Penang State Legislative Assembly

Penang State Legislative Assembly Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang
13th Penang State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	11 July 1959
Leadership
Yang di-Pertua Negeri	Abdul Rahman Abbas, BN–UMNO Since 1 May 2001
Speaker	Law Choo Kiang, PH–PKR Since 28 June 2013
Deputy Speaker	Maktar Shapee, PH–PKR Since 28 June 2013
Chief Minister	Lim Guan Eng, PH–DAP Since 11 March 2008
Opposition Leader	Jahara Hamid, BN–UMNO Since 28 June 2013
Structure
Seats	40 Quorum: 13 Simple majority: 21 Two-thirds majority: 27
Political groups	(As of 24 February 2016) Government      Pakatan Harapan (29) EXCO Members: 11 Backbenchers: 18      DAP (19)      PKR (10) Opposition      Barisan Nasional (10)      UMNO (10)      PAS (1)      Independent (0)      Vacant (0)
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 (40 single-member constituencies)
Last election	5 May 2013
Next election	on or before 28 August 2018
Meeting place
Penang State Assembly Building, Light Street, George Town, Penang
Website
dun.penang.gov.my

The Penang State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang) is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 40 lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout the state.

The unicameral state legislature, whose members are called state assemblymen, convenes at the neoclassical Penang State Assembly Building at Light Street in the state capital, George Town. Since 2008, Assembly proceedings have been broadcast live on the internet.

It has 40 seats, 29 of which are held by the Pakatan Rakyat compromising the Democratic Action Party which has 19 seats, nine by Parti Keadilan Rakyat and one by Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party defeating the Barisan Nasional with only 11 seats since the 2008 general elections. It was a sharp reversal from the 38 seats held by BN in the 2004 elections and only the second time since Independence that the state fell into non-BN control, the last being in 1969.

Current composition

29	1	10
Pakatan Harapan	PAS	Barisan Nasional

Seating arrangement*

Sungai Pinang	Kebun Bunga	Pengkalan Kota	Bukit Tengah	Seri Delima	Tanjong Bunga	Paya Terubong	Bagan Dalam
		Permatang Pasir	Penanti	Berapit	Air Itam
Komtar							Sungai Bakap
Pulau Tikus	Sungai Dua					Padang Lalang	Seberang Jaya
Jawi	Permatang Berangan					Batu Maung	Datok Keramat
Machang Bubuk	Penaga					Padang Kota	Sungai Puyu
Batu Uban	Sungai Acheh					Perai	Batu Lancang
Bayan Lepas	Pinang Tunggal					Pantai Jerejak	Bagan Jermal
Telok Bahang	Pulau Betong					State Legal Advisor	State Financial Officer
Bertam	Telok Ayer Tawar	State Legislative Assembly Secretary				Air Putih	State Secretary
			Speaker Bukit Tambun

• The seating arrangement is viewable at the official website.^[1]

Role

The Penang State 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 Chief Minister by the Governor of Penang. The Chief Minister heads the state's executive, known as the State EXCO, whose members are also drawn from the Assembly.

State Executive Council

Penang State Executive Council^[3]
(2013–18)

Portfolio	Committee Chairman	Party	Constituency
Chief Minister Land Affairs Land Development Information Culture Arts Heritage Non-Muslim Affairs	Lim Guan Eng	DAP	Air Puteh
First Deputy Chief Minister Industry Development International Trade Entrepreneurship Development Co-operatives Community Relation	Mohd Rashid Hasnon	PKR	Pantai Jerejak
Second Deputy Chief Minister Economic Planning Education Human Resources Science Technology Innovation	Ramasamy Palanisamy	DAP	Perai
Local Government Traffic Management Flood Mitigation	Chow Kon Yeow	DAP	Padang Kota
Muslim Affairs Domestic Trade Consumerism	Abdul Malik Abul Kassim	PKR	Batu Maung
Public Works Utilities (Energy, Water, Telecommunication) Transport (Air, Sea, Train)	Lim Hock Seng	DAP	Bagan Jermal
Tourism Development	Law Heng Kiang	DAP	Batu Lancang
Welfare Caring Society Environment	Phee Boon Poh	DAP	Sungai Puyu
Agriculture Agro-based Industry Rural Development Health	Afif Bahardin	PKR	Seberang Jaya
Urban Planning Countryside Planning Housing	Jagdeep Singh Deo	DAP	Datok Keramat
Youth Sports Women Development Family Development Community Development	Chong Eng	DAP	Padang Lalang
Ex officio members
State Secretary	Farizan Darus
State Legal Advisor	Aliza Sulaiman
State Financial Officer	Mokhtar Mohd Jait
State Legislative Assembly Secretary State Executive Council Secretary	Maheswari Malayandy

Committees

The State Assembly also consists of committees to handle administrative matters. The committees include:^[4]

• Public Accounts Committee
• Rights and Privileges Committee
• Assembly Committee
• Rules of Proceedings Committee
• Constitutional Committee

Speakers Roll of Honour

The following is the Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly Roll of Honour, since 1959:^[5]

No.	Speaker	Term start	Term end
1	Sulaiman Ahmad	6 January 1959	1 April 1964
		25 April 1964	19 March 1969
2	Harun Sirat	10 May 1969	31 July 1974
		24 August 1974	16 June 1978
3	Hassan Md. Noh	8 July 1978	29 March 1982
4	Teh Ewe Lim	22 April 1982	19 July 1986
5	Ooi Ean Kwong	3 August 1986	5 October 1990
6	Abdul Rahman Abbas	21 October 1990	4 April 1995
7	Yahaya Abdul Hamid	25 April 1995	10 November 1999
		29 November 1999	2 March 2004
		21 March 2004	12 February 2008
8	Abdul Halim Hussain	8 March 2008	27 June 2013
9	Law Choo Kiang	28 June 2013	Incumbent

Penang state election, 2013

Penang state election, 2013

5 May 2013

All 40 seats in the Penang State Legislative Assembly 21 seats needed for a majority Turnout 86.93%   First party Second party   Leader Lim Guan Eng Teng Chang Yeow Party Pakatan Rakyat Barisan Nasional Leader since Leader's seat Air Puteh (ran in Bagan, won) Bukit Tengah (lost contest) Last election 29 seats, 58.90% 11 seats, 40.96% Seats before 29 11 Seats won 30 10 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 490,978 233,246 Percentage 67.53% 32.09% Swing 8.63% 8.87%

Chief Minister before election Lim Guan Eng Pakatan Rakyat Chief Minister-designate Lim Guan Eng Pakatan Rakyat

 Summary of the 5 May 2013 Penang State Assembly election results

	Votes	% of vote	+/–	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Pakatan Rakyat:	490,798	67.53	8.63	30	75.0	1
Democratic Action Party (DAP)	273,994	37.70	5.45	19	47.5
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)	179,705	24.73	4.31	10	25.0	1
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	37,099	5.10	1.13	1	2.5
Barisan Nasional:	233,246	32.09	8.87	10	25.0	1
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	123,251	16.96	0.34	10	25.0	1
Malaysian People's Movement Party (Gerakan)	66,461	9.14	3.99	0	0.0
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	35,852	4.93	4.30	0	0.0
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)	7,682	1.06	0.24	0	0.0
Independents and others	2,707	0.37	0.23	0	0.0
Independents	2,332	0.32	0.18	0	0.0
Parti Cinta Malaysia (PCM)	216	0.03	0.03	0	0.0
Malaysian People's Welfare Party (KITA)	159	0.02	0.02	0	0.0
Valid votes	726,751	98.79
Invalid/blank votes	8,888	1.21
Total votes	735,639	100		40	100
Registered voters	846,232	86.93
Source: undi.info

Penang state election, 2008

 Summary of the 8 March 2008 Penang State Assembly election results

	Votes	% of vote	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Pakatan Rakyat: (Formal coalition formed after election)	319,757	58.90	29	72.5	27
Democratic Action Party (DAP)	175,067	32.25	19	47.5	18
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)	110,872	20.42	9	22.5	9
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	33,818	6.23	1	2.5
Barisan Nasional:	222,339	40.96	11	27.5	27
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	93,923	17.30	11	27.5	3
Malaysian People's Movement Party (Gerakan)	71,255	13.13	0	0.0	13
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	50,123	9.23	0	0.0	9
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)	7,038	1.30	0	0.0	2
Independents	760	0.14	0	0.0
Overall total	542,856	100	40	100
Source: The Star[6], Malaysia Penanti State Assemblyman Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin (PKR) resigned in April 2009[7] and has since been replaced by Mansor Othman (PKR) in a by-election.[8]

See also

• Penang State Assembly Building

References

1. http://dun.penang.gov.my/images/v25/SUSUNAN%20TEMPAT%20DUDUK%20DEWAN%20UNDANGAN%20NEGERI%20KETIGA%20BELAS%202013.pdf
2. Role and Membership of the State Assembly Penang State Assembly Portal
3. Penang State Government: EXCO
4. List of State Assembly Committees Penang State Assembly Portal
5. Senarai Yang di-Pertua Dewan Undangan Negeri
6. MALAYSIA DECIDES 2008 > General Election 2008 Results > Penang
7. Mohammad Fairus quits Penanti seat The Nut Graph. 16 April 2009
8. Penanti: Dr Mansor wins with 6,052 votes out of 7,100 The Star. 31 May 2009

External links

• Penang State Assembly Portal