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 森美蘭州立法議會 ديوان اوندڠن نݢري سمبيلن‎
15th Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1959
Leadership
Yang di-Pertuan Besar	Tuanku Muhriz Almarhum Tuanku Munawir since 29 December 2008
Speaker	Mk Ibrahim Abdul Rahman, PH–AMANAH since 26 September 2023
Deputy Speaker	Vacant since 1 July 2023
Menteri Besar	Aminuddin Harun, PH–PKR since 12 May 2018
Leader of the Opposition	Mohamad Hanifah Abu Baker, PN–BERSATU since 21 March 2024
Secretary	Mohd Amin Ludin
Structure
Seats	36 Quorum: 12 Simple majority: 19 Two-thirds majority: 24
Political groups	(As of 13 August 2023[update]) Government (31)   PH (17)   DAP (11)   PKR (5)   AMANAH (1)   BN (14)   UMNO (14) Opposition (5)   PN (5)   PAS (3)   BERSATU (2) 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	12 August 2023
Next election	By 25 November 2028
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

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

Government				Opposition
PH			BN	PN
17			14	5
11	5	1	14	3	2
DAP	PKR	AMANAH	UMNO	PAS	BERSATU

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)	Post
-	-	-	Non-MLA	Mk Ibrahim Abdul Rahman	PH (AMANAH)	Speaker
P126	Jelebu	N01	Chennah	Anthony Loke Siew Fook	PH (DAP)	MP of Seremban Federal Minister
		N02	Pertang	Jalaluddin Alias	BN (UMNO)	Senior EXCO Member MP of Jelebu
		N03	Sungai Lui	Mohd Razi Mohd Ali	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N04	Klawang	Bakri Sawir	PH (AMANAH)
P127	Jempol	N05	Serting	Mohd Fairuz Mohd Isa	PN (PAS)
		N06	Palong	Mustapha Nagoor	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
		N07	Jeram Padang	Mohd Zaidy Abdul Kadir	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N08	Bahau	Teo Kok Seong	PH (DAP)	EXCO Member
P128	Seremban	N09	Lenggeng	Mohd Asna Amin	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N10	Nilai	Arul Kumar Jambunathan	PH (DAP)	EXCO Member
		N11	Lobak	Chew Seh Yong	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N12	Temiang	Ng Chin Tsai	PH (DAP)
		N13	Sikamat	Aminuddin Harun	PH (PKR)	Menteri Besar MP for Port Dickson
		N14	Ampangan	Tengku Zamrah Tengku Sulaiman	PH (PKR)	EXCO Member
P129	Kuala Pilah	N15	Juasseh	Bibi Sharliza Mohd Khalid	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N16	Seri Menanti	Muhammad Sufian Maradzi	BN (UMNO)
		N17	Senaling	Ismail Lasim	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
		N18	Pilah	Noorzunita Begum Mohd Ibrahim	PH (PKR)
		N19	Johol	Saiful Yazan Sulaiman	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P130	Rasah	N20	Labu	Mohamad Hanifah Abu Baker	PN (BERSATU)	Opposition Leader
		N21	Bukit Kepayang	Nicole Tan Lee Koon	PH (DAP)	EXCO Member
		N22	Rahang	Desmond Siau Meow Kong	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N23	Mambau	Yap Yew Weng	PH (DAP)
		N24	Seremban Jaya	Gunasekaren Palasamy	PH (DAP)
P131	Rembau	N25	Paroi	Kamarol Ridzuan Mohd Zain	PN (PAS)
		N26	Chembong	Zaifulbahri Idris	BN (UMNO)
		N27	Rantau	Mohamad Hasan	BN (UMNO)	Former Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan MP for Rembau Federal Minister
		N28	Kota	Suhaimi Aini	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P132	Port Dickson	N29	Chuah	Yew Boon Lye	PH (PKR)
		N30	Lukut	Choo Ken Hwa	PH (DAP)
		N31	Bagan Pinang	Abdul Fatah Zakaria	PN (PAS)
		N32	Linggi	Mohd Faizal Ramli	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
		N33	Sri Tanjung	Rajasekaran Gunasekaran	PH (PKR)	N/A
P133	Tampin	N34	Gemas	Ridzuan Ahmad	PN (BERSATU)
		N35	Gemencheh	Suhaimizan Bizar	BN (UMNO)
		N36	Repah	Veerapan Superamaniam	PH (DAP)	EXCO Member

Seating arrangement

		N22 Rahang	N16 Seri Menanti	N33 Sri Tanjung	Vacant	N07 Jeram Padang	N23 Mambau
N28 Kota			N26 Chembong	N04 Klawang	N01 Chennah	N27 Rantau			N19 Johol
N29 Chuah				N08 Bahau (EXCO Member)	N02 Pertang (Senior EXCO Member)				N12 Temiang
N09 Lenggeng	N24 Seremban Jaya	N18 Pilah (EXCO Member)	C	B		A	State Financial Officer	N14 Ampangan (EXCO Member)	N15 Juasseh
N35 Gemencheh	N05 Serting	N17 Senaling (EXCO Member)					State Legal Advisor	N32 Linggi (EXCO Member)	N03 Sungai Lui
N31 Bagan Pinang	N34 Gemas	N10 Nilai (EXCO Member)		the Mace			State Secretary	N36 Repah (EXCO Member)	N11 Lobak
N25 Paroi	N20 Labu (Opposition Leader)	N06 Palong (EXCO Member)		Secretary			N13 Sikamat (Menteri Besar)	N21 Bukit Kepayang (EXCO Member)	N30 Lukut
				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 2023 Negeri Sembilan state election witnessed 31 governmental seats and 5 non-governmental seats filled the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 17 safe seats and 1 fairly safe seat, while the non-government side has 2 fairly safe seats.

2023 Negeri Sembilan state election

GOVERNMENT SEATS Marginal Ampangan Tengku Zamrah Tengku Sulaiman PKR 40.75 Juasseh Bibi Sharliza Mohd Khalid UMNO 50.43 Kota Suhaimi Ain UMNO 50.58 Lenggeng Mohd Asna Amin UMNO 50.71 Klawang Bakri Sawir AMANAH 51.19 Palong Mustafa Nagoor UMNO 51.84 Sungai Lui Mohd. Razi Mohd. Ali UMNO 52.00 Seri Menanti Muhammad Sufian Maradzi UMNO 52.62 Jeram Padang Mohd Zaidy Abdul Kadir UMNO 53.39 Pilah Nur Zunita Begum Mohd Ibrahim PKR 54.75 Sikamat Aminuddin Harun PKR 54.82 Senaling Ismail Lasim UMNO 54.88 Linggi Mohd Faizal Ramli UMNO 55.14 Fairly safe Gemencheh Suhaimizan Bizar UMNO 57.91 Safe Chennah Anthony Loke Siew Fook DAP 61.49 Chembong Zaifulbahri Idris UMNO 61.92 Johol Saiful Yazan Sulaiman UMNO 62.29 Temiang Ng Chin Tsai DAP 63.50 Sri Tanjung Rajasekaran Gunasekaran PKR 66.01 Nilai Arul Kumar Jambunathan DAP 66.29 Pertang Jalaluddin Alias UMNO 66.45 Repah Veerapan Superamaniam DAP 67.43 Rantau Mohamad Hasan UMNO 71.75 Rahang Desmond Sian Meow Kong DAP 74.17 Bahau Teo Kok Seong DAP 77.18 Lukut Choo Ken Hwa DAP 79.36 Seremban Jaya Gunasekaren Palasamy DAP 79.60 Bukit Kepayang Nicole Tan Lee Koon DAP 80.77 Chuah Yew Boon Lye PKR 81.35 Mambau Yap Yew Weng DAP 88.28 Lobak Chew Seh Yong DAP 94.39 NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS Marginal Serting Mohd Fairuz Mohd Isa PAS 52.13 Paroi Kamarol Ridzuan Mohd Zain PAS 55.33 Labu Mohamad Hanifah Abu Baker BERSATU 53.78 Fairly safe Gemas Ridzuan Ahmad BERSATU 57.73 Bagan Pinang Abdul Fatah Zakaria PAS 59.30

List of Assemblies

Assembly	Term began	Members	Election	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 I	Pakatan Harapan
15th	2023			Aminuddin II	Pakatan Harapan & Barisan Nasional