Terengganu State Legislative Assembly

15th Terengganu State Legislative AssemblyTypeTypeHistoryFounded20 June 1959LeadershipStructureSeats32 + 0 Nominated Member (Maximum 34 Members)
Quorum: 11
Simple majority: 17
Two-thirds majority: 22(As of 13 August 2023^[update])

Government (32):
  PN (32)

•   PAS (27)
•   BERSATU (5)

Speaker (1)
  PN (MLA for Bukit Payung)CommitteesElectionsPlurality: First-past-the-post (32 single-member constituencies)12 August 2023By 23 November 2028Meeting placeWisma Darul Iman, Kuala Terengganu, TerengganuWebsitedun.terengganu.gov.my

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.

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.

Composition

Government
PN
32
27	5
PAS	BERSATU

No.	Parliamentary constituency	No.	State Constituency	Portrait	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 Senator
		N31	Cukai		Hanafiah Mat	PN (PAS)	EXCO Member
		N32	Air Putih		Mohd Hafiz Adam	PN (PAS)	N/A

Seating arrangement

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 criticizing 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 1958	30 April 1959	Alliance (UMNO)	Non-MLA
2	Mohd Taib Sabri Abu Bakar	27 July 1959	31 December 1963	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	Husin Abdullah	14 June 1982	18 July 1986	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
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.

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	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

References

External links

• Portal Rasmi Dewan Undangan Negeri Terengganu Darul Iman (Official site) (in Malay)