Dewan Rakyat

House of Representatives Malay: Dewan Rakyat
13th Parliament of Malaysia
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of Malaysia
Leadership
Speaker	Pandikar Amin Mulia, BN–UMNO Since 28 April 2008
Deputy Speaker	Ronald Kiandee, BN–UMNO Since 28 April 2008
Deputy Speaker	Ismail Mohamed Said, BN–UMNO 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
Political groups	(As of 12 February 2017[update]) 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	5 Committee of Selection Public Accounts Committee House Committee Committee of Privileges Standing Orders Committee
Elections
Voting system	Plurality: First-past-the-post (222 single-member constituencies)
Last election	5 May 2013
Next election	24 August 2018 or earlier
Meeting place
Malaysian Houses of Parliament, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Website
www.parlimen.gov.my

(As of 12 February 2017^[update])
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.