Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly

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.

Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly

Dewan Undangan Negeri Sembilan
ديوان اوندڠن نڬري سمبيلن
森美兰州议会
14th Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type
History
Founded1959
Leadership
Yang di-Pertuan Besar
Speaker
Zulkefly Mohamad Omar, PH–AMANAH
since 2 July 2018
Deputy Speaker
Ravi Munusamy, PH–PKR
since 2 July 2018
Aminuddin Harun, PH–PKR
since 12 May 2018
Opposition Leader
Mohamad Hasan, PN-UMNO
since 2 July 2018
Secretary
Mohd Amin Ludin
Structure
Seats36
Quorum: 12
Simple majority: 19
Two-thirds majority: 24
Political groups
(As of 13 April 2019)

Government (20):
     Pakatan Harapan (20)

  •      DAP (11)
  •      PKR (6)
  •      AMANAH (3)

Opposition (16):
     Perikatan Nasional (16)

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

Map of current constituencies (since 2018)

Current composition
PH PN
20 16
11 6 3 15 1
DAP PKR AMANAH UMNO MIC
No. State Constituency Portrait Member Coalition (Party) Post
PH 20 | BN 16
-Non-MLAZulkefly Mohamad Omar PH (AMANAH) Speaker
N1ChennahAnthony Loke Siew FookPH (DAP) MP of Seremban
N2PertangNoor Azmi YusufPN (UMNO) N/A
N3Sungai LuiMohd Razi Mohd AliPN (UMNO)
N4KelawangBakri Sawir PH (AMANAH) EXCO member
N5SertingShamshulkahar Mohd. DeliPN (UMNO) N/A
N6PalongMustafa NagoorPN (UMNO)
N7Jeram PadangManickam LetchumanPN (MIC)
N8BahauTeo Kok Seong PH (DAP) EXCO member
N9LenggengSuhaimi KassimPH (AMANAH) N/A
N10NilaiArul Kumar Jambunathan PH (DAP) EXCO member
N11LobakChew Seh YongPH (DAP) N/A
N12TemiangNg Chin TsaiPH (DAP)
N13SikamatAminuddin Harun PH (PKR) Menteri Besar
N14AmpanganMohamad Rafie Ab. Malik PH (PKR) EXCO member
N15JuassehIsmail LasimPN (UMNO) N/A
N16Seri MenantiAbdul Samad IbrahimPN (UMNO)
N17SenalingAdnan Abu HasanPN (UMNO)
N18PilahMohamad Nazaruddin Sabtu PH (PKR) EXCO member
N19JoholSaiful Yazan SulaimanPN (UMNO) N/A
N20LabuIsmail Ahmad PH (PKR) EXCO member
N21Bukit KepayangTan Lee Koon PH (DAP) EXCO member
N22RahangMary Josephine Pritam SinghPH (DAP) N/A
N23MambauYap Yew WengPH (DAP)
N24Seremban JayaGunasekaren PalasamyPH (DAP)
N25ParoiMohamad Taufek Abd. Ghani PH (AMANAH) EXCO member
N26ChembongZaifulbahri IdrisPN (UMNO) N/A
N27RantauMohamad HasanPN (UMNO) Opposition Leader
N28KotaAwaludin SaidPN (UMNO) N/A
N29ChuahYek Diew ChingPH (PKR)
N30LukutChoo Ken Hwa PH (DAP) EXCO member
N31Bagan PinangTun Hairuddin Abu BakarPN (UMNO) N/A
N32LinggiAbd Rahman Mohd RedzaPN (UMNO)
N33Sri TanjungRavi Munusamy PH (PKR) Deputy Speaker
N34GemasAbdul Razak SaidPN (UMNO) N/A
N35GemenchehMohd Isam Mohd IsaPN (UMNO)
N36RepahVeerapan Superamaniam PH (DAP) EXCO member

Seating arrangement

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
LabuIsmail AhmadPKR45.72
LenggengSuhaimi KassimAMANAH47.99
ChennahAnthony Loke Siew FookDAP50.91
KelawangBakri SawirAMANAH51.39
AmpanganMohamad Rafie Ab. MalikPKR51.43
PilahMohamad Nazaruddin SabtuPKR51.80
ParoiMohamad Taufek Abd. GhaniAMANAH52.18
SikamatAminuddin HarunPKR55.87
Fairly safe
RepahVeerapan SuperamaniamDAP58.57
Safe
Sri TanjungRavi MunusamyPKR62.62
BahauTeo Kok SeongDAP64.74
TemiangNg Chin TsaiDAP64.81
ChuahMichael Yek Diew ChingPKR65.81
NilaiArul Kumar JambunathanDAP68.48
RahangMary Josephine Pritam SinghDAP73.98
LukutChoo Ken HwaDAP79.00
Seremban JayaGunasekaren PalasamyDAP80.41
Bukit KepayangNicole Tan Lee KoonDAP83.29
MambauYap Yew WengDAP85.04
LobakChew Seh YongDAP87.46
NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Jeram PadangManickam LetchumanMIC39.26
GemenchehMohd. Isam Mohd. IsaUMNO47.38
LinggiAbdul Rahman Mohd. RedzaUMNO48.53
PertangNoor Azmi YusufUMNO49.00
JoholSaiful Yazan SulaimanUMNO49.34
JuassehIsmail LasimUMNO50.41
Seri MenantiAbdul Samad IbrahimUMNO50.45
SenalingAdnan Abu HassanUMNO52.86
SertingShamsulkahar Mohd. DeliUMNO55.48
Fairly safe
GemasAbdul Razak SaidUMNO56.16
KotaAwaludin SaidUMNO57.39
Bagan PinangTun Hairuddin Abu BakarUMNO57.83
Safe
ChembongZaifulbahri IdrisUMNO60.45
Sungai LuiMohd. Razi Mohd. AliUMNO62.56
PalongMustafa NagoorUMNO66.15
*Won Uncontested
RantauMohamad HasanUMNOn/a

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