Sabah State Legislative Assembly

Sabah State Legislative Assembly Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah ديوان اوندڠن نݢري سابه‎ Langga' Tinukuan Pogun Sabah 沙巴邦议会
16th Assembly
Insignia of Sabah State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1963 as Majlis Undangan 25 September 1976 as Dewan Undangan Negeri
Leadership
Yang di-Pertua Negeri	Juhar Mahiruddin since 1 January 2011
Speaker	Kadzim M. Yahya, BN-UMNO since 8 October 2020
Deputy Speaker I	Al Hambra Juhar, Independent since 19 June 2023
Deputy Speaker II	Richard Yong We Kong, GRS-SAPP since 19 June 2023
Chief Minister	Hajiji Noor, GRS-GAGASAN since 29 September 2020
Opposition Leader	Shafie Apdal, WARISAN since 29 September 2020
Secretary	Rafidah binti Maqbool Rahman
Deputy Secretary	Mohd Jayreh bin Jaya
Structure
Seats	73 elected and up to 6 nominated
Political groups	(As of 21 May 2023[update]) Government (65)   GRS (42)   GAGASAN (26)   PBS (7)   STAR (6)   SAPP (1)   PHRS (1)   Direct member (1)   BN (13)   UMNO (13)   PH (7)   DAP (4)   PKR (2)   UPKO (1)   KDM (2)   PN (1)   PAS (1) Opposition (14)   WARISAN (14) Speaker (1)   BN (non-MLA)
Committees	Standing Committee Public Accounts Committee Committee of Privileges [1]
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	26 September 2020
Next election	By 7 December 2025
Meeting place
Sabah State Legislative Assembly Building, Likas, Kota Kinabalu
Website
www.sabah.gov.my/dun

The Sabah State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah, Kadazandusun: Langga' Tinukuan Pogun Sabah) is a part of the legislature of Sabah, Malaysia, the other being the governor of Sabah. The assembly meets at the Sabah State Legislative Assembly Building at Likas in the state capital of Kota Kinabalu.

This unicameral legislature currently has 73 seats representing state constituencies elected through a first-past-the-post electoral system across the state.

Like at the federal level in Malaysia, Sabah uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are elected to the legislative assembly through general elections, from which the chief minister and the cabinet are appointed based on majority support. The chief minister is head of government, while the governor acts as head of state. The largest party not forming the government is known as the official opposition, its leader being recognised as leader of the opposition by the speaker.

Members of the assembly refer to themselves as "Members of the Legislative Assembly" (MLAs) and sometimes as "state assemblymen".

The most recent assembly was elected on 26 September 2020. 73 members were elected into the 16th Sabah State Legislative Assembly. As permitted by the State Constitution, the Governor may add six more as nominated MLAs. Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition consisting of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR), United Sabah Party (PBS), United Sabah National Organisation (USNO), Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP), Sabah People's Hope Party (PHRS), and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) re-formed the government on 25 May 2023 (Originally formed in September 2020 as informal coalition and registered in 2022 as official coalition).