Kelantan State Legislative Assembly

Kelantan State Legislative Assembly Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Kelantan ديوان اوندڠن نڬري كلنتن
13th Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1959
Leadership
Sultan	Sultan Muhammad V Since 13 September 2010
Speaker	Abdullah Ya'kub, PAS Since 13 June 2013
Deputy Speaker	Abdul Latiff Abdul Rahman, PAS Since 13 June 2013
Menteri Besar	Ahmad Yaakob, PAS Since 6 May 2013
Opposition Leader	Nozula Mat Diah, BN–UMNO Since 13 June 2013
Structure
Seats	45 Quorum: 15 Simple majority: 23 Two-thirds majority: 30
Political groups	(As of 6 May 2016) Government      PAS (31) EXCO Members: 11 Backbenchers: 20 Opposition      Barisan Nasional (12)      UMNO (12)      Pakatan Harapan (1)      PKR (1)      Independent (1)      Vacant (0)
Committees	2 Public Accounts Committee Select Committee
Elections
Voting system	Plurality: First-past-the-post (45 single-member constituencies)
Last election	5 May 2013
Next election	on or before 13 August 2018
Meeting place
Kota Darul Naim, Kota Bharu, Kelantan
Website
dun.kelantan.gov.my

The Kelantan State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Kelantan) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Kelantan. It consists of 45 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart.

The State Legislative Assembly convenes at the Kota Darul Naim in the state capital, Kota Bharu.

Current composition

31	1	12	1
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	PKR	Barisan Nasional	Independent

Role

The Kelantan State Legislative Assembly enacts legislation concerning matters in the State List and Joint List defined in the Federal Constitution. The Speaker presides over debates in the Assembly.

The leader of the majority party or coalition in the Assembly is appointed Menteri Besar by the Sultan of Kelantan. The person who assumes the role of Menteri Besar appoints the state's executive council, or EXCO (Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan), drawing from members of the Assembly.

State Executive Council

Kelantan State Executive Council^[1]
(2013–18)

Portfolio	Committee Chairman	Party	Constituency
Menteri Besar Public Administration Economic Planning Investment Finance	Ahmad Yaakob	PAS	Pasir Pekan
Deputy Menteri Besar Regional Development Land Affairs Natural Resources	Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah	PAS	Panchor
Industry Trade Unity Entrepreneurship Development	Anuar Tan Abdullah	PAS	Kota Lama
Local Government Housing Youth Sports	Abdul Fattah Mahmood	PAS	Bukit Panau
Culture Tourism Heritage	Md Anizam Ab Rahman	PAS	Kemahang
Islamic Development Dakwah Information International Relation	Mohd Nassuruddin Daud	PAS	Meranti
Agriculture Agro-based Industry Biotechnology Green Technology	Che Abdullah Mat Nawi	PAS	Wakaf Bharu
Human Development Education Higher Education	Mohamed Fadzli Hassan	PAS	Temangan
Public Works Infrastructure Utility Information Technology	Hanifa Ahmad	PAS	Pengkalan Pasir
Community Wellbeing Health Environment Non-Governmental Organisation	Ramli Mamat	PAS	Bunut Payong
Women Development Family Development Welfare	Mumtaz Md Nawi	PAS	Demit
Ex officio members
State Secretary	Mohd Faudzi Che Mamat
State Legal Advisor	Shahidani Abd Aziz @ Juned
State Financial Officer	Nik Kazim Nik Yusoff
State Legislative Assembly Secretary State Executive Council Secretary	Muhammed Imran Mansoor

Committees

The Assembly contains two administrative committees, namely:^[2]

• Public Accounts Committee
• Select Committee

Kelantan state election, 2013

Kelantan state election, 2013

5 May 2013

All 45 seats in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly 23 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat Mustapa Mohamed Party Pakatan Rakyat Barisan Nasional Leader's seat Chempaka Air Lanas Last election 39 seats, 56.4% 6 seats, 43.6% Seats before 39 6 Seats won 33 12 Seat change 6 6

Menteri Besar before election Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat Pakatan Rakyat Menteri Besar-designate Ahmad Yaakob Pakatan Rakyat

Template:Kelantan state election, 2013

Kelantan state election, 2008

 Summary of the 8 March 2008 Kelantan State Assembly election results

	Votes	% of vote	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	313,575	52.5	38	84.4	14
Barisan Nasional:	260,501	43.6	6	13.3	15
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	252,840	42.3	6	13.3	15
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	7,661	1.3	0	0.0
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)	23,035	3.9	1	2.2	1
Independents	147	0.0	0	0.0
Overall total	597,258	100	45	100
Source: The Star[3], Malaysia

See also

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

References

1. Kelantan State Government: Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan
2. Assembly Committees Kelantan State Government Portal
3. MALAYSIA DECIDES 2008 > General Election 2008 Results > Kelantan

External links

• Kelantan State Government official website