Pahang State Legislative Assembly

Pahang State Legislative Assembly

*Dewan Negeri Pahang*
ديوان نݢري ڤهڠ‎
Pahang State Legislative Assembly ; Dewan Negeri Pahang; ديوان نݢري ڤهڠ‎
15th Pahang State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	22 August 1959
Leadership
Regent	Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah ; since 15 January 2019
Speaker	Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin, BN–UMNO ; since 29 December 2022
Deputy Speaker	Lee Chin Chen, PH-DAP ; since 29 December 2022
Menteri Besar	Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail, BN–UMNO ; since 15 May 2018
Opposition Leader	Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, PN–PAS ; since 6 December 2022
Secretary	Mohd Zukri Sidek
Structure
Seats	42+0 Nominated Member (Maximum 47 Members); Quorum: 14; Simple majority: 22; Two-thirds majority: 28
Political groups	(as of 7 October 2023); Government (25); BN (17) UMNO (16); MIC (1); PH (8) DAP (6); PKR (2); Opposition (17); PN (17) PAS (15); BERSATU (2); Speaker (1); 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 (42 single-member constituencies)
Last election	19 November 2022
Next election	By 27 February 2028
Meeting place
	Wisma Seri Pahang, Kuantan, Pahang
Website
	www.pahang.gov.my

The Pahang State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Negeri Pahang) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Pahang. It is composed of 42 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state.

The Assembly convenes at the Wisma Seri Pahang in the state capital, Kuantan.

Current composition[edit]

Government				Opposition
BN		PH		PN
17		8		17
16	1	6	2	15	2
UMNO	MIC	DAP	PKR	PAS	BERSATU

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)	Remark
-	-	-	Non-MLA	Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin	BN (UMNO)	Speaker
P78	Cameron Highlands	N1	Tanah Rata	Ho Chi Yang	PH (DAP)	N/A
P78	Cameron Highlands	N2	Jelai	Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail	BN (UMNO)	Menteri Besar
P79	Lipis	N3	Padang Tengku	Mustapa Long	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N4	Cheka	Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man	PN (PAS)	Opposition Leader MP for Kubang Kerian
		N5	Benta	Mohd. Soffi Abd. Razak	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
P80	Raub	N6	Batu Talam	Abdul Aziz Mat Kiram	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N7	Tras	Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N8	Dong	Fadzli Mohamad Kamal	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
P81	Jerantut	N9	Tahan	Mohd Zakhwan Ahmad Badarddin	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N10	Damak	Zuridan Mohd Daud	PN (PAS)
		N11	Pulau Tawar	Yohanis Ahmad	PN (PAS)
P82	Indera Mahkota	N12	Beserah	Andansura Rabu	PN (PAS)
P82	Indera Mahkota	N13	Semambu	Chan Chun Kuang	PH (PKR)
P83	Kuantan	N14	Teruntum	Sim Chon Siang	PH (PKR)	EXCO member
		N15	Tanjung Lumpur	Rosli Abdul Jabar	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N16	Inderapura	Shafik Fauzan Sharif	BN (UMNO)
P84	Paya Besar	N17	Sungai Lembing	Mohamad Ayub Mat Ashri	PN (PAS)
		N18	Lepar	Mohd Yazid Mohd Yunus	PN (BERSATU)
		N19	Panching	Mohd Tarmizi Yahaya	PN (PAS)
P85	Pekan	N20	Pulau Manis	Mohd Rafiq Khan Ahmad Khan	PN (PAS)
		N21	Peramu Jaya	Mohamad Nizar Mohd Najib	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
		N22	Bebar	Mohd Fakhruddin Mohd Ariff	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
		N23	Chini	Mohd Sharim Md Zain	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P86	Maran	N24	Luit	Mohd Sofian Abd Jalil	PN (PAS)
		N25	Kuala Sentul	Jasri Jamaluddin	PN (BERSATU)
		N26	Chenor	Mujjibur Rahman Ishak	PN (PAS)
P87	Kuala Krau	N27	Jenderak	Rodzuan Zaaba	BN (UMNO)
		N28	Kerdau	Syed Ibrahim Syed Ahmad	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
		N29	Jengka	Shahril Azman Abd Halim	PN (PAS)	N/A
P88	Temerloh	N30	Mentakab	Woo Chee Wan	PH (DAP)
		N31	Lanchang	Hassan Omar	PN (PAS)
		N32	Kuala Semantan	Hassanuddin Salim	PN (PAS)
P89	Bentong	N33	Bilut	Lee Chin Chen	PH (DAP)	Deputy Speaker
		N34	Ketari	Thomas Su Keong Siong	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N35	Sabai	Arumugam Verappa Pillai	BN (MIC)	N/A
		N36	Pelangai	Amizar Abu Adam^{[nb 1]}	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
P90	Bera	N37	Guai	Sabariah Saidan	BN (UMNO)
		N38	Triang	Leong Yu Man	PH (DAP)
		N39	Kemayan	Khaizulnizam Mohamad Zuldin	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P91	Rompin	N40	Bukit Ibam	Nazri Ahmad	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N41	Muadzam Shah	Razali Kassim	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
		N42	Tioman	Mohd Johari Hussain	BN (UMNO)	N/A

Seating arrangement[edit]

Vacant	N20 Pulau Manis	N31 Lanchang	N32 Kuala Semantan	Vacant	N39 Kemayan	N35 Sabai	N27 Jenderak
Vacant	N17 Sungai Lembing	N15 Tanjung Lumpur	N12 Beserah		Vacant	N38 Triang (EXCO Member)	N23 Chini
Vacant	N11 Pulau Tawar	N04 Cheka (Opposition Leader)	D	Sergeant-at-Arm	C	N14 Teruntum (EXCO Member)	N03 Padang Tengku
Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	E	Vacant	B	Vacant	N08 Dong (EXCO Member)
Vacant	N29 Jengka	N13 Semambu				N37 Guai (EXCO Member)	N42 Tioman	Vacant
Vacant	N26 Chenor	N01 Tanah Rata				N21 Peramu Jaya (EXCO Member)	N06 Batu Talam	Vacant
Vacant	N24 Luit	N30 Mentakab		the Mace		N41 Muadzam Shah (EXCO Member)	N16 Inderapura	Vacant
		N34 Ketari	F		A	N22 Bebar (EXCO Member)
N25 Kuala Sentul	N19 Panching	N07 Tras				N28 Kerdau (EXCO Member)	State Financial Officer	Vacant
N18 Lepar	N10 Damak	N33 Bilut (Deputy Speaker)				N05 Benta (EXCO Member)	State Legal Advisor	Vacant
N40 Bukit Ibam	N09 Tahan	N36 Pelangai (EXCO Member)		Secretary		N02 Jelai (Menteri Besar)	State Secretary	Vacant
				Speaker
				Sultan

Role[edit]

As the state's legislative body, the Pahang State Legislative Assembly's main function is to enact laws that apply to Pahang, known as enactments. The Speaker presides over the Assembly's proceedings, and works to maintain order during debates.

The state government's executive branch (known as the State Executive Council (EXCO), or Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri), including the Menteri Besar, are drawn from the Assembly. The Menteri Besar is ceremonially appointed by the Sultan of Pahang on the basis that he is able to command a majority in the Assembly. The Menteri Besar then appoints members of the State EXCO drawing from members of the Assembly.

Pahang state elections, 2022[edit]


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Perikatan Nasional		Malaysian Islamic Party	244,142	27.95	15	+7
			Malaysian United Indigenous Party	79,321	9.08	2	+2
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	16,915	1.94	0	0
		Total		340,378	38.97	17	+9
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	294,767	33.75	16	–9
			Malaysian Chinese Association	38,322	4.39	0	–1
			Malaysian Indian Congress	4,444	0.51	1	+1
		Total		337,533	38.65	17	–9
	Pakatan Harapan		People's Justice Party	69,145	7.92	2	0
			National Trust Party	43,387	4.97	0	0
			Democratic Action Party	75,698	8.67	6	–1
		Total		188,230	21.55	8	–1
	Gerakan Tanah Air		Homeland Fighter's Party	4,188	0.48	0	New
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front	820	0.09	0	0
		Total		5,008	0.57	0	0
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia			203	0.02	0	0
	Independents			1,989	0.23	0	0
Total				873,341	100.00	42	0

Valid votes				873,341	98.70
Invalid/blank votes				11,467	1.30
Total votes				884,808	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,136,944	77.82
Source: SPR, SPR

Pahang state elections, 2018[edit]

Summary of the 9 May 2018 Pahang State Assembly election results
	Votes	% of vote	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Barisan Nasional:	275,766	41.64	25	59.5	5
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	220,715	33.32	24	57.1	4
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	40,241	6.08	1	2.4	1
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)	3,879	0.59	0	0.0
Malaysian People's Movement Party (GERAKAN)	10,931	1.65	0	0.0
Pakatan Harapan:	192,837	29.12	9	21.4
Democratic Action Party (DAP)	71,396	10.78	7	16.7
People's Justice Party (PKR)	64,338	9.71	2	4.8
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM)	14,722	2.22	0	0.0
National Trust Party (AMANAH)	42,381	6.40	0	0.0
Others	192,432	29.05	8	19.0	5
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	192,203	29.02	8	19.0	5
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM)	229	0.03	0	0.0
Independents	1,281	0.19	0	0.0
Valid votes	662,316
Invalid/blank votes	11,065
Total votes	673,381
Registered voters	823,981
Source: undi.info

Election pendulum[edit]

The 15th General Election witnessed 25 governmental seats and 17 non-governmental seats filled the Pahang State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 4 safe seats and 4 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has just 1 safe seat and fairly safe seat each.

2022 Pahang state election

GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Sabai	Arumugam A. Verappa Pillai	MIC	37.52
Semambu	Chan Chun Kang	PKR	40.01
Ketari	Thomas Su Keong Siong	DAP	41.17
Dong	Fadzli Mohamad Kamal	UMNO	45.34
Mentakab	Woo Chee Wan	DAP	45.38
Inderapura	Shafik Fauzan Sharif	UMNO	46.15
Padang Tengku	Mustapa Long	UMNO	47.14
Bilut	Lee Chin Chen	DAP	48.15
Benta	Mohd. Soffi Abd. Razak	UMNO	48.21
Tioman	Mohd. Johari Hussain	UMNO	48.95
Muadzam Shah	Ir. Razali Kassim	UMNO	49.35
Guai	Sabariah Saidan	UMNO	49.46
Jenderak	Rodzuan Zaaba	UMNO	50.03
Batu Talam	Abd. Aziz Mat Kiram	UMNO	52.98
Tanah Rata	Ho Chi Yang	DAP	53.04
Chini	Mohd. Sharim Md. Zain	UMNO	53.25
Kerdau	Syed Ibrahim Syed Ahmad	UMNO	53.88
Fairly safe
Triang	Leong Yu Man	DAP	57.02
Peramu Jaya	Mohamad Nizar Mohd. Najib	UMNO	57.63
Pelangai	Johari Harun	UMNO	57.71
Teruntum	Sim Chon Siang	PKR	58.63
Safe
Tras	Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji	DAP	62.32
Kemayan	Khaizulnizam Mohamad Zuldin	UMNO	66.74
Bebar	Mohd. Fakhruddin Mohd. Ariff	UMNO	67.37
Jelai	Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail	UMNO	68.81

NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Lanchang	Hassan Omar	PAS	40.15
Damak	Zuridan Mohd. Daud	PAS	41.53
Kuala Semantan	Hassanuddin Salim	PAS	42.45
Lepar	Mohd. Yazid Mohd. Yunus	BERSATU	42.77
Cheka	Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man	PAS	45.51
Kuala Sentul	Jasri Jamaluddin	BERSATU	46.23
Sungai Lembing	Mohamad Ayub Mat Ashri	PAS	47.38
Luit	Mohd. Sofian Abd. Jalil	PAS	48.32
Beserah	Andansura Rabu	PAS	51.80
Bukit Ibam	Nazri Ahmad	PAS	52.88
Pulau Tawar	Yohanis Ahmad	PAS	53.73
Tahan	Mohd. Zakwan Ahmad Badarddin	PAS	53.97
Pulau Manis	Mohd. Rafiq Khan Ahmad Khan	PAS	54.21
Tanjung Lumpur	Rosli Abdul Jabar	PAS	54.98
Panching	Mohd. Tarmizi Yahaya	PAS	55.01
Fairy Safe
Chenor	Mujibur Rahman Ishak	PAS	56.51
Safe
Jengka	Shahril Azman Abd. Halim	PAS	61.67

List of Assemblies[edit]

Assembly	Term began	Committee	Majority party/coalition
1st	1959	Wan Abdul Aziz	Perikatan
2nd	1964	Yahya I	Perikatan
3rd	1969	Yahya II (1969-1972) Abdul Aziz (1972-1974) Muhammad I (1974)	Perikatan (1969-1973) Barisan Nasional (1973-1974)
4th	1974	Muhammad II	Barisan Nasional
5th	1978	Abdul Rahim (1978-1981) Abdul Rashid (1981-1982)	Barisan Nasional
6th	1982	Najib	Barisan Nasional
7th	1986	Mohd Khalil I	Barisan Nasional
8th	1990	Mohd Khalil II	Barisan Nasional
9th	1995	Mohd Khalil III (1995-1999) Adnan I (1999)	Barisan Nasional
10th	1999	Adnan II	Barisan Nasional
11th	2004	Adnan III	Barisan Nasional
12th	2008	Adnan IV	Barisan Nasional
13th	2013	Adnan V	Barisan Nasional
14th	2018	Wan Rosdy I	Barisan Nasional
15th	2022	Wan Rosdy II	BN-PH

References[edit]

^ Johari Harun (BN-UMNO), who held the seat since 2022, died in the Elmina plane crash on 17 August 2023.

External links[edit]

Pahang State Government official website

[1] Johari Harun (BN-UMNO), who held the seat since 2022, died in the Elmina plane crash on 17 August 2023.

[nb 1]