Terengganu State Legislative Assembly

The Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Terengganu) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Terengganu. It consists of 32 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart, and are customarily held alongside elections to the federal parliament during a general election.

Terengganu State Legislative Assembly Dewan Undangan Negeri Terengganu Dewang Undangang Negeri Tranung ديوان اوندڠن نݢري ترڠݢانو‎
15th Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	20 June 1959
Leadership
Sultan	Al-Wathiqu Billah Al-Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Almarhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Al-Haj since 15 May 1998
Speaker	Mohd Nor Hamzah, PN–PAS since 24 September 2023
Deputy Speaker	Khazan Che Mat, PN–BERSATU since 24 September 2023
Menteri Besar	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar, PN–PAS since 10 May 2018
Opposition Leader	Vacant since 12 August 2023
Secretary	Zulkifli Isa
Structure
Seats	32 + 0 Nominated Member (Maximum 34 Members) Quorum: 11 Simple majority: 17 Two-thirds majority: 22
Political groups	(As of 13 August 2023[update]) Government (32):   PN (32)   PAS (27)   BERSATU (5) Speaker (1)   PN (MLA for Bukit Payung)
Committees	2 Public Accounts Committee Committee of Privileges
Elections
Voting system	Plurality: First-past-the-post (32 single-member constituencies)
Last election	12 August 2023
Next election	By 23 November 2028
Meeting place
Wisma Darul Iman, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
Website
dun.terengganu.gov.my

The State Assembly convenes at the Wisma Darul Iman in the state capital, Kuala Terengganu.

All 32 seats are held by the Perikatan Nasional (PN) ruling coalition after the 2023 state election, effectively making it a one-party state. Within the coalition, the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) holds 27 seats while the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) holds 5 seats. The PN coalition commands a supermajority in the assembly.

Map of current constituencies (since 2018)

Composition

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

Government
PN
32
27	5
PAS	BERSATU

No.	Parliamentary constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)	Post
P33	Besut	N1	Kuala Besut	Azbi Salleh	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N2	Kota Putera	Mohd. Nurkhuzaini Ab. Rahman	PN (PAS)	EXCO Member
		N3	Jertih	Riduan Md Nor	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N4	Hulu Besut	Mohd Husaimi Hussin	PN (BERSATU)	Deputy EXCO Member
P34	Setiu	N5	Jabi	Azman Ibrahim	PN (PAS)	EXCO Member
		N6	Permaisuri	Mohd Yusop Majid	PN (BERSATU)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N7	Langkap	Azmi Maarof	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N8	Batu Rakit	Mohd Shafizi Ismail	PN (PAS)
P35	Kuala Nerus	N9	Tepuh	Hishamuddin Abdul Karim	PN (PAS)	EXCO Member
		N10	Buluh Gading	Ridzuan Hashim	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N11	Seberang Takir	Khazan Che Mat	PN (BERSATU)	Deputy Speaker
		N12	Bukit Tunggal	Zaharudin Zahid	PN (PAS)	N/A
P36	Kuala Terengganu	N13	Wakaf Mempelam	Wan Sukairi Wan Abdullah	PN (PAS)	EXCO Member
		N14	Bandar	Ahmad Shah Muhamed	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N15	Ladang	Zuraida Md Noor	PN (PAS)
		N16	Batu Buruk	Muhammad Khalil Abdul Hadi	PN (PAS)	EXCO Member
P37	Marang	N17	Alur Limbat	Ariffin Deraman	PN (PAS)
		N18	Bukit Payung	Mohd Nor Hamzah	PN (PAS)	Speaker
		N19	Ru Rendang	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar	PN (PAS)	Menteri Besar MP for Kemaman
		N20	Pengkalan Berangan	Sulaiman Sulong	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO Member
P38	Hulu Terengganu	N21	Telemung	Mohd Zawawi Ismail	PN (BERSATU)
		N22	Manir	Hilmi Harun	PN (PAS)
		N23	Kuala Berang	Mamad Puteh	PN (PAS)
		N24	Ajil	Maliaman Kassim	PN (PAS)	EXCO Member
P39	Dungun	N25	Bukit Besi	Ghazali Sulaiman	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N26	Rantau Abang	Mohd Fadhli Rahmi Zulkifli	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N27	Sura	Tengku Muhammad Fakhruddin	PN (PAS)	N/A
		N28	Paka	Satiful Bahri Mamat	PN (PAS)	EXCO Member
P40	Kemaman	N29	Kemasik	Saiful Azmi Suhaili	PN (PAS)	Deputy EXCO Member
		N30	Kijal	Razali Idris	PN (BERSATU)	EXCO Member
		N31	Cukai	Hanafiah Mat	PN (PAS)	EXCO Member
		N32	Air Putih	Mohd Hafiz Adam	PN (PAS)	N/A

Seating arrangement

N32 Air Putih (Deputy EXCO)	Vacant	N21 Telemung (Deputy EXCO)	Vacant	N12 Bukit Tunggal	Vacant	N01 Kuala Besut	Vacant
Vacant	B						N25 Bukit Besi
N07 Langkap							N27 Sura
N08 Batu Rakit	C					A	N02 Kota Putera (EXCO Member)
N26 Rantau Abang (Deputy EXCO)							N31 Chukai (EXCO Member)
N06 Permaisuri (Deputy EXCO)							N24 Ajil (EXCO Member)
N04 Hulu Besut (Deputy EXCO)							N17 Alur Limbat (EXCO Member)
N11 Seberang Takir (Deputy Speaker)							N09 Tepuh (EXCO Member)
N22 Manir (Deputy EXCO)							N13 Wakaf Mempelam (EXCO Member)
N20 Pengkalan Berangan (Deputy EXCO)							N16 Batu Buruk (EXCO Member)
N15 Ladang (Deputy EXCO)							N05 Jabi (EXCO Member)
N29 Kemasik (Deputy EXCO)							N30 Kijal (EXCO Member)
N10 Buluh Gading (Deputy EXCO)			the Mace				N28 Paka (EXCO Member)
N23 Kuala Berang (Deputy EXCO)							State Financial Officer
N18 Bukit Payung (Speaker)							State Legal Advisor
N03 Jertih			Sergeant-at-Arm				State Secretary
N14 Bandar (Deputy EXCO)			Secretary				N19 Ru Rendang (Menteri Besar)
			Speaker
			Sultan

Role

The Terengganu State Assembly's main function is to enact state laws and policies. It is also in charge of oversight of departments and agencies of the state government. Members of the assembly are responsible for checking and criticising the executive government's actions.^[1]

The leader of the party or coalition with a majority of seats in the assembly is appointed Menteri Besar by the Sultan of Terengganu. The Menteri Besar then appoints members of the state executive council, or EXCO (Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri) from members of the assembly.^[2]

Speakers Roll of Honour

The following is the Speaker of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly Roll of Honour, since 1959:

No.	Speaker	Term start	Term end	Party	Constituency
1	Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir	1 June 1957	29 April 1959	Alliance (UMNO)	Non-MLA
2	Mohd Taib Sabri Abu Bakar	27 July 1959	11 May 1964	PMIP	Marang
3	Mohd Taha Embong	11 May 1964	27 October 1967	Alliance (UMNO)	Chukai
4	Che Wan Abd. Ghani Zainal	28 November 1967	20 March 1969	Alliance (UMNO)	Non-MLA
5	Abd Rahman Long	1 May 1971	31 July 1974	Alliance (UMNO)	Langkap
6	Abdullah Abdul Rahman	27 October 1974	12 June 1978	BN (UMNO)	Batu Rakit
7	Mohd Salleh Ismail	30 July 1978	29 March 1982	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
8	Hussein Abdullah	14 June 1982	18 July 1986	BN (UMNO)	Hulu Besut
9	Syed Omar Mohamad	8 September 1986	1990	BN (UMNO)	Paka
		1990	11 November 1996		Non-MLA
10	Abdul Rahman Mohd	24 November 1996	19 December 1999	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
11	Hussain Awang	20 December 1999	31 March 2004	BA (PAS)	Non-MLA
12	Che Mat Jusoh	11 April 2004	13 February 2008	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
13	Tengku Putera Tengku Awang	5 May 2008	18 April 2013	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
14	Mohd Zubir Embong	16 June 2013	30 June 2018	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
15	Yahya Ali	1 July 2018	23 September 2023	PN (PAS)	Non-MLA
16	Mohd Nor Hamzah	24 September 2023	present	PN (PAS)	Bukit Payung

Committees

The State Assembly consists of committees to handle administrative matters, including Committee of Privileges^[3] and Public Accounts Committee.^[4]

Election pendulum

The 2023 Terengganu state election witnessed 32 governmental seats and 0 non-governmental seats filled the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 25 safe seats and 6 fairly safe seats.

2023 Terengganu state election

GOVERNMENT SEATS Marginal Telemung Mohd Zawawi Ismail BERSATU 50.90 Fairly safe Seberang Takir Khazan Che Mat BERSATU 56.50 Bandar Ahmad Shah Muhamed PAS 56.69 Kijal Razali Idris BERSATU 58.15 Hulu Besut Mohd Husaimi Hussin BERSATU 58.19 Kota Putera Mohd. Nurkhuzaini Ab. Rahman PAS 58.31 Langkap Azmi Maarof PAS 58.35 Safe Kuala Besut Azbi Salleh PAS 60.91 Ladang Zuraida Md Noor PAS 61.54 Jerteh Riduan Mohamad Nor PAS 62.10 Jabi Azman Ibrahim PAS 62.73 Batu Rakit Mohd Shafizi Ismail PAS 63.14 Cukai Hanafiah Mat PAS 64.13 Bukit Besi Ghazali Sulaiman PAS 63.86 Pengkalan Berangan Sulaiman Sulong PAS 64.98 Kemasik Saiful Azmi Suhaili PAS 65.45 Air Putih Mohd Hafiz Adam PAS 65.65 Ajil Maliaman Kassim PAS 66.94 Permaisuri Mohd Yusop Majid BERSATU 67.03 Kuala Berang Mamad Puteh PAS 67.80 Alur Limbat Ariffin Deraman PAS 72.92 Paka Satiful Bahari Hj. Mamat PAS 73.39 Tepuh Hishamuddin Abd. Karim PAS 73.47 Buluh Gading Ridzuan Hashim PAS 73.50 Bukit Tunggal Zaharudin Zahid PAS 73.52 Bukit Payung Mohd. Nor Hamzah PAS 74.11 Rantau Abang Mohd Fadhli Rahmi Zulkifli PAS 75.85 Batu Buruk Muhammad Khalil Abd. Hadi PAS 79.58 Sura Tengku Muhammad Fakhruddin Tengku Md Fauzi PAS 83.06 Ru Rendang Dr. Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar PAS 85.18 Wakaf Mempelam Wan Shukairi Wan Abdullah PAS 85.37 Manir Hilmi Harun PAS 85.90

List of Assemblies

Assembly	Term began	Members	Election	Committee	Majority party/coalition
1st	1959			Mohd Daud (1959-1961) Ibrahim Fikri I (1961-1964)	PMIP (1959-1961) Alliance (1961-1964)
2nd	1964			Ibrahim Fikri II	Alliance
3rd	1969			Ibrahim Fikri III (1969) Mahmood (1969-1972) Nik Hassan (1972-1974)	Alliance (1969-1973) Barisan Nasional (1973-1974)
4th	1974			Wan Mokhtar I	Barisan Nasional
5th	1978			Wan Mokhtar II	Barisan Nasional
6th	1982			Wan Mokhtar III	Barisan Nasional
7th	1986			Wan Mokhtar IV	Barisan Nasional
8th	1990			Wan Mokhtar V	Barisan Nasional
9th	1995			Wan Mokhtar VI	Barisan Nasional
10th	1999			Abdul Hadi	Barisan Alternatif
11th	2004			Idris Jusoh	Barisan Nasional
12th	2008			Ahmad Said I	Barisan Nasional
13th	2013			Ahmad Said II (2014) Ahmad Razif (2014-2018)	Barisan Nasional
14th	2018			Ahmad Samsuri I	PAS (2018-2020) Perikatan Nasional (2020-2023)
15th	2023			Ahmad Samsuri II	Perikatan Nasional