The Perak State Legislative Assembly () 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 (33) Opposition (26)BNPHPNBERSATU924188811851171UMNOMCADAPPKRAMANAHPASWAWASANBERSATU

No.Parliamentary ConstituencyNo.State Constituency MemberCoalition (Party) Post - - - Non-MLA Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid BN (UMNO) SpeakerP054Gerik N01 Pengkalan Hulu Mohamad Amin Roslan N/A N02 Temengor Salbiah Mohamed BN (UMNO) EXCO MemberP055Lenggong N03 Kenering Husairi Ariffin N/A N04 Kota Tampan Saarani Mohamad BN (UMNO) Menteri BesarP056Larut N05 Selama Mohd Akmal Kamaruddin N/A N06 Kubu Gajah Khalil Yahaya N07 Batu Kurau Mohd Najmuddin Elias Al-Hafiz P057Parit Buntar N08 Titi Serong Hakimi Hamzi Hayat N09 Kuala Kurau Abdul Yunus Jamahri P058Bagan Serai N10 Alor Pongsu Noor Azman Ghazali N11 Gunong SemanggolRazman Zakaria Leader of the Opposition N12 Selinsing Sallehuddin AbdullahN/AP059Bukit Gantang N13 Kuala SepetangAhmad Man N14 Changkat Jering Rahim Ismail N15 TrongFaisal Abdul RahmanP060Taiping N16 Kamunting Mohd Fakhrudin Abdul Aziz N17 Pokok Assam Ong Seng Guan PH (DAP) N18 Aulong Teh Kok Lim PH (DAP)EXCO MemberP061Padang Rengas N19 Chenderoh Syed Lukman Hakim Syed Mohd ZinN/A N20 Lubok Merbau Azizi Mohamed RidzuanP062Sungai Siput N21 Lintang Mohd Zolkafly Harun BN (UMNO)EXCO Member N22 Jalong Loh Sze Yee PH (DAP)P063Tambun N23 Manjoi Mohd Hafez Sabri N/A N24 Hulu Kinta Muhamad Arafat Varisai Mahamad PH (PKR)P064Ipoh Timor N25 Canning Jenny Choy Tsi Jen PH (DAP)Deputy Speaker N26 Tebing Tinggi Abdul Aziz Bari PH (DAP)N/A N27 Pasir Pinji Goh See Hua PH (DAP)P065Ipoh 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/AP066Batu Gajah N31 Jelapang Cheah Pou Hian PH (DAP) N32 Menglembu Steven Chaw Kam Foon PH (DAP)Political Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government N33 Tronoh Steven Tiw Tee Siang PH (DAP)N/AP067Kuala Kangsar N34 Bukit Chandan Hashim Bujang N35 Manong Burhanuddin AhmadP068Beruas N36 Pengkalan Baharu Azman Noh BN (UMNO) N37 Pantai Remis Wong May Ing PH (DAP) N38 Astaka Jason Ng Thien Yeong PH (DAP)P069Parit N39 Belanja Khairudin Abu Hanipah BN (UMNO) EXCO Member N40 Bota Najihatussalehah Ahmad N/AP070Kampar N41 Malim Nawar Bavani Veraiah PH (DAP) N42 Keranji Angeline Koo Haai Yen PH (DAP) N43 Tualang Sekah Mohd Azlan Helmi PH (PKR)EXCO MemberP071Gopeng N44 Sungai RapatMohammad Nizar Jamaluddin PH (AMANAH) EXCO Member Former Menteri Besar of Perak N45 Simpang PulaiWong Chai Yi PH (PKR) N/A N46 Teja Sandrea Ng Shy Ching PH (PKR) EXCO MemberP072Tapah N47 Chenderiang Choong Shin Heng BN (MCA)N/A N48 Ayer Kuning Mohamad Yusri Bakir BN (UMNO)P073Pasir Salak N49 Sungai ManikZainol Fadzi Paharudin N50 Kampong Gajah Zafarulazlan Zan P074Lumut N51 Pasir Panjang Rosli Abd Rahman N52 PangkorNorhaslinda Zakaria P075Bagan Datuk N53 Rungkup Shahrul Zaman Yahya BN (UMNO) N54 Hutan Melintang Wasanthee Sinnasamy PH (PKR)P076Teluk Intan N55 Pasir Bedamar Woo Kah Leong PH (DAP) EXCO Member N56 Changkat Jong Nadziruddin Mohamed Bandi N/AP077Tanjong Malim N57 Sungkai Sivanesan Achalingam PH (DAP) EXCO Member N58 Slim Muhammad Zulfadli Zainal N/A N59 Behrang Salina Samsudin BN (UMNO)

Seating arrangement Vacant E F D G Sergeant-at-Arm C H B the Mace I A State Financial Officer State Legal Advisor Secretary State Secretary 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.Sejarah Dewan Negeri dan Majlis Mseyuarat Kerajaan (in Malay) 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 No. Speaker Term start Term end PartyConstituency Remarks 1 Sulaiman Bulon 1959 1963 BN (UMNO) Non-MLA 2 Ali Zaini Mohd Zain 1964 1974 BN (UMNO) Karai (now part of Lintang) 3 Shafie Mat Saman 1974 1978 BN (UMNO) Manong 4 Ahmad Azizuddin Zainal Abidin 1978 1982 BN (UMNO) Non-MLA 5 Shamsuddin Din 1982 1986 BN (UMNO) Temengor 6 Abdul Malik Ahmad 1987 1988 BN (UMNO) Non-MLA 7 Umar Ismail 1988 1990 BN (UMNO) Non-MLA 8 Mohd Arshad Abdullah 1990 1995 BN (UMNO) Changkat Jong 9 Mohamed Nazri Abd Rahim 1995 1999 BN (UMNO) Sungai Manik 10 Junus Wahid 1999 2004 BN (UMNO) Slim 11 V. Sivakumar 25 April 2008 7 May 2009 PR (DAP) Tronoh 1st Indian speaker 12 Ganesan Retanam 7 May 2009 5 May 2013 BN (MIC) Non-MLA 13 Devamany S. Krishnasamy 28 June 2013 9 August 2016 BN (MIC) Non-MLA 14 Thangasvari Suppiah 9 August 2016 9 April 2018 BN (MIC) Non-MLA 1st female speaker 15 Ngeh Koo Ham 2 July 2018 12 May 2020 PH (DAP) Non-MLA MP of Beruas, 1st Chinese speaker 16 Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid 15 May 2020 Incumbent BN (UMNO) Non-MLA Source: Perak State Legislative Assembly

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.

GOVERNMENT SEATSMarginal Tualang Sekah Mohd Azlan Helmi PKR 34.41 Behrang Salina Samsudin UMNO 34.42 Ayer Kuning Ishsam Shahruddin UMNO 38.73 Hulu Kinta Muhamad Arafat Varisai Mahamad PKR 39.02 Chenderiang Choong Shin Heng MCA 39.86 Tebing Tinggi Abdul Aziz Bari DAP 40.58 Pengkalan Baharu Azman Noh UMNO 40.58 Sungai Rapat Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin AMANAH 41.91 Hutan Melintang Wasanthee Sinnasamy PKR 43.06 Temengor Salbiah Mohamed UMNO 43.12 Teja Sandrea Ng Shy Ching PKR 46.50 Belanja Khairudin Abu Hanipah UMNO 47.03 Kota Tampan Saarani Mohamad UMNO 48.24 Lintang Mohd Zolkafly Harun UMNO 48.43 Rungkup Shahrul Zaman Yahya UMNO 49.55Fairly safe Malim Nawar Bavani Veriah DAP 58.57 Sungkai Sivanesan Achalingam DAP 58.97 Jalong Loh Sze Yee DAP 59.08Safe Tronoh Steven Tiw Tee Siang DAP 63.65 Aulong Teh Kok Lim DAP 66.22 Pokok Assam Ong Seng Guan DAP 67.36 Simpang Pulai Wong Chai Yi PKR 69.18 Keranji Angeline Koo Haai Yen DAP 69.46 Pantai Remis Wong May Ing DAP 72.24 Kepayang Nga Kor Ming DAP 72.60 Pasir Bedamar Woo Kah Leong DAP 76.64 Astaka Jason Ng Thien Yeong DAP 78.16 Bercham Ong Boon Piow DAP 81.24 Buntong Thulsi Thivani Manogaran DAP 84.02 Canning Jenny Choy Tsi Jen DAP 87.10 Menglembu Chaw Kam Foon DAP 87.93 Jelapang Cheah Pou Hian DAP 88.71 Pasir Pinji Goh See Hua DAP 90.47

NON-GOVERNMENT SEATSMarginal Changkat Jong Nadziruddin Mohamed Bandi BERSATU 36.02 Bukit Chandan Hashim Bujang BERSATU 38.43 Pangkor Norhaslinda Zakaria BERSATU 38.65 Slim Muhammad Zulfadli Zainal PAS 38.87 Chenderoh Syed Lukman Hakim BERSATU 39.44 Pasir Panjang Rosli Abd Rahman PAS 41.05 Kuala Sepetang Ahmad Man BERSATU 41.34 Changkat Jering Rahim Ismail PAS 41.89 Kuala Kurau Abdul Yunus Jamahari BERSATU 41.97 Trong Muhammad Faisal Abdul Rahman PAS 43.77 Sungai Manik Zainol Fadzi Paharudin BERSATU 43.94 Kamunting Mohd Fakhrudin Abd Aziz PAS 43.98 Manong Burhanuddin Ahmad PAS 44.04 Manjoi Mohd Hafez Sabri PAS 44.14 Selinsing Salehuddin Abdullah BERSATU 46.48 Kenering Husairi Ariffin PAS 46.99 Bota Najihatussalehah Ahmad PAS 47.09 Lubok Merbau Azizi Mohamed Ridzuwan PAS 47.17 Pengkalan Hulu Amin Roslan PAS 47.60 Alor Pongsu Noor Azman Ghazali PAS 47.78 Titi Serong Hakimi Hamzi Mohd Hayat PAS 47.84 Batu Kurau Mohd Najmuddin Alias BERSATU 50.67 Kampong Gajah Zafarulazhan Zan PAS 51.03Fairly safe Selama Akmal Kamarudin PAS 58.32 Kubu Gajah Khalil Yahaya PAS 59.16 Gunong Semanggol Razman Zakaria PAS 59.29

List of Assemblies AssemblyTerm beganMembersCommitteeMajority party/coalitionState Council195545Abdul Wahab (1955–1957)Mohamed Ghazali I (1957–1959) NAP–Alliance (1955–1957) Alliance (1957–1959)1st195940ShaariAlliance 2nd1964Ahmad Said IAlliance 3rd1969Kamaruddin Alliance (1969–1972) Alliance –PPP–GERAKAN–PAS (1972–1973)BN (1973–1974)4th197443Mohamed Ghazali II (1974–1977)Wan Mohammed I (1977–1978) BN (1974–1977) BN (1977–1978)5th1978Wan Mohamed IIBN 6th1982Wan Mohamed III (1982–1983)Ramli I (1983–1986)BN 7th198646Ramli IIBN 8th1990Ramli IIIBN 9th199552Ramli IVBN 10th1999Tajol Rosli IBN 11th200459Tajol Rosli IIBN 12th2008Mohamad Nizar (2008–2009)PR Zambry I (2009–2013) BN (2009–2010) BN (2010–2013)13th2013Zambry IIBN 14th2018Ahmad Faizal I (2018–2020)PH Ahmad Faizal II (2020)PN –BN –GERAKANSaarani I (2020–2022) BN –PN –GERAKAN (2020–2021) BN –PN (2021) BN –PN (2021–2022) BN –PN –PBM (2022)15th2022Saarani IIBN –PH

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

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References

External links Perak State Government official website