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 and Sabah).

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[update]) 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

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 complex in Ayer Keroh.

Map of current constituencies (since 2018)

Current composition

For a complete list of members, see List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2022–present).

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
		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)
		N9	Durian Tunggal	Zahari Abd Khalil	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)
		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)
		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	N14 Kelebang	N18 Ayer Molek (EXCO Member)	B			A	N23 Telok Mas (EXCO Member)	N26 Serkam (Deputy EXCO)	State Legal Advisor
Vacant	N06 Rembia	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
				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	Members	Election	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

See also

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