Malaysian Parliament

Parliament of Malaysia Malay: Parlimen Malaysia
13th Parliament

Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Dewan Rakyat Dewan Negara
History
Founded	11 September 1959
Preceded by	Federal Legislative Council
Leadership
Yang di-Pertuan Agong	Muhammad V of Kelantan Since 13 December 2016
Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat	Pandikar Amin Mulia, BN – UMNO Since 28 April 2008
President of the Dewan Negara	S. Vigneswaran, BN – MIC Since 26 April 2016
Prime Minister	Najib Razak, BN – UMNO Since 3 April 2009
Leader of the Opposition	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, PH-PKR Since 18 May 2015
Structure
Seats	292 (70 Senators, 222 MPs)

Dewan Negara political groups	(As of 25 February 2017^[update]) Government BN (54) Ministers: 2 Deputy ministers: 6 UMNO (30) MCA (10) MIC (6) PBB (2) GERAKAN (1) LDP (1) PBS (1) myPPP (1) SUPP (1) UPKO (1) Supported by KIMMA (1) MIUP (1) Independent (4) Opposition Pakatan Harapan (4) DAP (2) PKR (2) Other opposition PAS (2) Vacant (4)

Dewan Rakyat political groups	(As of 25 February 2017^[update]) Government Barisan Nasional (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 PH (71) DAP (36) PKR (28) Amanah (6) PAS (14) PSM (1) PPBM (1) WARISAN (2) Independent (2) Vacant (0)
Dewan Negara committees	4 Committee of Selection House Committee Committee of Privileges Standing Orders Committee
Dewan Rakyat committees	5 Committee of Selection Public Accounts Committee House Committee Committee of Privileges Standing Orders Committee
Elections
Dewan Negara voting system	Indirect 26 appointed by the State Legislative Assemblies, 2 for each state and 44 appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, of which 4 are for the Federal Territories.
Dewan Rakyat voting system	Plurality: First-past-the-post (222 single-member constituencies)
Dewan Rakyat last election	5 May 2013
Dewan Rakyat next election	24 August 2018 or earlier
Meeting place

Malaysian Houses of Parliament, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Website
www.parlimen.gov.my

(As of 25 February 2017^[update])
Government
BN (54)

Supported by
     KIMMA (1)
     MIUP (1)
     Independent (4)
Opposition
     Pakatan Harapan (4)

Other opposition

(As of 25 February 2017^[update])
Government
Barisan Nasional (132)

The Opposition
PH (71)

     PAS (14)
     PSM (1)
     PPBM (1)
     WARISAN (2)
     Independent (2)

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