Terengganu State Legislative Assembly

Terengganu State Legislative Assembly Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Terengganu
13th Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	20 June 1959
Leadership
Sultan	Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Since 15 May 1998
Speaker	Mohd Zubir Embong, BN–UMNO Since 16 June 2013
Deputy Speaker	Vacant
Menteri Besar	Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman, BN–UMNO Since 12 May 2014
Opposition Leader	Satiful Bahari Mamat, PAS Since 16 June 2013
Structure
Seats	32 Quorum: 11 Simple majority: 17 Two-thirds majority: 21
Political groups	(As of 24 February 2016) Government      Barisan Nasional (17) EXCO Members: 10 Backbenchers: 7      UMNO (17) Opposition      PAS (14)      Pakatan Harapan (1)      PKR (1)      Independent (0)      Vacant (0)
Committees	2 Public Accounts Committee Committee of Privileges
Elections
Voting system	Plurality: First-past-the-post (32 single-member constituencies)
Last election	5 May 2013
Next election	on or before 16 August 2018
Meeting place
Wisma Darul Iman, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
Website
dun.terengganu.gov.my

The Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Terengganu) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Terengganu. It consists of 32 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart, and are customarily held alongside elections to the federal parliament during a general election.

The State Assembly convenes at the Wisma Darul Iman in the state capital, Kuala Terengganu.

Current composition

17	14	1
Barisan Nasional	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	PKR

Role

The Terengganu State Assembly's main function is to enact state laws and policies. It is also in charge of oversight of departments and agencies of the state government. Members of the assembly are responsible for checking and criticizing the executive government's actions.^[1]

The leader of the party or coalition with a majority of seats in the assembly is appointed Menteri Besar by the Sultan of Terengganu. The Menteri Besar then appoints members of the state executive council, or EXCO (Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri) from members of the assembly.^[2]

State Executive Council

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

Portfolio	Committee Chairman	Party	Constituency
Menteri Besar Planning Finance Investment Land Petroleum Natural Resources Environment Local Government Housing	Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Seberang Takir
Industry Trade	Tengku Putera Tengku Awang	UMNO	Kuala Berang
Tourism Culture	Mohd Jidin Shafee	UMNO	Permaisuri
Youth Sports Human Resources	Rozi Mamat	UMNO	Telemung
Infrastructure Public Amenities	Rosli Othman	UMNO	Kemasik
Agriculture Agro-based Industry Plantation Industries Commodity	Nawi Mohamad	UMNO	Hulu Besut
Government Transformation Communication Multimedia	A Latiff Awang	UMNO	Pengkalan Berangan
Rural Development Entrepreneurship Development Co-operatives Consumerism	Roslee Daud	UMNO	Bukit Besi
Education Science Technology Special Tasks	Ghazali Taib	UMNO	Ajil
Health Women Development Family Development Community Development	Muhammad Pehimi Yusof	UMNO	Jertih
Ex officio members
State Secretary	Osman Muda
State Legal Advisor	Azhar Abdul Hamid
State Financial Officer	Wan Nawawi Wan Ismail
State Legislative Assembly Secretary State Executive Council Secretary	Azhar Jusoh

Committees

The State Assembly also consists of committees to handle administrative matters, including:

• Committee of Privileges^[4]
• Public Accounts Committee^[5]

Terengganu state election, 2013

Terengganu state election, 2013

5 May 2013

All 32 seats in the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly 17 seats needed for a majority Turnout 87.85%   First party Second party   Leader Ahmad Said Abdul Hadi Awang Party Barisan Nasional Pakatan Rakyat Leader's seat Kijal Rhu Rendang Last election 24 seats, 55.00% 8 seats, 45.00% Seats before 24 8 Seats won 17 15 Seat change 7 7 Popular vote 283,087 264,465 Percentage 51.38% 48.00% Swing 3.62% 3.00%

Menteri Besar before election Ahmad Said Barisan Nasional Menteri Besar-designate Ahmad Said Barisan Nasional

 Summary of the 5 May 2013 Terengganu State Assembly election results

	Votes	% of vote	+/–	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Barisan Nasional:^1	283,087	51.38	3.62	17	53.1	7
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	275,833	50.07	3.14	17	53.1	6
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	7,254	1.32	0.47	0	0.0	1
Pakatan Rakyat:	264,465	48.00	3.00	15	46.9	7
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	245,209	44.51	3.28	14	43.8	6
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)	19,256	3.50	0.27	1	3.1	1
Independents	3,392	0.62	0.62	0	0.0
Valid votes	550,944	98.77
Invalid/blank votes	6,836	1.23
Total votes	557,780	100		32	100
Registered voters	634,944	87.85
Source: undi.info Note:^1 Kuala Besut BN assemblyman, A. Rahman Mokhtar died on 26 June 2013 from lung cancer, paving way for a by-election

Terengganu state election, 2008

 Summary of the 8 March 2008 Terengganu State Assembly election results

	Votes	% of vote	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Barisan Nasional:	240,165	55.00	24	75.00	4
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	232,334	53.21	23	71.88	4
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	7,831	1.79	1	3.13
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	180,021	41.23	8	25.00	4
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)	16,460	3.77	0	0.00
Overall total	436,646	100	32	100
Source: The Star[6], Malaysia

References

1. "Peranan dan Keahlian Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Terengganu State Assembly. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
2. "Pengenalan" (in Malay). Terengganu State Assembly. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
3. "Senarai Nama Ahli Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri Terengganu dan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Terengganu bagi PRU13 (2013)" (PDF) (in Malay). Terengganu State Assembly. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
4. "Jawatankuasa Hak and Kebebasan Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Terengganu State Assembly. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
5. "Jawatankuasa Kira-kira Wang Negeri" (in Malay). Terengganu State Assembly. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
6. "MALAYSIA DECIDES 2008 > General Election 2008 Results > Terengganu". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 16 April 2011.

External links

• Portal Rasmi Dewan Undangan Negeri Terengganu Darul Iman (Official site) (Malay)