The Kedah State Legislative Assembly () is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Kedah. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 36 lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout the state.

Members of the unicameral state legislature are called state assemblymen. The Legislative Assembly building is located at the Wisma Darul Aman in the state capital, Alor Setar.

Out of the 36 seats, 33 are held by the Perikatan Nasional (PN) ruling coalition after the 2023 state election. Thus, the PN coalition commands a two-thirds supermajority in the assembly. Meanwhile, Pakatan Harapan (PH) that comprises People's Justice Party (PKR) holds just 2 seats, followed by Democratic Action Party (DAP) which retain only single seat.

Current composition

Government (33)Opposition (3)PNBERSATUPH 2493212121PASWAWASANGERAKANBERSATUPKRDAP

No.Parliamentary ConstituencyNo.State Constituency MemberCoalition (Party) Post - -#Non-MLAZubir AhmadSpeakerP004Langkawi N01 Ayer Hangat Shamsilah Siru N/A N02 Kuah Amar Pared Mahamud P005Jerlun N03 Kota Siputeh Mohd Ashraf Mustaqim Badrul Munir N04 Ayer Hitam Azhar Ibrahim P006Kubang Pasu N05 Bukit Kayu Hitam Halimaton Shaadiah Saad EXCO Member N06 Jitra Haim Hilman Abdullah P007Padang Terap N07 Kuala Nerang Mohamad Yusoff @ Munir Zakaria N08 Pedu Mohd Radzi Md Amin N/AP008Pokok Sena N09 Bukit LadaSalim Mahmood N10 Bukit PinangWan Romani Wan Salim N11 DergaMuhamad Amri Wahab P009Alor Setar N12 Suka Menanti Dzowahir Ab Ghani EXCO Member N13 Kota Darul AmanTeh Swee Leong PH (DAP) N/A N14 Alor MengkuduMuhamad Radhi Mat Din EXCO MemberP010Kuala Kedah N15 Anak Bukit Rashidi Razak N/A N16 Kubang Rotan Mohd Salleh Saidin EXCO Member N17 Pengkalan Kundor Mardhiyyah Johari N/AP011Pendang N18 TokaiMohd Hayati Othman N/A N19 Sungai TiangAbdul Razak Khamis Deputy SpeakerP012Jerai N20 Sungai Limau Mohd Azam Abd Samat EXCO Member N21 Guar Chempedak Abdul Ghafar Saad N/A N22 GurunBaddrol Bakhtiar P013Sik N23 Belantek Ahmad Sulaiman N24 JeneriMuhammad Sanusi Md Nor Menteri BesarP014Merbok N25 Bukit Selambau Azizan Hamzah N/A N26 Tanjong Dawai Hanif Ghazali P015Sungai Petani N27 Pantai Merdeka Sharir Long N28 Bakar Arang Adam Loh Wei Chai PH (PKR) N29 SidamBau Wong Bau Ek PH (PKR) Opposition LeaderP016Baling N30 BayuMohd Taufik Yaacob N/A N31 KupangNajmi Ahmad N32 Kuala Ketil Mansor Zakaria EXCO MemberP017Padang Serai N33 Merbau Pulas Siti Ashah Ghazali N34 LunasKhairul Anuar Ramli N/AP018Kulim-Bandar Baharu N35 KulimWong Chia Zhen EXCO Member N36 Bandar Baharu Mohd Suffian Yusoff N/A

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Role

The Kedah State Legislative Assembly's main function is to enact laws that apply in the state. It is also the forum for members to voice their opinions on the state government's policies and implementation of those policies. Under the law, assemblymen are given the right to freely discuss current issues such as public complaints. On financial matters, the Assembly approves supply to the government and ensures that the funds are spent as approved and in the tax-payers' interest.

The State Executive Council (EXCO) is appointed from members of the State Assembly. Led by the Menteri Besar, it exercises executive power on behalf of the Sultan and is responsible to the Assembly.

Speakers Roll of Honour

The following is the Speaker of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly Roll of Honour, since 1959:

No. Speaker Term start Term end Party Constituency 1 Ahmad Tunku Ismail 20 May 1959 28 February 1964 Alliance (UMNO) Sala 2 Syed Omar Syed Abdullah Shahabudin 25 April 1964 7 December 1967 Alliance (UMNO)Baling Barat 3 Salleh Ishak 10 May 1969 30 July 1974 Alliance (UMNO)Sungei Patani Luar 4 Abdullah Ismail 27 October 1974 11 June 1978 BN (UMNO) Yan 26 July 1978 12 February 1981 5 Hussain Mohd. Zain 27 February 1981 5 April 1982 BN (UMNO) Non-MLA 6 Shaari Abu Bakar 22 April 1982 18 July 1986 BN (UMNO) Pendang 7 Seroji Haron 3 August 1986 4 October 1990 BN (UMNO) Bayu 8 Abdullah Ismail 27 October 1990 1995 BN (UMNO) Yan 9 Zainol Md Isa 5 June 1995 31 July 1998 BN (UMNO) Kupang 10 Badruddin Amiruldin 26 December 1999 2004 BN (UMNO)Non-MLA 11 Md Rozai Safian 2004 2008 BN (UMNO)Non-MLA 12 Abdul Isa Ismail 2008 2013 PR (PAS) Non-MLA 13 Md Rozai Safian 2013 2018 BN (UMNO)Non-MLA 14 Ahmad Kassim 4 July 2018 14 August 2020 PH (PKR)Non-MLA15Juhari Bulat25 August 2020 29 July 2023Ayer Hangat16 Zubir Ahmad 25 September 2023 presentNon-MLA

Election pendulum The 2023 Kedah state election witnessed 33 governmental seats and 3 non-governmental seats filled the Kedah State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 29 safe seats and 2 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has only a safeseat. . GOVERNMENT SEATSMarginal Ayer Hangat Shamsilah Siru BERSATU 47.31 Lunas Khairul Anuar Ramli BERSATU 52.99Fairly safe Derga Muhamad Amri Wahab BERSATU 56.72 Kulim Wong Chia Zhen GERAKAN 59.97Safe Bukit Selambau Azizan Hamzah PAS 60.13 Gurun Baddrol Bakhtiar PAS 61.37 Pedu Mohd Radzi Md Amin PAS 64.21 Kuah Amar Pared Mahamud BERSATU 64.34 Suka Menanti Dzowahir Ab Ghani BERSATU 64.44 Kubang Rotan Mohd Salleh Saidin BERSATU 65.36 Pengkalan Kundor Mardhiyyah Johari PAS 66.38 Alor Mengkudu Muhamad Radhi Mat Din PAS 68.19 Bandar Baharu Dr. Muhammad Suffian Yusoff PAS 71.38 Bukit Kayu Hitam Halimaton Shaadiah Saad BERSATU 72.92 Sungai Tiang Abdul Razak Khamis BERSATU 72.98 Bayu Mohd Taufik Yaacob BERSATU 73.76 Merbau Pulas Dr. Siti Ashah Ghazali PAS 73.78 Kuala Ketil Mansor Zakaria BERSATU 74.96 Jitra Dr. Haim Hilman Abdullah PAS 75.46 Guar Chempedak Abdul Ghafar Saad BERSATU 76.40 Tanjong Dawai Hanif Ghazali PAS 76.94 Bukit Lada Salim Mahmood PAS 78.12 Ayer Hitam Azhar Ibrahim PAS 78.34 Anak Bukit Rashidi Razak PAS 78.63 Kupang Najmi Ahmad PAS 78.81 Pantai Merdeka Shahrir Long PAS 79.06 Jeneri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor PAS 79.08 Kota Siputeh Mohd Ashraf Mustaqim Badrul Munir BERSATU 79.60 Kuala Nerang Munir @ Mohamad Yusoff Zakaria PAS 82.35 Bukit Pinang Wan Romani Wan Salim PAS 82.82 Belantek Ahmad Sulaiman PAS 83.06 Tokai Dr. Mohd Hayati Othman PAS 84.43 Sungai Limau Mohd Azam Abd Samat PAS 84.88

NON-GOVERNMENT SEATSMarginal Sidam Baw Wong Bau Ek PKR 51.12 Bakar Arang Adam Loh Wee Chai PKR 54.41Safe Kota Darul Aman Teh Swee Leong DAP 66.91

List of Assemblies AssemblyTerm beganMembersCommitteeGoverning partiesState Council195527Tunku Ismail IAlliance 1st195924Syed Omar IAlliance 2nd1964Syed Omar II (1964–1967)Syed Ahmad I (1967–1969)Alliance 3rd1969Syed Ahmad IIAlliance (1969–1972)Alliance –PAS–GERAKAN (1972–1973)BN (1973–1974)4th197426Syed Ahmad IIIBN (1974–1977)BN (1977–1978)5th1978Syed Nahar IBN 6th1982Syed Nahar II (1982–1985)Osman I (1985–1986)BN 7th1986Osman IIIBN 8th199028Osman IIIBN 9th199536Osman IV (1995–1996)Sanusi Junid (1996–1999)BN 10th1999Syed Razak IBN 11th2004Syed Razak II (2004–2005)Mahdzir (2005–2008)BN 12th2008AzizanPR 13th2013Mukhriz I (2013–2016)Ahmad Bashah (2016–2018)BN 14th2018Mukhriz II (2018–2020)PH Muhammad Sanusi I (2020–2023) PN –BN (2020–2022) PN (2022–2023)15th2023Muhammad Sanusi II PN (2022–2026) PN –BERSATU (2026–present)

See also List of State Seats Representatives in Malaysia State legislative assemblies of Malaysia

Notes

References

External links

Kedah State Government official website