| Background Color: | Gold |
| Perak State Legislative Assembly | |
| Native Name: | |
| Coa-Pic: | Coat of arms of Perak.svg |
| Session Room: | Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Perak Malam.jpg |
| Legislature: | 15th Perak State Assembly |
| House Type: | Unicameral |
| Foundation: | 21 July 1959 |
| Leader1 Type: | Sultan |
| Leader1: | Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah |
| Election1: | 29 May 2014 |
| Leader2 Type: | Speaker |
| Leader2: | Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid |
| Party2: | BN–UMNO |
| Election2: | 12 May 2020 |
| Leader3 Type: | Deputy Speaker |
| Leader3: | Jenny Choy Tsi Jen |
| Party3: | PH–DAP |
| Election3: | 19 December 2022 |
| Leader4 Type: | Menteri Besar |
| Leader4: | Saarani Mohamad |
| Party4: | BN–UMNO |
| Election4: | 10 December 2020 |
| Leader5 Type: | Leader of the Opposition |
| Leader5: | Razman Zakaria |
| Election5: | 9 December 2022[1] |
| Members: | 59 Quorum: 20 Simple majority: 30 Two-thirds majority: 40 |
| Structure1 Res: | 250px |
| Political Groups1: | Government (33) PH (24) BN (9) Opposition (26) Speaker (1) |
| Term Length: | Up to 5 years |
| Voting System1: | Plurality First-past-the-post (59 single-member constituencies) |
| Last Election1: | 19 November 2022 |
| Next Election1: | By 17 February 2028 |
| Meeting Place: | Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan, Ipoh, Perak |
The Perak State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Negeri Perak) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Perak. It is composed of 59 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart, along with elections to the federal parliament and other state assemblies.
The Assembly convenes at the Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan in the state capital, Ipoh. At 59 seats, it is the largest state assembly among the 11 legislatures of the States of Malaya.
| Government | Opposition | ||||||
| BN | PH | PN | |||||
| 9 | 24 | 26 | |||||
| 8 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | |
| UMNO | MCA | DAP | PKR | AMANAH | PAS | BERSATU | |
| No. | Parliamentary Constituency | No. | State Constituency | Portrait | Member | Coalition (Party) | Post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | Non-MLA | Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid | BN (UMNO) | Speaker | |
| P54 | Gerik | N1 | Pengkalan Hulu | Mohamad Amin Roslan | N/A | ||
| N2 | Temengor | Salbiah Mohamed | BN (UMNO) | EXCO Member | |||
| P55 | Lenggong | N3 | Kenering | Husairi Ariffin | N/A | ||
| N4 | Kota Tampan | BN (UMNO) | Menteri Besar | ||||
| P56 | Larut | N5 | Selama | N/A | |||
| N6 | Kubu Gajah | ||||||
| N7 | Batu Kurau | Mohd Najmuddin Elias Al-Hafiz | |||||
| P57 | Parit Buntar | N8 | Titi Serong | Hakimi Hamzi Hayat | |||
| N9 | Kuala Kurau | ||||||
| P58 | Bagan Serai | N10 | Alor Pongsu | Noor Azman Ghazali | |||
| N11 | Gunong Semanggol | Leader Of Opposition | |||||
| N12 | Selinsing | Sallehuddin Abdullah | N/A | ||||
| P59 | Bukit Gantang | N13 | Kuala Sepetang | Ahmad Man | |||
| N14 | Changkat Jering | Rahim Ismail | |||||
| N15 | Trong | Faisal Abdul Rahman | |||||
| P60 | Taiping | N16 | Kamunting | Mohd Fakhruddin Abdul Aziz | |||
| N17 | Pokok Assam | Ong Seng Guan | PH (DAP) | ||||
| N18 | Aulong | PH (DAP) | EXCO Member | ||||
| P61 | Padang Rengas | N19 | Chenderoh | Syed Lukman Hakim Syed Mohd Zin | N/A | ||
| N20 | Lubok Merbau | Azizi Mohamed Ridzuan | |||||
| P62 | Sungai Siput | N21 | Lintang | BN (UMNO) | EXCO Member | ||
| N22 | Jalong | Loh Sze Yee | PH (DAP) | ||||
| P63 | Tambun | N23 | Manjoi | Hafez Sabri | N/A | ||
| N24 | Hulu Kinta | Muhamad Arafat Varisai Mahamad | PH (PKR) | ||||
| P64 | Ipoh Timur | N25 | Canning | Jenny Choy Tsi Jen | PH (DAP) | Deputy Speaker | |
| N26 | Tebing Tinggi | PH (DAP) | N/A | ||||
| N27 | Pasir Pinji | Goh See Hua | PH (DAP) | ||||
| P65 | Ipoh Barat | N28 | Bercham | Ong Boon Piow | PH (DAP) | ||
| N29 | Kepayang | PH (DAP) |
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| N30 | Buntong | Thulsi Thivani Manogaran | PH (DAP) | N/A | |||
| P66 | Batu Gajah | N31 | Jelapang | Cheah Pou Hian | PH (DAP) | ||
| N32 | Menglembu | Chaw Kam Foon | PH (DAP) | Political Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government | |||
| N33 | Tronoh | Steven Tiw Tee Siang | PH (DAP) | N/A | |||
| P67 | Kuala Kangsar | N34 | Bukit Chandan | Hashim Bujang | |||
| N35 | Manong | Burhanuddin Ahmad | |||||
| P68 | Beruas | N36 | Pengkalan Baharu | Azman Noh | BN (UMNO) | ||
| N37 | Pantai Remis | PH (DAP) | |||||
| N38 | Astaka | Jason Ng Thien Yeong | PH (DAP) | ||||
| P69 | Parit | N39 | Belanja | Khairudin Abu Hanipah | BN (UMNO) | EXCO Member | |
| N40 | Bota | Najihatussalehah Ahmad | N/A | ||||
| P70 | Kampar | N41 | Malim Nawar | Bavani Veraiah @ Shasha | PH (DAP) | ||
| N42 | Keranji | Angeline Koo Hai Yen | PH (DAP) | ||||
| N43 | Tulang Sekah | PH (PKR) | EXCO Member | ||||
| P71 | Gopeng | N44 | Sungai Rapat | PH (AMANAH) |
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| N45 | Simpang Pulai | Wong Chai Yi | PH (PKR) | N/A | |||
| N46 | Teja | Sandrea Ng Shy Ching | PH (PKR) | EXCO Member | |||
| P72 | Tapah | N47 | Chenderiang | BN (MCA) | N/A | ||
| N48 | Ayer Kuning | Isham Shahruddin | BN (UMNO) | ||||
| P73 | Pasir Salak | N49 | Sungai Manik | ||||
| N50 | Kampong Gajah | Zafarulazlan Zan | |||||
| P74 | Lumut | N51 | Pasir Panjang | Rosli Abd Rahman | |||
| N52 | Pangkor | Norhaslinda Zakaria | |||||
| P75 | Bagan Datuk | N53 | Rungkup | BN (UMNO) | |||
| N54 | Hutan Melintang | Wasanthee Sinnasamy | PH (PKR) | ||||
| P76 | Teluk Intan | N55 | Pasir Bedamar | PH (DAP) | EXCO Member | ||
| N56 | Changkat Jong | Nadziruddin Mohamed Bandi | N/A | ||||
| P77 | Tanjong Malim | N57 | Sungkai | PH (DAP) | EXCO Member | ||
| N58 | Slim | Muhammad Zulfadli Zainal | N/A | ||||
| N59 | Behrang | Salina Samsudin | BN (UMNO) |
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| the Mace | ||||||
The Perak State Legislative Assembly enacts laws that apply in Perak. It must hold at least three sittings a year and table a budget in March and late October or early November.[2] The Speaker presides over sittings in the Assembly and ensures order during debates. The present Speaker is Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid.
The majority party or coalition in the Assembly forms the state government, led by the Menteri Besar. He appoints the state executive council, or EXCO (Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan), drawing from members of the Assembly.
| No. | Speaker | Term start | Term end | Party | Constituency | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Junus Wahid | 1999 | 2004 | BN (UMNO) | Slim | ||
| 9 | V. Sivakumar | 25 April 2008 | 7 May 2009 | PR (DAP) | 1st Indian speaker | ||
| 10 | Ganesan Retanam | 7 May 2009 | 5 May 2013 | BN (MIC) | Non-MLA | ||
| 11 | Devamany S. Krishnasamy | 28 June 2013 | 9 August 2016 | BN (MIC) | Non-MLA | ||
| 12 | S. Thangeswary[3] | 9 August 2016 | 9 April 2018 | BN (MIC) | Non-MLA | 1st female speaker | |
| 13 | Ngeh Koo Ham | 2 July 2018 | 12 May 2020 | PH (DAP) | Non-MLA | MP of Beruas, 1st Chinese speaker | |
| 14 | Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid | 15 May 2020 | Incumbent | BN (UMNO) | Non-MLA |
The 15th General Election witnessed 33 governmental seats and 26 non-governmental seats filled the Perak State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 15 safe seats and 3 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has 3 fairly safe seats and no safe seats.
| GOVERNMENT SEATS | |||
| Marginal | |||
| Tualang Sekah | Mohd Azlan Helmi | PKR | 34.41 |
| Behrang | Salina Samsudin | UMNO | 34.42 |
| Ayer Kuning | Ishsam Shahruddin | UMNO | 38.73 |
| Hulu Kinta | Muhamad Arafat Varisai Mahamad | PKR | 39.02 |
| Chenderiang | Choong Shin Heng | MCA | 39.86 |
| Tebing Tinggi | Abdul Aziz Bari | DAP | 40.58 |
| Pengkalan Baharu | Azman Noh | UMNO | 40.58 |
| Sungai Rapat | Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin | AMANAH | 41.91 |
| Hutan Melintang | Wasanthee Sinnasamy | PKR | 43.06 |
| Temengor | Salbiah Mohamed | UMNO | 43.12 |
| Teja | Sandrea Ng Shy Ching | PKR | 46.50 |
| Belanja | Khairudin Abu Hanipah | UMNO | 47.03 |
| Kota Tampan | Saarani Mohamad | UMNO | 48.24 |
| Lintang | Mohd Zolkafly Harun | UMNO | 48.43 |
| Rungkup | Shahrul Zaman Yahya | UMNO | 49.55 |
| Fairly safe | |||
| Malim Nawar | Bavani Veriah | DAP | 58.57 |
| Sungkai | Sivanesan Achalingam | DAP | 58.97 |
| Jalong | Loh Sze Yee | DAP | 59.08 |
| Safe | |||
| Tronoh | Steven Tiw Tee Siang | DAP | 63.65 |
| Aulong | Teh Kok Lim | DAP | 66.22 |
| Pokok Assam | Ong Seng Guan | DAP | 67.36 |
| Simpang Pulai | Wong Chai Yi | PKR | 69.18 |
| Keranji | Angeline Koo Haai Yen | DAP | 69.46 |
| Pantai Remis | Wong May Ing | DAP | 72.24 |
| Kepayang | Nga Kor Ming | DAP | 72.60 |
| Pasir Bedamar | Woo Kah Leong | DAP | 76.64 |
| Astaka | Jason Ng Thien Yeong | DAP | 78.16 |
| Bercham | Ong Boon Piow | DAP | 81.24 |
| Buntong | Thulsi Thivani Manogaran | DAP | 84.02 |
| Canning | Jenny Choy Tsi Jen | DAP | 87.10 |
| Menglembu | Chaw Kam Foon | DAP | 87.93 |
| Jelapang | Cheah Pou Hian | DAP | 88.71 |
| Pasir Pinji | Goh See Hua | DAP | 90.47 |
| NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS | |||
| Marginal | |||
| Changkat Jong | Nadziruddin Mohamed Bandi | BERSATU | 36.02 |
| Bukit Chandan | Hashim Bujang | BERSATU | 38.43 |
| Pangkor | Norhaslinda Zakaria | BERSATU | 38.65 |
| Slim | Muhammad Zulfadli Zainal | PAS | 38.87 |
| Chenderoh | Syed Lukman Hakim | BERSATU | 39.44 |
| Pasir Panjang | Rosli Abd Rahman | PAS | 41.05 |
| Kuala Sepetang | Ahmad Man | BERSATU | 41.34 |
| Changkat Jering | Rahim Ismail | PAS | 41.89 |
| Kuala Kurau | Abdul Yunus Jamahari | BERSATU | 41.97 |
| Trong | Muhammad Faisal Abdul Rahman | PAS | 43.77 |
| Sungai Manik | Zainol Fadzi Paharudin | BERSATU | 43.94 |
| Kamunting | Mohd Fakhrudin Abd Aziz | PAS | 43.98 |
| Manong | Burhanuddin Ahmad | PAS | 44.04 |
| Manjoi | Mohd Hafez Sabri | PAS | 44.14 |
| Selinsing | Salehuddin Abdullah | BERSATU | 46.48 |
| Kenering | Husairi Ariffin | PAS | 46.99 |
| Bota | Najihatussalehah Ahmad | PAS | 47.09 |
| Lubok Merbau | Azizi Mohamed Ridzuwan | PAS | 47.17 |
| Pengkalan Hulu | Amin Roslan | PAS | 47.60 |
| Alor Pongsu | Noor Azman Ghazali | PAS | 47.78 |
| Titi Serong | Hakimi Hamzi Mohd Hayat | PAS | 47.84 |
| Batu Kurau | Mohd Najmuddin Alias | BERSATU | 50.67 |
| Kampong Gajah | Zafarulazhan Zan | PAS | 51.03 |
| Fairly safe | |||
| Selama | Akmal Kamarudin | PAS | 58.32 |
| Kubu Gajah | Khalil Yahaya | PAS | 59.16 |
| Gunong Semanggol | Razman Zakaria | PAS | 59.29 |
| Assembly | Termbegan | Members | Election | Committee | Majority party/coalition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1959 | Mohamed Ghazali I (1959–1960)Shaari (1960–1964) | Alliance | |||
| 2nd | 1964 | Ahmad Said I | Alliance | |||
| 3rd | 1969 | Ahmad Said II (1969–1970)Kamaruddin (1970–1974) | Alliance (1969–1973)Barisan Nasional (1973–1974) | |||
| 4th | 1974 | Mohamed Ghazali II (1974–1977)Wan Mohammed I (1977–1978) | Barisan Nasional | |||
| 5th | 1978 | Wan Mohamed II | Barisan Nasional | |||
| 6th | 1982 | Wan Mohamed III (1982–1983)Ramli I (1983–1986) | Barisan Nasional | |||
| 7th | 1986 | Ramli II | Barisan Nasional | |||
| 8th | 1990 | Ramli III | Barisan Nasional | |||
| 9th | 1995 | Ramli IV | Barisan Nasional | |||
| 10th | 1999 | Tajol Rosli I | Barisan Nasional | |||
| 11th | 2004 | Tajol Rosli II | Barisan Nasional | |||
| 12th | 2008 | Mohamad Nizar (2008–2009)Zambry I (2009–2013) | Pakatan Rakyat (2008–2009)Barisan Nasional (2009–2013) | |||
| 13th | 2013 | Zambry II | Barisan Nasional | |||
| 14th | 2018 | Ahmad Faizal I (2018–2020)Ahmad Faizal II (2020) Saarani I (2020–2022) | Pakatan Harapan (2018–2020)BN-PN (2020–2022) | |||
| 15th | 2022 | Saarani II | BN-PH | |||