Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly

Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly

*Dewan Undangan Negeri Sembilan*
ديوان اوندڠن نڬري سمبيلن
Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly ; Dewan Undangan Negeri Sembilan; ديوان اوندڠن نڬري سمبيلن;
14th Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1959
Leadership
Yang di-Pertuan Besar	Tuanku Muhriz Al-Marhum Tuanku Munawir ; since 29 December 2008
Speaker	Zulkefly Mohamad Omar, PH–AMANAH ; since 2 July 2018
Deputy Speaker	Ravi Munusamy, PH–PKR ; since 2 July 2018
Menteri Besar	Aminuddin Harun, PH–PKR ; since 12 May 2018
Opposition Leader	Mohamad Hasan, BN-UMNO ; since 2 July 2018
Secretary	Mohd Amin Ludin
Structure
Seats	36; Quorum: 12; Simple majority: 19; Two-thirds majority: 24
Political groups	(As of 13 April 2019); Government (20); PH (20); DAP (11); PKR (6); AMANAH (3); Confidence and supply (16); BN (16) UMNO (15); MIC (1); Speaker (1); PH (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 (36 single-member constituencies)
Last election	9 May 2018
Next election	2 September 2023 or earlier
Meeting place
	Wisma Negeri, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
Website
	www.ns.gov.my

The Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Sembilan) is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. It consists of 36 members who represent single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart, and are usually conducted simultaneously with elections to the federal parliament and other state assemblies (except Sarawak). It is unicameral.

The Assembly convenes at the Wisma Negeri in the state capital, Seremban.

Map of current constituencies (since 2018)

Current composition

Government			Confidence and supply
PH			BN
20			16
11	6	3	15	1
DAP	PKR	AMANAH	UMNO	MIC

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)	Post
-	-	-	Non-MLA	Zulkefly Mohamad Omar	PH (AMANAH)	Speaker
P126	Jelebu	N1	Chennah	Anthony Loke Siew Fook	PH (DAP)	MP of Seremban / Federal Minister
		N2	Pertang	Noor Azmi Yusuf	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N3	Sungai Lui	Mohd Razi Mohd Ali	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N4	Klawang	Bakri Sawir	PH (AMANAH)	EXCO member
P127	Jempol	N5	Serting	Shamshulkahar Mohd. Deli	BN (UMNO)	MP for Jempol
		N6	Palong	Mustafa Nagoor	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N7	Jeram Padang	Manickam Letchuman	BN (MIC)	N/A
		N8	Bahau	Teo Kok Seong	PH (DAP)	EXCO member
P128	Seremban	N9	Lenggeng	Suhaimi Kassim	PH (AMANAH)	N/A
		N10	Nilai	Arul Kumar Jambunathan	PH (DAP)	Political Secretary to the Minister of Transport
		N11	Lobak	Chew Seh Yong	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N12	Temiang	Ng Chin Tsai	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N13	Sikamat	Aminuddin Harun	PH (PKR)	Menteri Besar / MP for Port Dickson
		N14	Ampangan	Mohamad Rafie Abdul Malek	PH (PKR)	EXCO member
P129	Kuala Pilah	N15	Juasseh	Ismail Lasim	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N16	Seri Menanti	Abdul Samad Ibrahim	BN (UMNO)
		N17	Senaling	Adnan Abu Hasan	BN (UMNO)
		N18	Pilah	Mohamad Nazaruddin Sabtu	PH (PKR)	EXCO member
		N19	Johol	Saiful Yazan Sulaiman	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P130	Rasah	N20	Labu	Ismail Ahmad	PH (PKR)	EXCO member
		N21	Bukit Kepayang	Tan Lee Koon	PH (DAP)	EXCO member
		N22	Rahang	Mary Josephine Pritam Singh	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N23	Mambau	Yap Yew Weng	PH (DAP)
		N24	Seremban Jaya	Gunasekaren Palasamy	PH (DAP)
P131	Rembau	N25	Paroi	Mohamad Taufek Abd. Ghani	PH (AMANAH)	EXCO member
		N26	Chembong	Zaifulbahri Idris	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N27	Rantau	Mohamad Hasan	BN (UMNO)	Leader of the Opposition/MP for Rembau/Federal Minister
		N28	Kota	Awaludin Said	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P132	Port Dickson	N29	Chuah	Yek Diew Ching	PH (PKR)	N/A
		N30	Lukut	Choo Ken Hwa	PH (DAP)	EXCO member
		N31	Bagan Pinang	Tun Hairuddin Abu Bakar	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N32	Linggi	Abd Rahman Mohd Redza	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N33	Sri Tanjung	Ravi Munusamy	PH (PKR)	Deputy Speaker
P133	Tampin	N34	Gemas	Abdul Razak Said	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N35	Gemencheh	Mohd Isam Mohd Isa	BN (UMNO)	MP for Tampin
		N36	Repah	Veerapan Superamaniam	PH (DAP)	EXCO member

Seating arrangement

		N03 Sungai Lui	N34 Gemas	N31 Bagan Pinang	Vacant	N11 Lobak	N22 Rahang
N32 Linggi			N30 Lukut (EXCO Member)	N21 Bukit Kepayang (EXCO Member)	N18 Pilah (EXCO Member)	N36 Repah (EXCO Member)			N12 Temiang
N35 Gemencheh				N14 Ampangan (EXCO Member)	N08 Bahau (EXCO Member)				N23 Mambau
N17 Senaling	N01 Chennah	N7 Jeram Padang	C	B		A	State Financial Officer	N04 Kelawang (EXCO Member)	N24 Seremban Jaya
N06 Palong	N05 Serting	N28 Kota					State Legal Advisor	N10 Nilai	N29 Chuah
N02 Pertang	N16 Seri Menanti	N15 Juasseh		the Mace			State Secretary	N20 Labu (EXCO Member)	N09 Lenggeng
N19 Johol	N26 Chembong	N27 Rantau (Opposition Leader)		Secretary			N13 Sikamat (Menteri Besar)	N25 Paroi (EXCO Member)	N33 Sri Tanjung (Deputy Speaker)
				Speaker
				Yamtuan Besar					Sergeant-at-Arm

Role

The Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly's main function is to enact laws that apply in the state. The Speaker presides over proceedings in the Assembly.

The Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, as head of state, opens each session of the State Assembly. During the first sitting of each legislative session, he is joined by the four Undangs of Negeri Sembilan and the Tunku Besar of Tampin, the very people who elected him.[1]

The leader of the majority party of coalition in the Assembly assumes the role of Menteri Besar. He appoints members of the State Executive Council, the executive branch of the Negeri Sembilan government.

Election pendulum

The 14th General Election witnessed 20 governmental seats and 16 non-governmental seats filled the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 11 safe seats and 1 fairly safe seat, while the non-government side has 3 safe seats and 3 fairly safe seats. In addition, there were 1 seat that win uncontested in non-governmental seats; namely Rantau (won by incumbent assemblyman, Mohamad Hasan).

2018 Negeri Sembilan state election

GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Labu	Ismail Ahmad	PKR	45.72
Lenggeng	Suhaimi Kassim	AMANAH	47.99
Chennah	Anthony Loke Siew Fook	DAP	50.91
Kelawang	Bakri Sawir	AMANAH	51.39
Ampangan	Mohamad Rafie Ab. Malik	PKR	51.43
Pilah	Mohamad Nazaruddin Sabtu	PKR	51.80
Paroi	Mohamad Taufek Abd. Ghani	AMANAH	52.18
Sikamat	Aminuddin Harun	PKR	55.87
Fairly safe
Repah	Veerapan Superamaniam	DAP	58.57
Safe
Sri Tanjung	Ravi Munusamy	PKR	62.62
Bahau	Teo Kok Seong	DAP	64.74
Temiang	Ng Chin Tsai	DAP	64.81
Chuah	Michael Yek Diew Ching	PKR	65.81
Nilai	Arul Kumar Jambunathan	DAP	68.48
Rahang	Mary Josephine Pritam Singh	DAP	73.98
Lukut	Choo Ken Hwa	DAP	79.00
Seremban Jaya	Gunasekaren Palasamy	DAP	80.41
Bukit Kepayang	Nicole Tan Lee Koon	DAP	83.29
Mambau	Yap Yew Weng	DAP	85.04
Lobak	Chew Seh Yong	DAP	87.46

NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Jeram Padang	Manickam Letchuman	MIC	39.26
Gemencheh	Mohd. Isam Mohd. Isa	UMNO	47.38
Linggi	Abdul Rahman Mohd. Redza	UMNO	48.53
Pertang	Noor Azmi Yusuf	UMNO	49.00
Johol	Saiful Yazan Sulaiman	UMNO	49.34
Juasseh	Ismail Lasim	UMNO	50.41
Seri Menanti	Abdul Samad Ibrahim	UMNO	50.45
Senaling	Adnan Abu Hassan	UMNO	52.86
Serting	Shamsulkahar Mohd. Deli	UMNO	55.48
Fairly safe
Gemas	Abdul Razak Said	UMNO	56.16
Kota	Awaludin Said	UMNO	57.39
Bagan Pinang	Tun Hairuddin Abu Bakar	UMNO	57.83
Safe
Chembong	Zaifulbahri Idris	UMNO	60.45
Sungai Lui	Mohd. Razi Mohd. Ali	UMNO	62.56
Palong	Mustafa Nagoor	UMNO	66.15

**Won Uncontested*
Rantau	Mohamad Hasan	UMNO	n/a

List of Assemblies

Assembly	Term began	Committee	Majority party/coalition
1st	1959	Mohamed Said I	Alliance
2nd	1964	Mohamed Said II	Alliance
3rd	1969	Mansor I	Alliance (1969-1973) Barisan Nasional (1973-1974)
4th	1974	Mansor II	Barisan Nasional
5th	1978	Rais	Barisan Nasional
6th	1982	Mohd Isa I	Barisan Nasional
7th	1986	Mohd Isa II	Barisan Nasional
8th	1990	Mohd Isa III	Barisan Nasional
9th	1995	Mohd Isa IV	Barisan Nasional
10th	1999	Mohd Isa V	Barisan Nasional
11th	2004	Mohamad Hasan I	Barisan Nasional
12th	2008	Mohamad Hasan II	Barisan Nasional
13th	2013	Mohamad Hasan III	Barisan Nasional
14th	2018	Aminuddin	Pakatan Harapan

References

12th Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly begins Loke Siew Fook. 25 April 2008. Accessed 18 June 2010

External links

Negeri Sembilan State Government official website

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[1] 12th Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly begins Loke Siew Fook. 25 April 2008. Accessed 18 June 2010