Pahang State Legislative Assembly

The Pahang State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Negeri Pahang) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Pahang. It is composed of 42 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state.

Pahang State Legislative Assembly Dewan Negeri Pahang ديوان نݢري ڤهڠ‎
15th Pahang State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	22 August 1959
Leadership
Sultan	Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah since 15 January 2019
Speaker	Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin, BN–UMNO since 29 December 2022
Deputy Speaker	Lee Chin Chen, PH-DAP since 29 December 2022
Menteri Besar	Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail, BN–UMNO since 15 May 2018
Opposition Leader	Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, PN–PAS since 6 December 2022
Secretary	Mohd Zukri Sidek
Structure
Seats	42+5 Nominated Member (Maximum 47 Members) Quorum: 14 Simple majority: 22 Two-thirds majority: 28
Political groups	(as of 13 May 2024) Government (30)   BN (19)   UMNO (17)   MIC (1)   MCA (1)   PH (10)   DAP (6)   PKR (3)   AMANAH (1)   Independent (1) Opposition (17)   PN (17)   PAS (15)   BERSATU (2) Speaker (1)   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 (42 single-member constituencies)
Last election	19 November 2022
Next election	By 27 February 2028
Meeting place
Wisma Seri Pahang, Kuantan, Pahang
Website
www.pahang.gov.my

The Assembly convenes at the Wisma Seri Pahang in the state capital, Kuantan.

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			IND	PN
19			10			1	17
17	1	1	6	3	1		15	2
UMNO	MIC	MCA	DAP	PKR	AMANAH	IND	PAS	BERSATU

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)	Remark
-	-	-	Non-MLA	Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin	BN (UMNO)	Speaker
P78	Cameron Highlands	N1	Tanah Rata	Ho Chi Yang	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N2	Jelai	Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail	BN (UMNO)	Menteri Besar
P79	Lipis	N3	Padang Tengku	Mustapa Long	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N4	Cheka	Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man	PN (PAS)	Opposition Leader MP for Kubang Kerian
		N5	Benta	Mohd. Soffi Abd. Razak	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
P80	Raub	N6	Batu Talam	Abdul Aziz Mat Kiram	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N7	Tras	Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji	PH (DAP)
		N8	Dong	Fadzli Mohamad Kamal	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
P81	Jerantut	N9	Tahan	Mohd Zakhwan Ahmad Badarddin	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N10	Damak	Zuridan Mohd Daud	PN (PAS)
		N11	Pulau Tawar	Yohanis Ahmad	PN (PAS)
P82	Indera Mahkota	N12	Beserah	Andansura Rabu	PN (PAS)
		N13	Semambu	Chan Chun Kuang	PH (PKR)
P83	Kuantan	N14	Teruntum	Sim Chon Siang	PH (PKR)	EXCO member
		N15	Tanjung Lumpur	Rosli Abdul Jabar	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N16	Inderapura	Shafik Fauzan Sharif	BN (UMNO)
P84	Paya Besar	N17	Sungai Lembing	Mohamad Ayub Mat Ashri	PN (PAS)
		N18	Lepar	Mohd Yazid Mohd Yunus	PN (BERSATU)
		N19	Panching	Mohd Tarmizi Yahaya	PN (PAS)
P85	Pekan	N20	Pulau Manis	Mohd Rafiq Khan Ahmad Khan	PN (PAS)
		N21	Peramu Jaya	Mohamad Nizar Mohammad Najib	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
		N22	Bebar	Mohd Fakhruddin Mohd Ariff	BN (UMNO)
		N23	Chini	Mohd Sharim Md Zain	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P86	Maran	N24	Luit	Mohd Sofian Abd Jalil	PN (PAS)
		N25	Kuala Sentul	Jasri Jamaluddin	PN (BERSATU)
		N26	Chenor	Mujjibur Rahman Ishak	PN (PAS)
P87	Kuala Krau	N27	Jenderak	Rodzuan Zaaba	BN (UMNO)
		N28	Kerdau	Syed Ibrahim Syed Ahmad	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
		N29	Jengka	Shahril Azman Abd Halim	PN (PAS)	N/A
P88	Temerloh	N30	Mentakab	Woo Chee Wan	PH (DAP)
		N31	Lanchang	Hassan Omar	PN (PAS)
		N32	Kuala Semantan	Hassanuddin Salim	PN (PAS)
P89	Bentong	N33	Bilut	Lee Chin Chen	PH (DAP)	Deputy Speaker
		N34	Ketari	Thomas Su Keong Siong	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N35	Sabai	Arumugam Verappa Pillai	BN (MIC)
		N36	Pelangai	Amizar Abu Adam[nb 1]	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
P90	Bera	N37	Guai	Sabariah Saidan	BN (UMNO)
		N38	Triang	Leong Yu Man	PH (DAP)
		N39	Kemayan	Khaizulnizam Mohamad Zuldin	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P91	Rompin	N40	Bukit Ibam	Nazri Ahmad	PN (PAS)
		N41	Muadzam Shah	Razali Kassim	BN (UMNO)	EXCO member
		N42	Tioman	Mohd Johari Hussain	BN (UMNO)	N/A
N/A	N/A	—	Nominated member	Haris Salleh Hamzah	BN (UMNO)
		—	Nominated member	Wong Tat Chee	BN (MCA)
		—	Nominated member	Rizal Jamin	PH (PKR)
		—	Nominated member	Mohd Fadzli Mohd Ramly	PH (AMANAH)
		—	Nominated member	Ahmad Irshadi Abdullah	IND

Seating arrangement

Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant		Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant
Vacant	N17 Sungai Lembing	N20 Pulau Manis	N31 Lanchang		N39 Kemayan	N35 Sabai	N27 Jenderak	Vacant
Vacant	N11 Pulau Tawar	N12 Beserah	N09 Tahan		N36 Pelangai (EXCO Member)	N38 Triang (EXCO Member)	N23 Chini	Vacant
Rizal Jamin	N25 Kuala Sentul	N15 Tanjung Lumpur	D	Sergeant-at-Arm	C	N14 Teruntum (EXCO Member)	N03 Padang Tengku	Vacant
		N04 Cheka (Opposition Leader)	E		B	N08 Dong (EXCO Member)
Mohd Fadzli Mohd Ramly	N18 Lepar	Vacant				N37 Guai (EXCO Member)	N06 Batu Talam	Vacant
Haris Salleh Hamzah	N29 Jengka	N13 Semambu				N21 Peramu Jaya (EXCO Member)	N42 Tioman	Vacant
Wong Tat Chee	N26 Chenor	N01 Tanah Rata		the Mace		N41 Muadzam Shah (EXCO Member)	N16 Inderapura	Vacant
		N30 Mentakab	F		A	N22 Bebar (EXCO Member)
Ahmad Irshadi Abdullah	N24 Luit	N34 Ketari				N28 Kerdau (EXCO Member)	State Financial Officer	Vacant
N40 Bukit Ibam	N19 Panching	N07 Tras				N05 Benta (EXCO Member)	State Legal Advisor	Vacant
N32 Kuala Semantan	N10 Damak	N33 Bilut (Deputy Speaker)		Secretary		N02 Jelai (Menteri Besar)	State Secretary	Vacant
				Speaker
				Sultan

Role

As the state's legislative body, the Pahang State Legislative Assembly's main function is to enact laws that apply to Pahang, known as enactments. The Speaker presides over the Assembly's proceedings, and works to maintain order during debates.

The state government's executive branch (known as the State Executive Council (EXCO), or Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri), including the Menteri Besar, are drawn from the Assembly. The Menteri Besar is ceremonially appointed by the Sultan of Pahang on the basis that he is able to command a majority in the Assembly. The Menteri Besar then appoints members of the State EXCO drawing from members of the Assembly.

Pahang state elections, 2022

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Perikatan Nasional		Malaysian Islamic Party	244,142	27.95	15	+7
			Malaysian United Indigenous Party	79,321	9.08	2	+2
			Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	16,915	1.94	0	0
		Total		340,378	38.97	17	+9
	Barisan Nasional		United Malays National Organisation	294,767	33.75	16	–9
			Malaysian Chinese Association	38,322	4.39	0	–1
			Malaysian Indian Congress	4,444	0.51	1	+1
		Total		337,533	38.65	17	–9
	Pakatan Harapan		People's Justice Party	69,145	7.92	2	0
			National Trust Party	43,387	4.97	0	0
			Democratic Action Party	75,698	8.67	6	–1
		Total		188,230	21.55	8	–1
	Gerakan Tanah Air		Homeland Fighter's Party	4,188	0.48	0	New
			Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front	820	0.09	0	0
		Total		5,008	0.57	0	0
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia			203	0.02	0	0
	Independents			1,989	0.23	0	0
Total				873,341	100.00	42	0
Valid votes				873,341	98.70
Invalid/blank votes				11,467	1.30
Total votes				884,808	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,136,944	77.82
Source: SPR, SPR

Pahang state elections, 2018

Summary of the 9 May 2018 Pahang State Assembly election results

	Votes	% of vote	+/–	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Barisan Nasional:	275,766	41.64		25	59.5	5
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	220,715	33.32		24	57.1	4
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	40,241	6.08		1	2.4	1
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)	3,879	0.59		0	0.0
Malaysian People's Movement Party (GERAKAN)	10,931	1.65		0	0.0
Pakatan Harapan:	192,837	29.12		9	21.4
Democratic Action Party (DAP)	71,396	10.78		7	16.7
People's Justice Party (PKR)	64,338	9.71		2	4.8
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM)	14,722	2.22		0	0.0
National Trust Party (AMANAH)	42,381	6.40		0	0.0
Others	192,432	29.05		8	19.0	5
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	192,203	29.02		8	19.0	5
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM)	229	0.03		0	0.0
Independents	1,281	0.19		0	0.0
Valid votes	662,316
Invalid/blank votes	11,065
Total votes	673,381
Registered voters	823,981
Source: undi.info

Election pendulum

The 15th General Election witnessed 25 governmental seats and 17 non-governmental seats filled the Pahang State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 4 safe seats and 4 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has just 1 safe seat and fairly safe seat each.

2022 Pahang state election

GOVERNMENT SEATS Marginal Sabai Arumugam A. Verappa Pillai MIC 37.52 Semambu Chan Chun Kang PKR 40.01 Ketari Thomas Su Keong Siong DAP 41.17 Dong Fadzli Mohamad Kamal UMNO 45.34 Mentakab Woo Chee Wan DAP 45.38 Inderapura Shafik Fauzan Sharif UMNO 46.15 Padang Tengku Mustapa Long UMNO 47.14 Bilut Lee Chin Chen DAP 48.15 Benta Mohd. Soffi Abd. Razak UMNO 48.21 Tioman Mohd. Johari Hussain UMNO 48.95 Muadzam Shah Ir. Razali Kassim UMNO 49.35 Guai Sabariah Saidan UMNO 49.46 Jenderak Rodzuan Zaaba UMNO 50.03 Batu Talam Abd. Aziz Mat Kiram UMNO 52.98 Tanah Rata Ho Chi Yang DAP 53.04 Chini Mohd. Sharim Md. Zain UMNO 53.25 Kerdau Syed Ibrahim Syed Ahmad UMNO 53.88 Fairly safe Triang Leong Yu Man DAP 57.02 Peramu Jaya Mohamad Nizar Mohd. Najib UMNO 57.63 Pelangai Johari Harun UMNO 57.71 Teruntum Sim Chon Siang PKR 58.63 Safe Tras Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji DAP 62.32 Kemayan Khaizulnizam Mohamad Zuldin UMNO 66.74 Bebar Mohd. Fakhruddin Mohd. Ariff UMNO 67.37 Jelai Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail UMNO 68.81 NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS Marginal Lanchang Hassan Omar PAS 40.15 Damak Zuridan Mohd. Daud PAS 41.53 Kuala Semantan Hassanuddin Salim PAS 42.45 Lepar Mohd. Yazid Mohd. Yunus BERSATU 42.77 Cheka Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man PAS 45.51 Kuala Sentul Jasri Jamaluddin BERSATU 46.23 Sungai Lembing Mohamad Ayub Mat Ashri PAS 47.38 Luit Mohd. Sofian Abd. Jalil PAS 48.32 Beserah Andansura Rabu PAS 51.80 Bukit Ibam Nazri Ahmad PAS 52.88 Pulau Tawar Yohanis Ahmad PAS 53.73 Tahan Mohd. Zakwan Ahmad Badarddin PAS 53.97 Pulau Manis Mohd. Rafiq Khan Ahmad Khan PAS 54.21 Tanjung Lumpur Rosli Abdul Jabar PAS 54.98 Panching Mohd. Tarmizi Yahaya PAS 55.01 Fairly Safe Chenor Mujibur Rahman Ishak PAS 56.51 Safe Jengka Shahril Azman Abd. Halim PAS 61.67

List of Assemblies

Assembly	Term began	Members	Election	Committee	Majority party/coalition
1st	1959			Wan Abdul Aziz	Perikatan
2nd	1964			Yahya I	Perikatan
3rd	1969			Yahya II (1969–1972) Abdul Aziz (1972–1974) Muhammad I (1974)	Perikatan (1969–1973) Barisan Nasional (1973–1974)
4th	1974			Muhammad II	Barisan Nasional
5th	1978			Abdul Rahim (1978–1981) Abdul Rashid (1981–1982)	Barisan Nasional
6th	1982			Najib	Barisan Nasional
7th	1986			Mohd Khalil I	Barisan Nasional
8th	1990			Mohd Khalil II	Barisan Nasional
9th	1995			Mohd Khalil III (1995–1999) Adnan I (1999)	Barisan Nasional
10th	1999			Adnan II	Barisan Nasional
11th	2004			Adnan III	Barisan Nasional
12th	2008			Adnan IV	Barisan Nasional
13th	2013			Adnan V	Barisan Nasional
14th	2018			Wan Rosdy I	Barisan Nasional
15th	2022			Wan Rosdy II	Barisan Nasional-Pakatan Harapan

See also

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