Kelantan State Legislative Assembly

Kelantan State Legislative Assembly Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Kelantan ديوان اوندڠن نڬري كلنتن
13th Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1959
Leadership
Sultan	Sultan Muhammad V Since 13 September 2010
Speaker	Abdullah Ya'kub, PAS Since 13 June 2013
Deputy Speaker	Abdul Latiff Abdul Rahman, PAS Since 13 June 2013
Menteri Besar	Ahmad Yaakob, PAS Since 6 May 2013
Opposition Leader	Nozula Mat Diah, Barisan Nasional (UMNO) Since 13 June 2013
Structure
Seats	45 Quorum: 15 Simple majority: 23 Two-thirds majority: 30
Political groups	(As of 23 September 2015) Government      PAS (30) EXCO Members: 11 Backbenchers: 19 Opposition      Barisan Nasional (12)      UMNO (12)      Pakatan Harapan (3)      Amanah (2)      PKR (1)      Vacant (0)
Committees	2 Public Accounts Committee Select Committee
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post (45 seats)
Last election	5 May 2013
Next election	on or before 13 August 2018
Meeting place
Kota Darul Naim, Kota Bharu, Kelantan
Website
dun.kelantan.gov.my

The Kelantan State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Kelantan) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Kelantan. It consists of 45 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart, simultaneously with parliamentary and other state assembly elections (collectively known as a general election).

The State Legislative Assembly convenes at the Kota Darul Naim in the state capital, Kota Bharu.

Current composition

Role

The Kelantan State Legislative Assembly enacts legislation concerning matters in the State List and Joint List defined in the Federal Constitution. The Speaker presides over debates in the Assembly.

The leader of the majority party or coalition in the Assembly is appointed Menteri Besar by the Sultan of Kelantan. The person who assumes the role of Menteri Besar appoints the state's executive council, or EXCO (Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan), drawing from members of the Assembly.

State Executive Council

Committees

The Assembly contains two administrative committees, namely:^[2]

• Public Accounts Committee
• Select Committee

Kelantan state election, 2013

Kelantan state election, 2013

5 May 2013 (2013-05-05)

All 45 seats in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly 23 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat Mustapa Mohamed Party Pakatan Rakyat Barisan Nasional Leader's seat Chempaka Air Lanas (ran in Jeli, won) Last election 39 seats, 56.4% 6 seats, 43.6% Seats before 39 6 Seats won 33 12 Seat change 6 6

Menteri Besar before election Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat Pakatan Rakyat Menteri Besar-designate Ahmad Yaakob Pakatan Rakyat

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Kelantan state election, 2008

 Summary of the 8 March 2008 Kelantan State Assembly election results

	Votes	% of vote	Seats	% of seats	+/–
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)	313,575	52.5	38	84.4	14
Barisan Nasional:	260,501	43.6	6	13.3	15
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	252,840	42.3	6	13.3	15
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)	7,661	1.3	0	0.0
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)	23,035	3.9	1	2.2	1
Independents	147	0.0	0	0.0
Overall total	597,258	100	45	100
Source: The Star[3], Malaysia

See also

• List of State Seats Representatives in Malaysia
• State legislative assemblies of Malaysia

References

External links

• Kelantan State Government official website

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