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Dewan Rakyat

House of Representatives
Malay: Dewan Rakyat
13th Parliament of Malaysia
Type
Type
Leadership
Pandikar Amin Mulia, BNUMNO
Since 28 April 2008
Deputy Speaker
Ronald Kiandee, BNUMNO
Since 28 April 2008
Deputy Speaker
Ismail Mohamed Said, BNUMNO
Since 24 June 2013
Secretary
Roosme Hamzah
Since 26 December 2007
Structure
Seats 222 Members of Parliament (MPs)
Quorum: 26
Simple majority: 112
Two-thirds majority: 148
Members of Dewan Rakyat 13 parliament.svg
Political groups

(As of 12 February 2017)
Government
     Barisan Nasional (BN) (132)

Ministers: 34
Deputy ministers: 28
Backbenchers: 70
  •      UMNO (86)
  •      PBB (14)
  •      MCA (7)
  •      PRS (6)
  •      PBS (4)
  •      MIC (3)
  •      SPDP (3)
  •      UPKO (3)
  •      GERAKAN (2)
  •      PBRS (1)
  •      SUPP (1)
  • Others (2)

The Opposition
     Pakatan Harapan (PH) (71)

  •      DAP (36)
  •      PKR (28)
  •      PAN (6)
  •      PPBM (1)

     Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) (14)

  •      PAS (14)

     PSM (1)
     WARISAN (2)
     IND (2)

     Vacant (0)
Committees
Elections
Plurality: First-past-the-post (222 single-member constituencies)
Last election
5 May 2013
Next election
24 August 2018 or earlier
Meeting place
Dewan Rakyat Malaysia.jpg
Malaysian Houses of Parliament, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Website
www.parlimen.gov.my

(As of 12 February 2017)
Government
     Barisan Nasional (BN) (132)

The Opposition
     Pakatan Harapan (PH) (71)

     Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) (14)

     PSM (1)
     WARISAN (2)
     IND (2)

The Dewan Rakyat (Malay for House of Representatives, literally People's Hall) is the lower house of the Parliament of Malaysia, consisting of members elected during elections from federal constituencies drawn by the Election Commission.

The Dewan Rakyat usually proposes legislation through a draft known as a 'bill'. All bills must usually be passed by both the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) and the Dewan Negara, before they are sent to the King for royal assent. However, if the Dewan Negara rejects a bill, it can only delay the bill's passage by a maximum of a year before it is sent to the King. Like the Dewan Negara, the Dewan Rakyat meets at the Malaysian Houses of Parliament in Kuala Lumpur.


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