Penang State Legislative Assembly

Penang State Legislative Assembly

*Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang*
槟城州议会
பினாங்கு மாநில சட்டமன்றம்
ديوان اوندڠن نݢري ڤولاو ڤينڠ‎
Penang State Legislative Assembly ; Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang; 槟城州议会; பினாங்கு மாநில சட்டமன்றம்; ديوان اوندڠن نݢري ڤولاو ڤينڠ‎
15th State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	11 July 1959
Leadership
Yang di-Pertua Negeri	Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak ; since 1 May 2021
Speaker	Law Choo Kiang, PH–PKR ; since 28 June 2013
Deputy Speaker	Azrul Mahathir Aziz, PH–AMANAH ; since 29 August 2023
Chief Minister	Chow Kon Yeow, PH–DAP ; since 14 May 2018
Leader of the Opposition	Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff, PN–PAS ; since 17 November 2023
Secretary	Maheswari Malayandy
Structure
Seats	40; Quorum: 13; Simple majority: 21; Two-thirds majority: 27
Political groups	(As of 6 July 2024); Government (29); PH (27); DAP (19); PKR (7); AMANAH (1); BN (2) UMNO (2); Opposition (11); PN (11) ; PAS (7); BERSATU (4); Speaker (1); PH (non-MLA)
Committees	5 Public Accounts Committee; Rights and Privileges Committee; Assembly Committee; Rules of Proceedings Committee; Constitutional Committee;
Elections
Voting system	Plurality First-past-the-post
Last election	12 August 2023
Next election	By 28 October 2028
Meeting place
	Penang State Assembly Building, Light Street, George Town, Penang
Website
	dun.penang.gov.my

The Penang State Legislative Assembly is the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 40 elected lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout Penang. The state legislature, whose members are called State Assemblymen, convenes at the Penang State Assembly Building in Penang's capital city of George Town. The Penang State Executive Council, the executive branch of the Penang state government, is drawn from among the State Assemblymen.

After the 2023 Penang state election and out of the 40 seats, 29 are held by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN) ruling coalitions. Within the PH coalition, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) retains its 19 seats since 2008, the People's Justice Party (PKR) holds 7 seats and the National Trust Party (Amanah) retain just a single seat, while the BN coalition holds 2 seats. The PH and BN coalitions thus command a supermajority in the legislature. Meanwhile, 11 seats are held by the Perikatan Nasional (PN) opposition coalition.