Malacca State Legislative Assembly

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).

Malacca State Legislative Assembly Dewan Undangan Negeri Melaka ديوان اوندڠن نڬري ملاك 马六甲州议会 மலாக்கா மாநில சட்ட மன்றம்
14th Malacca State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1959
Leadership
Yang di-Pertua Negeri	Ali Rustam since 4 June 2020
Speaker	Omar Jaafar (PH), PH-PKR since 19 July 2018
Speaker (dispute)	Abd Rauf Yusof (PN), PN-UMNO since 11 May 2020
Deputy Speaker	Dr. Wong Fort Pin (PH), PH-DAP since 19 July 2018
Deputy Speaker (dispute)	Ghazale Muhamad (PN), PN-UMNO since 11 May 2020
Government Leader	Sulaiman Md Ali, PN-UMNO since 9 March 2020
Opposition Leader	Adly Zahari, PH-AMANAH since 24 April 2020
Secretary	Mohd Yusof Abu Bakar
Structure
Seats	28 Quorum: 9 Simple majority: 15 Two-thirds majority: 19
Political groups	(As of 2 March 2020) Government (17):      Perikatan Nasional (17)      Barisan Nasional (13)      UMNO (13)      BERSATU (2)      Independent (2) Opposition (11):      Pakatan Harapan (11)      DAP (7)      AMANAH (2)      PKR (2)
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	9 May 2018
Next election	19 September 2023 or earlier
Meeting place
Blok Laksamana, Seri Negeri complex, Hang Tuah Jaya, Ayer Keroh, Malacca
Website
www.melaka.gov.my

Former Malacca State Legislative Assembly building which is now the Democratic Government Museum.

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

Map of current constituencies (since 2018)

Current composition

PN			PH
17			11
13	2	2	7	2	2
UMNO	PPBM	IND	DAP	PKR	AMANAH

No.	State Constituency	Portrait	Member	Coalition (Party)	Post
-	Non-MLA		Omar Jaafar	PH (PKR)	Speaker
-	Non-MLA		Abd Rauf Yusof	PN (UMNO)	Speaker (dispute)
N1	Kuala Linggi		Ismail Othman	PN (UMNO)	EXCO member
N2	Tanjung Bidara		Md Rawi Mahmud	PN (UMNO)	N/A
N3	Ayer Limau		Amiruddin Yusop	PN (UMNO)
N4	Lendu		Sulaiman Md Ali	PN (UMNO)	Chief Minister
N5	Taboh Naning		Latipah Omar	PN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
N6	Rembia		Muhammad Jailani Khamis	PN (IND)
N7	Gadek		Saminathan Ganesan	PH (DAP)	N/A
N8	Machap Jaya		Ginie Lim Siew Lin	PH (PKR)
N9	Durian Tunggal		Mohd Sofi Abdul Wahab	PH (AMANAH)
N10	Asahan		Abdul Ghafar Atan	PN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
N11	Sungai Udang		Idris Haron	PN (UMNO)
N12	Pantai Kundor		Nor Azman Hassan	PN (UMNO)	N/A
N13	Paya Rumput		Mohd. Rafiq Naizamohideen	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO Member
N14	Kelebang		Gue Teck	PH (PKR)	N/A
N15	Pengkalan Batu		Norhizam Hassan Baktee	PN (IND)	EXCO Member
N16	Ayer Keroh		Kerk Chee Yee	PH (DAP)	N/A
N17	Bukit Katil		Adly Zahari	PH (AMANAH)	Opposition Leader
N18	Ayer Molek		Rahmad Mariman	PN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
N19	Kesidang		Seah Shoo Chin	PH (DAP)	N/A
N20	Kota Laksamana		Low Chee Leong	PH (DAP)
N21	Duyong		Damian Yeo Shen Li	PH (DAP)
N22	Bandar Hilir		Tey Kok Kiew	PH (DAP)
N23	Telok Mas		Noor Effandi Ahmad	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO Member
N24	Bemban		Wong Fort Pin	PH (DAP)	Deputy Speaker
N25	Rim		Ghazale Muhamad	PN (UMNO)	Deputy Speaker (dispute)
N26	Serkam		Zaidi Attan	PN (UMNO)	N/A
N27	Merlimau		Roslan Ahmad	PN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
N28	Sungai Rambai		Hasan Abd Rahman	PN (UMNO)	N/A

Seating arrangement

N14 Klebang	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	N12 Pantai Kundor	N02 Tanjung Bidara	N03 Ayer Limau	N26 Serkam	N28 Sungai Rambai	Vacant
N19 Kesidang	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	N27 Merlimau	N05 Tanjong Bidara	N06 Rembia	N14 Paya Rumput	N25 Rim (Deputy Speaker)	State Financial Officer
N21 Duyong	N16 Ayer Keroh	N09 Durian Tunggal	B			A	N13 Sungai Udang	N01 Kuala Linggi	State Legal Advisor
N24 Bemban	N20 Kota Laksamana	N22 Bandar Hilir		Sergeant-at-Arm			N10 Asahan	N23 Telok Mas	State Secretary
	N8 Machap Jaya	N17 Bukit Katil (Opposition Leader)		the Mace			N04 Lendu (Chief Minister)	N18 Ayer Molek
	N7 Gadek			Secretary				N15 Pengkalan Batu
				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 Melaka 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
1	Goh Kay Seng	23 May 1959	29 February 1964
2	Talib Karim	21 May 1964	5 October 1967
3	Mohd Abd. Rahman	20 November 1967	19 March 1969
4	Ahmad Manap	7 April 1971	11 June 1978
5	Abdul Aziz Tapa	15 September 1978	28 March 1982
6	Abdul Razak Alias	31 May 1982	19 July 1986
7	Abu Zahar Ithnin	4 August 1986	19 October 1994
8	Jaafar Lajis	25 October 1994	5 April 1995
9	Nasir Manap	8 June 1995	December 1999
10	Amid Nordin	December 1999	March 2004
11	Mo'min Abd Aziz	March 2004	April 2008
12	Othman Muhamad	April 2008	April 2018
13	Omar Jaafar	19 July 2018	Incumbent
14	Abd Rauf Yusoh (Disputed)	11 May 2020	Incumbent

Malacca state election, 2018

Summary of the 9 May 2018 Malacca State Assembly election results

	Votes	% of vote	+/–	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Pakatan Harapan:	211,153	51.11%		15	53.6	8
Democratic Action Party (DAP)	99,637	24.12%		8	28.6	2
People's Justice Party (PKR)	43,167	10.45%		3	10.7	2
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM)	35,496	8.59%		2	7.1	2
National Trust Party (AMANAH)	32,853	7.95%		2	7.1	2
Barisan Nasional:	156,318	37.84%		13	46.4	8
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	104,270	25.24%		13	46.4	4
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	41,492	10.04%		0	0.0	3
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)	4,085	0.99%		0	0.0	1
Independents and others	45,685	11.06%		0	0.0
Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	44,537	10.78%		0	0.0
Independents	1,148	0.28%		0	0.0
Valid votes	413,156
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes	418,112
Registered voters	494,662
Source: undi.info

Malacca state election, 2018

9 May 2018
All 28 seats of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly 19 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Adly Zahari Idris Haron Kamaruddin Sidek Party Pakatan Harapan Barisan Nasional Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Leader since 2015 7 May 2013 2015 Leader's seat Bukit Katil Sungai Udang None (ran in Duyong, lost) Last election 6 seats, 25.0% (Pakatan Rakyat) 21 seats, 75.0% 1 seat, 3.57% (Pakatan Rakyat) Seats before 6 21 1 Seats won 15 13 0 Seat change 8 8 1 Popular vote 211,153 156,318 44,537 Percentage 51.11% 37.84% 10.78% Swing 19.86% 15.57% 4.22%
Chief Minister before election Idris Haron Barisan Nasional Elected Chief Minister Adly Zahari Pakatan Harapan

Results by state constituencies

#	Constituency	Winner	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Votes	Incumbent	Incumbent Majority
BN 13 | PH 15 | PAS 0 | Independent 0
N1	Kuala Linggi	Ismail Othman (BN-UMNO)	4,812	1,372	Hasmorni Tamby (PH-PKR)	3,440	Ismail Othman (BN-UMNO)	2,431
					Azmi Sambul (GS-PAS)	941
N2	Tanjung Bidara	Md Rawi Mahmud (BN-UMNO)	4,865	2,864	Halim Bachik (PH-PKR)	2,001	Md Rawi Mahmud (BN-UMNO)	4,240
					Imran Abdul Rahman (GS-PAS)	1,501
N3	Ayer Limau	Amiruddin Yusop (BN-UMNO)	4,704	1,479	Ruslin Hasan (PH-PPBM)	3,225	Amiruddin Yusop (BN-UMNO)	4,569
					Jamarudin Ahmad (GS-PAS)	1,187
N4	Lendu	Sulaiman Md Ali (BN-UMNO)	4,016	627	Riduan Affandi Abu Bakar (PH-PPBM)	3,389	Sulaiman Md Ali (BN-UMNO)	2,503
					Arshad Mohamad Som (GS-PAS)	1,163
N5	Taboh Naning	Latipah Omar (BN-UMNO)	3,329	740	Zairi Suboh (PH-AMANAH)	2,589	Latipah Omar (BN-UMNO)	2,355
					Asri Shaik Abdul Aziz (GS-PAS)	1,111
N6	Rembia	Muhammad Jailani Khamis (PH-PKR)	6,773	1,814	Norpipah Abdul (BN-UMNO)	4,959	Norpipah Abdul (BN-UMNO)	2,358
					Mohammad Rashidi Abd Razak (GS-PAS)	1,200
N7	Gadek	G. Saminathan (PH-DAP)	4,392	307	P. Panirchelvam (BN-MIC)	4,085	M.S Mahadevan Sanacy (BN-MIC)	2,630
					Emransyah Ismail (GS-PAS)	1,865
N8	Machap Jaya (previously known as Machap)[5]	Ginie Lim Siew Lin (PH-PKR)	5,550	1,336	Koh Nai Kwong (BN-MCA)	4,214	Lai Meng Chong (BN-MCA)	152
					Wan Zahidi Wan Ismail (GS-PAS)	775
N9	Durian Tunggal	Mohd Sofi Wahab (PH-AMANAH)	5,213	763	Ab Wahab Ab Latip (BN-UMNO)	4,450	Ab Wahab Ab Latip (BN-UMNO)	1,316
					Mohsin Ibrahim (GS-PAS)	1,391
N10	Asahan	Abdul Ghafar Atan (BN-UMNO)	5,942	275	Zamzuri Ariffin (PH-PPBM)	5,667	Abdul Ghafar Atan (BN-UMNO)	3,857
					Azlan Maddin (GS-PAS)	1,365
N11	Sungai Udang	Idris Haron (BN-UMNO)	10,073	2,229	Mohd Lokman Abdul Gani (PH-PKR)	7,844	Idris Haron (BN-UMNO)	9,136
N12	Pantai Kundor	Nor Azman Hassan (BN-UMNO)	5,773	772	Juhari Osman (PH-AMANAH)	5,001	Ab Rahman Ab Karim (BN-UMNO)	3,064
					Abdul Halim Maidin (GS-PAS)	1,936
N13	Paya Rumput	Mohd. Rafiq Naizamohideen (PH-PPBM)	12,102	4,259	Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah (BN-UMNO)	7,843	Sazali Muhd Din (BN-UMNO)	1,270
					Rafie Ahmad (GS-PAS)	1,552
N14	Kelebang	Gue Teck (PH-PKR)	7,648	789	Lim Ban Hong (BN-MCA)	6,859	Lim Ban Hong (BN-MCA)	2,097
					Mohd Shafiq Ismail (GS-PAS)	2,272
N15	Pengkalan Batu (previously known as Bachang)[5]	Norhizam Hassan Baktee (PH-DAP)	9,227	2,756	Chua Lian Chye (BN-GERAKAN)	6,471	Lim Jak Wong (IND)	2,627
					Ramli Dalip (GS-PAS)	2,230
N16	Ayer Keroh	Kerk Chee Yee (PH-DAP)	14,279	6,336	Chua Kheng Hwa (BN-MCA)	5,018	Khoo Poay Tiong (PH-DAP)	7,943
					Sepri Rahman (GS-PAS)	2,567
N17	Bukit Katil (previously known as Bukit Baru)[5]	Adli Zahari (PH-AMANAH)	11,226	3,159	Muhamat Puhat Bedol (GS-PAS)	2,237	Md Khalid Kassim (PAS)	48
					Yunus Hitam (BN-UMNO)	8,067
N18	Ayer Molek	Rahmad Mariman (BN-UMNO)	6,951	1,805	Farhan Ibrahim (PH-PKR)	5,146	Md Yunos Husin (BN-UMNO)	3,761
					Jantan Abdullah (GS-PAS)	3,082
					Kamarolzaman Mohd Jidi (IND)	79
N19	Kesidang	Seah Shoo Chin (PH-DAP)	22,880	14,612	Ng Choon Koon (BN-MCA)	8,268	Chin Choong Seong (IND)	3,818
					Goh Leong San (IND)	349
N20	Kota Laksamana	Low Chee Leong (PH-DAP)	20,181	16,173	Melvia Chua Kew Wei (BN-MCA)	4,008	Lai Keun Ban (PH-DAP)	8,507
					Sim Tong Him (IND)	517
N21	Duyong	Damian Yeo Shen Li (PH-DAP)	7,642	2,895	Lee Kiat Lee (BN-MCA)	4,747	Goh Leong San (IND)	205
					Kamarudin Sedik (GS-PAS)	2,938
					Lim Jak Wong (IND)	62
N22	Bandar Hilir	Tey Kok Kiew (PH-DAP)	14,038	11,313	Lee Chong Meng (BN-MCA)	2,725	Tey Kok Kiew (PH-DAP)	7,952
					Chin Choong Seong (IND)	141
N23	Telok Mas	Noor Effandi Ahmad (PH-PPBM)	7,694	1,288	Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman (BN-UMNO)	6,406	Latiff Tamby Chik (BN-UMNO)	701
					Rosazli Md Yasin (GS-PAS)	3,164
N24	Bemban	Wong Fort Pin (PH-DAP)	6,998	1,345	Koh Chin Han (BN-MCA)	5,653	Ng Choon Koon (BN-MCA)	2,028
					Suhaimi Harun (GS-PAS)	2,762
N25	Rim	Ghazale Muhamad (BN-UMNO)	5,301	536	Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin (PH-PKR)	4,765	Ghazale Muhamad (BN-UMNO)	1,121
					Kintan Man (GS-PAS)	1,262
N26	Serkam	Zaidi Attan (BN-UMNO)	6,401	2,737	Nor Khairi Yusof (PH-AMANAH)	3,664	Zaidi Attan (BN-UMNO)	3,600
					Ahmad Bilal Rahudin (GS-PAS)	3,423
N27	Merlimau	Roslan Ahmad (BN-UMNO)	5,290	130	Yuhaizad Abdullah (PH-AMANAH)	5,160	Roslan Ahmad (BN-UMNO)	2,589
					Abdul Malek Yusof (GS-PAS)	1,208
N28	Sungai Rambai	Hasan Abd Rahman (BN-UMNO)	5,088	1,669	Azalina Abdul Rahman (PH-PPBM)	3,419	Hasan Abd Rahman (BN-UMNO)	2,363
					Zakariya Kasnin (GS-PAS)	1,405

Malacca state election, 2013

Malacca state election, 2013

5 May 2013 (2013-05-05)
All 28 seats in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly 15 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Mohd Ali Rustam (as Malacca BN chairman) Goh Leong San Party BN Pakatan Rakyat Leader's seat not running (run in Bukit Katil, lost) Duyong Last election 23 seats, 82.1% 5 seats, 17.8% Seats before 23 5 Seats won 21 7 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 201,228 174,232 Percentage 53.41% 46.24%
Chief Minister before election Mohd Ali Rustam BN Chief Minister-designate Idris Haron BN

 Summary of the 5 May 2013 Malacca State Assembly election results

	Votes	% of vote	+/–	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Barisan Nasional:	201,228	53.41%		21	75.0	2
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	130,660	34.68%		17	60.0	2
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	50,115	13.30%		3	11.0
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)	5,975	1.59%		1	4.0
Malaysian People's Movement Party (Gerakan)	11,016	2.92%		0	0.0
People's Progressive Party (PPP)	3,462	0.92%		0	0.0
Pakatan Rakyat:	174,232	46.24%		7	25.0	2
Democratic Action Party (DAP)	86,562	22.98%		6	21.0	1
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	56,528	15.00%		1	4.0	1
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)	31,142	8.27%		0	0.0
Independents and others	1,303	0.35%		0	0.0
Independents	1,242	0.33%		0	0.0
Malaysian People's Welfare Party (KITA)	61	0.02%		0	0.0
Valid votes	376,763
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes
Registered voters
Source: undi.info

Malacca state election, 2008

 Summary of the 8 March 2008 Malacca State Assembly election results

	Votes	% of vote	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Barisan Nasional:	163,917	55.5	23	82.1	3
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	103,050	34.9	18	64.3
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	46,197	15.6	4	14.3	2
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)	5,950	2.0	1	3.6
Malaysian People's Movement Party (Gerakan)	8,720	3.0	0	0.0	1
Pakatan Rakyat:	124,213	42.1	5	17.9	3
Democratic Action Party (DAP)	63,235	21.4	5	17.9	3
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	40,629	13.8	0	0.0
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)	20,349	6.9	0	0.0
Overall total	295,207	100	28	100
Source: The Star[6], Malaysia

Election pendulum

The 14th General Election witnessed 15 governmental seats and 13 non-governmental seats filled the Malacca State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 4 safe seats and 1 fairly safe seat, while the non-government side has just 2 fairly safe seats.

2018 Malacca state election

GOVERNMENT SEATS Marginal Gadek Saminathan Ganesan DAP 42.47 Telok Mas Noor Effandi Ahmad BERSATU 44.57 Bemban Dr. Wong Fort Pin DAP 45.40 Kelebang Gue Teck PKR 45.58 Durian Tunggal Mohd. Sofi Abdul Wahab AMANAH 47.16 Duyong Damian Yeo Shen Li DAP 49.66 Pengkalan Batu Norhizam Hassan Baktee DAP 51.47 Bukit Katil Adly Zahari AMANAH 52.14 Rembia Muhammad Jailani Khamis PKR 52.37 Machap Jaya Ginie Lim Siew Lin PKR 52.66 Fairly safe Paya Rumput Mohd. Rafiq Naizamohideen BERSATU 56.30 Safe Ayer Keroh Kerk Chee Yee DAP 65.31 Kesidang Seah Shoo Chin DAP 72.64 Kota Laksamana Low Chee Leong DAP 81.68 Bandar Hilir Tey Kok Kiew DAP 83.05 NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS Marginal Merlimau Roslan Ahmad UMNO 45.38 Pantai Kundor Nor Azman Hassan UMNO 45.42 Ayer Molek Rahmad Mariman UMNO 45.56 Asahan Abdul Ghafar Atan UMNO 45.80 Rim Ghazale Muhamad UMNO 46.80 Lendu Sulaiman Md. Ali UMNO 46.87 Taboh Naning Latipah Omar UMNO 47.36 Serkam Zaidi Attan UMNO 47.46 Sungai Rambai Hasan Abd. Rahman UMNO 51.33 Ayer Limau Amiruddin Yusop UMNO 51.60 Kuala Linggi Ismail Othman UMNO 52.34 Fairly safe Sungai Udang Ir. Idris Haron UMNO 56.22 Tanjung Bidara Md. Rawi Mahmud UMNO 58.15

See also

• List of State Seats Representatives in Malaysia
• State legislative assemblies of Malaysia

References

1. https://www.melaka.gov.my/ms/kerajaan/utama/dewan-undangan-negeri-melaka#art_tab1
2. https://www.melaka.gov.my/ms/kerajaan/utama/majlis-mesyuarat-kerajaan-negeri-2
3. http://www.sinarharian.com.my/mobile/edisi/melaka-ns/melcat-bukti-pentadbiran-kerajaan-melaka-telus-1.906544
4. https://www.melaka.gov.my/ms/kerajaan/utama/dewan-undangan-negeri-melaka#art_tab2
5. "LAPORAN KAJIAN SEMULA PERSEMPADANAN" (PDF). Election Commission of Malaysia. Election Commission of Malaysia. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
6. MALAYSIA DECIDES 2008 > General Election 2008 Results > Malacca

External links

• Melaka State Government official website