Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly

Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly Dewan Undangan Negeri Sembilan
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Razak Mansor, Barisan Nasional - UMNO[1]
Menteri Besar	Mohamad Hassan, Barisan Nasional - UMNO since March 25, 2004
Opposition Leader	Loke Siew Fook, Pakatan Rakyat - Democratic Action Party
Members	36
Meeting place
State Legislative Assembly Building, Seremban
Website
http://www.ns.gov.my

The Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly 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 (except Sarawak). It is unicameral.

The Assembly convenes at the State Legislative Assembly Building in the capital Seremban.

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.^[2]

The leader of the majority party of coalition in the Assembly assumes the role of Menteri Besar. He appoints members of the State EXCO, the executive branch of the Negeri Sembilan government.

State EXCO

Negeri Sembilan State EXCO^[3]

Portfolio	EXCO
Menteri Besar	Mohamad Hassan
Infrastructure, Water, Energy and Telecommunications Committee Chairman	Ismail Lasim
Housing, Local Government, New Village and Public Transport Committee Chairman	Siow Chen Pin
Plantation Affairs, Human Resources, Environment and Public Complaints Committee Chairman	V.S. Mogan
Education and Higher Education Committee Committee	Shamsulkahar Mohd Deli
Rural Development, Consumer Affairs and Public Amenities Committee Chairman	Hasim Rusdi
Women, Family and Community Well-being Development Committee Chairman	Zainab Nasir
Agriculture, Agro-based Industry, Entrepreneurial and Cooperative Development Committee Chairman	Yunus Rahmat
Human Capital Development, Youth and Sports Committee Chairman	Abd. Samad Ibrahim
Health, Science, Technology and Innovation Committee Chairman	Ismail Taib
Tourism, Unity, Culture, Arts, Heritage and Malay Customs Committee Chairman	Mohammad Razi Kail
Non-representatives
State Secretary	Mat Ali Hassan

Current composition

For complete list of members, see List of Negeri Sembilan State Assemblymen.

e • d Summary of the 8 March 2008 Negeri Sembilan State Assembly election results

	Votes	% of vote	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Barisan Nasional:	183,472	52.1	21	58.3	13
United Malays National Organization (UMNO)	129,220	36.7	19	52.8	3
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	39,515	11.2	1	2.8	7
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)	7,927	2.2	1	2.8	1
Malaysian People's Movement Party (Gerakan)	6,810	1.9	0	0.0	2
Pakatan Rakyat:	160,504	45.6	15	41.7	13
Democratic Action Party (DAP)	72,119	20.5	10	27.8	8
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)	44,738	12.7	4	11.1	4
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	43,647	12.4	1	2.8	1
Overall total	352,363	100	36	100
Source: The Star[4], Malaysia

References

1. ^ ‘pergi mampus’ – DUN Negeri Sembilan Jadi Kedai Kopi BN Harakah Daily. August 28, 2008 (Accessed June 18, 2010 from http://dppwp.wordpress.com/)
2. ^ 12th Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly begins Loke Siew Fook. April 25, 2008. Accessed June 18, 2010
3. ^ Negeri Sembilan State Government: EXCO
4. ^ MALAYSIA DECIDES 2008 > General Election 2008 Results > Negeri Sembilan

External links

• Negeri Sembilan State Government