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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. It is unicameral.

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

Map of current constituencies (since 2018)

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 Member Coalition (Party) Post
Non-MLA Mk Ibrahim Abdul Rahman PH (AMANAH) Speaker
P126 Jelebu N01 Chennah Anthony Loke Siew Fook PH (DAP)
N02 Pertang Jalaluddin Alias BN (UMNO)
N03 Sungai Lui Mohd Razi Mohd Ali BN (UMNO) N/A
N04 Klawang Bakri Sawir PH (AMANAH)
P127 Jempol N05 Serting Mohd Fairuz Mohd Isa PN (PAS)
N06 Palong Mustapha Nagoor BN (UMNO)
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)
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)
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)
N18 Pilah Noorzunita Begum Mohd Ibrahim PH (PKR) EXCO Member
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 Ridzuan Mohd Zain PN (PAS)
N26 Chembong Zaifulbahri Idris BN (UMNO)
N27 Rantau Mohamad Hasan BN (UMNO)
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)
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

N22 Rahang N16 Seri Menanti N33 Sri Tanjung N07 Jeram Padang N23 Mambau
N28 Kota N26 Chembong N04 Klawang N01 Chennah N27 Rantau N19 Johol
N29 Chuah N08 Bahau (EXCO Member) N02 Pertang N12 Temiang
N09 Lenggeng N24 Seremban Jaya N18 Pilah (EXCO Member) C B A State Financial Officer N14 Ampangan (EXCO Member) N15 Juasseh
N35 Gemencheh N25 Paroi N17 Senaling State Legal Advisor N32 Linggi N03 Sungai Lui
N34 Gemas N05 Serting N10 Nilai (EXCO Member) the Mace State Secretary N36 Repah (EXCO Member) N11 Lobak
N31 Bagan Pinang N20 Labu (Opposition Leader) N06 Palong Secretary N13 Sikamat (Menteri Besar) N21 Bukit Kepayang (EXCO Member) N30 Lukut
Speaker
Undang Undang Yamtuan Besar Undang Tunku Besar Tampin Sergeant-at-Arm

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 Committee Governing parties
State Council 1955 27 Shamsuddin (1955–1959)

Mohamad Shariff (1959)

Alliance (UMNOMCAMIC)
1st 1959 24 Mohamed Said I Alliance (UMNOMCAMIC)
2nd 1964 Mohamed Said II Alliance (UMNOMCAMIC)
3rd 1969 Mansor I Alliance (UMNOMCAMIC) (1969–1973)
BN (UMNOMCAMIC) (1973–1974)
4th 1974 Mansor II BN (UMNOMCAMIC)
5th 1978 Rais BN (UMNOMCAMIC)
6th 1982 Mohd Isa I BN (UMNOMCAMIC)
7th 1986 28 Mohd Isa II BN (UMNOMCAMIC)
8th 1990 Mohd Isa III BN (UMNOMCAMIC)
9th 1995 32 Mohd Isa IV BN (UMNOMCAMICGERAKAN)
10th 1999 Mohd Isa V BN (UMNOMCAMICGERAKAN)
11th 2004 36 Mohamad Hasan I BN (UMNOMCAMICGERAKAN)
12th 2008 Mohamad Hasan II BN (UMNOMCAMIC)
13th 2013 Mohamad Hasan III BN (UMNOMIC)
14th 2018 Aminuddin I PH (PKRDAPAMANAH)
15th 2023 Aminuddin II PH (PKRDAPAMANAH)–BN (UMNO) (20232026)
PH (PKRDAPAMANAH) (2026)
PH (PKRDAPAMANAH)–BN (UMNO) (2026)

References

  1. ^ 12th Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly begins Loke Siew Fook. 25 April 2008. Accessed 18 June 2010