013	BN (MIC)	Non-MLA
11	Devamany S. Krishnasamy	28 June 2013	9 August 2016	BN (MIC)	Non-MLA
12	S. Thangeswary[3]	9 August 2016	9 April 2018	BN (MIC)	Non-MLA	1st female speaker
13	Ngeh Koo Ham	2 July 2018	12 May 2020	PH (DAP)	Non-MLA	MP of Beruas, 1st Chinese speaker
14	Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid	15 May 2020	Incumbent	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA

Election pendulum

The 15th General Election witnessed 33 governmental seats and 26 non-governmental seats filled the Perak State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 15 safe seats and 3 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has 3 fairly safe seats and no safe seats.

List of Assemblies

Assembly	Term began	Members	Election	Committee	Majority party/coalition
1st	1959			Mohamed Ghazali I (1959-1960) Shaari (1960-1964)	Alliance
2nd	1964			Ahmad Said I	Alliance
3rd	1969			Ahmad Said II (1969-1970) Kamaruddin (1970-1974)	Alliance (1969-1973) Barisan Nasional (1973-1974)
4th	1974			Mohamed Ghazali II (1974-1977) Wan Mohammed I (1977-1978)	Barisan Nasional
5th	1978			Wan Mohamed II	Barisan Nasional
6th	1982			Wan Mohamed III (1982-1983) Ramli I (1983-1986)	Barisan Nasional
7th	1986			Ramli II	Barisan Nasional
8th	1990			Ramli III	Barisan Nasional
9th	1995			Ramli IV	Barisan Nasional
10th	1999			Tajol Rosli I	Barisan Nasional
11th	2004			Tajol Rosli II	Barisan Nasional
12th	2008			Mohamad Nizar (2008-2009) Zambry I (2009-2013)	Pakatan Rakyat (2008-2009) Barisan Nasional (2009-2013)
13th	2013			Zambry II	Barisan Nasional
14th	2018			Ahmad Faizal I (2018-2020) Ahmad Faizal II (2020) Saarani I (2020-2022)	Pakatan Harapan (2018-2020) BN-PN (2020-2022)
15th	2022			Saarani II	BN-PH

Notes

See also

• List of State Seats Representatives in Malaysia
• State legislative assemblies of Malaysia
• 2009 Perak constitutional crisis
• 2020 vote of no confidence in the Faizal Azumu ministry

References

External links

• Perak State Government official website