Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly

15th Negeri Sembilan State Legislative AssemblyTypeTypeHistoryFounded1959LeadershipStructureSeats36
Quorum: 12
Simple majority: 19
Two-thirds majority: 24(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)CommitteesElectionsPlurality: First-past-the-post (36 single-member constituencies)12 August 2023By 25 November 2028Meeting placeWisma Negeri, Seremban, Negeri SembilanWebsitewww.ns.gov.my

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.

The Assembly convenes at the Wisma Negeri in the state capital, Seremban.

Current composition

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	Portrait	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		Mohammad Fairuz Mohammad 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 Abdullah	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 Ridzwan Mohammad Zin	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

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.

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

References

External links

• Negeri Sembilan State Government official website