Malacca State Legislative Assembly

Malacca State Legislative Assembly

*Dewan Undangan Negeri Melaka*
馬六甲州立法議會
ديوان اوندڠن نݢري ملاک‎
Malacca State Legislative Assembly ; Dewan Undangan Negeri Melaka; 馬六甲州立法議會; ديوان اوندڠن نݢري ملاک‎
15th Malacca Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1959
Leadership
Yang di-Pertua Negeri	Mohd. Ali Rustam ; since 4 June 2020
Speaker	Ibrahim Durum, BN-UMNO ; since 27 December 2021
Deputy Speaker	Kerk Chee Yee, PH-DAP ; since 31 July 2023
Chief Minister	Ab Rauf Yusoh, BN-UMNO ; since 31 March 2023
Opposition Leader	Mohd Yadzil Yaakub, PN-BERSATU ; since 13 December 2022
Structure
Seats	28; Quorum: 9; Simple majority: 15; Two-thirds majority: 19
Political groups	(As of 16 July 2024); Government (25); BN (20) UMNO (17); MCA (2); MIC (1); PH (5) DAP (4); AMANAH (1); Opposition (3); PN (3) BERSATU (2); PAS (1); Speaker; BN (non-MLA)
Committees	4 Public Accounts Committee; Rules of Proceedings Committee; Right and Privileges Committee; Committee of Selection;
Elections
Voting system	Plurality: First-past-the-post (28 single-member constituencies)
Last election	20 November 2021
Next election	By 25 February 2027
Meeting place
	Blok Laksamana, Seri Negeri complex, Hang Tuah Jaya, Ayer Keroh, Malacca
Website
	www.melaka.gov.my

The Malacca State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Melaka) is the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Malacca. It is composed of 28 members who are elected from 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 (except Sarawak and Sabah).

The State Legislative Assembly convenes at the Malacca State Secretariat Building, also known as the Seri Negeri complex in Ayer Keroh.

Current composition

Government					Opposition
BN			PH		PN
20			5		3
17	2	1	4	1	2	1
UMNO	MCA	MIC	DAP	AMANAH	BERSATU	PAS

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)	Post
N/A	N/A	N/A	Non-MLA	Ibrahim Durum	BN (UMNO)	Speaker
P134	Masjid Tanah	N1	Kuala Linggi	Rosli Abdullah	BN (UMNO)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N2	Tanjung Bidara	Ab Rauf Yusoh	BN (UMNO)	Chief Minister
		N3	Ayer Limau	Hameed Mytheen Kunju Basheer	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
		N4	Lendu	Sulaiman Md Ali	BN (UMNO)	Former Chief Minister of Malacca
		N5	Taboh Naning	Zulkiflee Mohd Zin	BN (UMNO)	Deputy EXCO Member
P135	Alor Gajah	N6	Rembia	Muhammad Jailani Khamis	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N7	Gadek	Shanmugam Ptcyhay	BN (MIC)	EXCO Member
		N8	Machap Jaya	Ngwe Hee Sem	BN (MCA)	EXCO Member
		N9	Durian Tunggal	Zahari Kalil	BN (UMNO)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N10	Asahan	Fairul Nizam Roslan	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P136	Tangga Batu	N11	Sungai Udang	Mohd Aleef Yusof	PN (BERSATU)	N/A
		N12	Pantai Kundor	Tuminah Kadi Mohd Hashim	BN (UMNO)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N13	Paya Rumput	Rais Yasin	BN (UMNO)	Senior EXCO Member
		N14	Kelebang	Lim Ban Hong	BN (MCA)	N/A
P137	Hang Tuah Jaya	N15	Pengkalan Batu	Kalsom Noordin	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
		N16	Ayer Keroh	Kerk Chee Yee	PH (DAP)	Deputy Speaker
		N17	Bukit Katil	Adly Zahari	PH (AMANAH)	Former Chief Minister of Malacca MP for Alor Gajah Federal Deputy Minister
		N18	Ayer Molek	Rahmad Mariman	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P138	Kota Melaka	N19	Kesidang	Allex Seah Shoo Chin	PH (DAP)	EXCO Member
		N20	Kota Laksamana	Low Chee Leong	PH (DAP)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N21	Duyong	Mohd Noor Helmy Abdul Halem	BN (UMNO)
		N22	Bandar Hilir	Leng Chau Yen	PH (DAP)
		N23	Telok Mas	Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P139	Jasin	N24	Bemban	Mohd Yadzil Yaakub	PN (BERSATU)	Opposition Leader
		N25	Rim	Khaidirah Abu Zahar	BN (UMNO)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N26	Serkam	Zaidi Attan	BN (UMNO)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N27	Merlimau	Muhamad Akmal Saleh	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
		N28	Sungai Rambai	Siti Faizah Abdul Azis	BN (UMNO)	Deputy EXCO Member

Seating arrangement

Vacant	N04 Lendu	N12 Pantai Kundor (Deputy EXCO)	N01 Kuala Linggi (Deputy EXCO)	N09 Durian Tunggal (Deputy EXCO)		N28 Sungai Rambai (Deputy EXCO)	N22 Bandar Hilir (Deputy EXCO)	N21 Duyong (Deputy EXCO)	Vacant
Vacant	N17 Bukit Katil	N03 Ayer Limau (EXCO Member)	N08 Machap Jaya (EXCO Member)	N07 Gadek (EXCO Member)	N15 Pengkalan Batu (EXCO Member)	N10 Asahan (EXCO Member)	N27 Merlimau (EXCO Member)	N20 Kota Laksamana (Deputy EXCO)	State Financial Officer
Vacant	N06 Rembia	N18 Ayer Molek (EXCO Member)	B			A	N23 Telok Mas (EXCO Member)	N26 Serkam (Deputy EXCO)	State Legal Advisor
Vacant	N14 Kelebang	N19 Kesidang (EXCO Member)		Sergeant-at-Arm			N13 Paya Rumput (Senior EXCO)	N05 Taboh Naning (Deputy EXCO)	State Secretary
	N11 Sungai Udang	Vacant		the Mace			N02 Tanjung Bidara (Chief Minister)	N25 Rim (Deputy EXCO)
	N24 Bemban (Opposition Leader)			Secretary				N16 Ayer Keroh (Deputy Speaker)
				Speaker
				Yang Di-Pertua Negeri

Role

The Malacca 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 Privileges, Immunities and Powers Ordinance 1963, 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.^[1]

The State Executive Council (EXCO) is appointed from members of the State Assembly. Led by the Chief Minister, it exercises executive power on behalf of the Governor and is responsible to the State Assembly.^[2]

Melcat

The Speaker also chairs the Malacca Committee on Competency, Accountability and Transparency (Melcat), a six-member panel consisting of state assemblymen which holds public hearings to investigate state issues. Melcat was formed when Pakatan Harapan came to power after the 2018 election.^[3]

Speakers of the Assembly

The following are the Speakers of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly since 1959:^[4]

No.	Speaker	Term start	Term end	Party	Constituency
1	Goh Kay Seng	23 May 1959	29 February 1964	Alliance (MCA)	Kota Barat
2	Talib Karim	21 May 1964	5 October 1967	Alliance (UMNO)	Alor Gajah
3	Mohd Abd. Rahman	20 November 1967	19 March 1969	Alliance (UMNO)	Batu Berendam
4	Ahmad Manap	7 April 1971	11 June 1978	Alliance (UMNO)	Tanjong Kling
4	Ahmad Manap	7 April 1971	11 June 1978	BN (UMNO)	Sungei Udang
5	Abdul Aziz Tapa	15 September 1978	28 March 1982	BN (UMNO)	Nyalas
6	Abdul Razak Alias	31 May 1982	19 July 1986	BN (UMNO)	Taboh Naning
7	Abu Zahar Ithnin	4 August 1986	19 October 1994	BN (UMNO)	Sungai Rambai
8	Jaafar Lajis	25 October 1994	5 April 1995	BN (UMNO)	Rim
9	Nasir Manap	8 June 1995	December 1999	BN (UMNO)	Alai
10	Amid Nordin	December 1999	March 2004	BN (UMNO)	Alai
11	Mo'min Abd Aziz	March 2004	April 2008	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
12	Othman Muhamad	April 2008	April 2018	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
13	Omar Jaafar	19 July 2018	11 May 2020	PH (PKR)	Non-MLA
14	Ab Rauf Yusoh	11 May 2020	4 October 2021	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
15	Ibrahim Durum	27 December 2021	Incumbent	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA

Election pendulum

The 2021 Malacca state election witnessed 21 governmental seats and 7 non-governmental seats filled the Malacca State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 3 safe seats and 1 fairly safe seat, while the non-government side has 3 safe seats and 1 fairly safe seat.

2021 Malacca state election

GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Pengkalan Batu	Kalsom Nordin	UMNO	35.77
Kelebang	Lim Ban Hong	MCA	38.29
Duyong	Mohd Norhelmy Abdul Halem	UMNO	38.55
Gadek	Shanmugam Ptcyhay	MIC	39.26
Paya Rumput	Rais Yasin	UMNO	39.68
Pantai Kundor	Tuminah Mohd Hashim	UMNO	40.03
Durian Tunggal	Zahari Abdul Khalil	UMNO	40.55
Rembia	Muhammad Jailani Khamis	UMNO	41.61
Telok Mas	Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman	UMNO	43.01
Serkam	Zaidi Attan	UMNO	43.32
Rim	Khaidirah Abu Zahar	UMNO	45.31
Machap Jaya	Ngwe Hee Sem	MCA	46.67
Sungai Rambai	Siti Faizah Abdul Aziz	UMNO	48.08
Tanjung Bidara	Abd Rauf Yusoh	UMNO	49.14
Kuala Linggi	Rusli Abdullah	UMNO	51.07
Ayer Limau	Hameed Mytheen Kunju Bahseer	UMNO	51.94
Fairly safe
Taboh Naning	Zulkiflee Mohd Zin	UMNO	57.23
Merlimau	Akmal Salleh	UMNO	58.43
Safe
Ayer Molek	Rahmad Mariman	UMNO	65.24
Asahan	Fairul Niszam Roslan	UMNO	65.77
Lendu	Sulaiman Md Ali	UMNO	76.17

NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Bemban	Mohd Yadzil Yaakub	BERSATU	34.60
Bukit Katil	Adly Zahari	AMANAH	41.55
Sungai Udang	Mohammad Aleef Yusuf	BERSATU	43.65
Fairly safe
Ayer Keroh	Kerk Chee Yee	DAP	59.97
Safe
Kesidang	Alex Seah Shoo Chin	DAP	65.86
Kota Laksamana	Low Chee Leong	DAP	80.83
Bandar Hilir	Leng Chau Yen	DAP	81.19

List of Assemblies

Assembly	Term began	Committee	Majority party/coalition
1st	1959	Abdul Ghafar I	Alliance
2nd	1964	Abdul Ghafar II (1964–1967) Talib I (1967–1969)	Alliance
3rd	1969	Talib II (1969–1972) Abdul Ghani I (1972–1974)	Alliance (1969–1973) Barisan Nasional (1973–1974)
4th	1974	Abdul Ghani II	Barisan Nasional
5th	1978	Mohd Adib	Barisan Nasional
6th	1982	Abdul Rahim I	Barisan Nasional
7th	1986	Abdul Rahim II	Barisan Nasional
8th	1990	Abdul Rahim III (1990–1994) Mohd Zin I (1994–1995)	Barisan Nasional
9th	1995	Mohd Zin II (1995–1997) Abu Zahar I (1997–1999)	Barisan Nasional
10th	1999	Mohd Ali I	Barisan Nasional
11th	2004	Mohd Ali II	Barisan Nasional
12th	2008	Mohd Ali III	Barisan Nasional
13th	2013	Idris Harun	Barisan Nasional
14th	2018	Adly (2018–2020) Sulaiman I (2020–2021)	Pakatan Harapan (2018–2020) Barisan Nasional and Perikatan Nasional (2020–2021)
15th	2021	Sulaiman II (2021–2023) Ab Rauf (since 2023)	Barisan Nasional (2021–2022) Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan (since 2022)

Notes

References

^ "Dewan Undangan Negeri Melaka".
^ "Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri".
^ "MELCAT bukti pentadbiran Kerajaan Melaka telus - Melaka & NS - Sinar Harian". www.sinarharian.com.my. Archived from the original on 2018-11-21.
^ "Dewan Undangan Negeri Melaka".

External links

Malacca State Government official website

[1] "Dewan Undangan Negeri Melaka".

[2] "Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri".

[3] "MELCAT bukti pentadbiran Kerajaan Melaka telus - Melaka & NS - Sinar Harian". www.sinarharian.com.my. Archived from the original on 2018-11-21.

[4] "Dewan Undangan Negeri Melaka".

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