Penang State Legislative Assembly

Penang State Legislative Assembly Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang
13th Penang State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	11 July 1959
Leadership
Yang di-Pertua Negeri	Abdul Rahman Abbas Since 1 May 2001
Speaker	Law Choo Kiang, PH–PKR Since 28 June 2013
Deputy Speaker	Maktar Shapee, PH–PKR Since 28 June 2013
Chief Minister	Lim Guan Eng, PH–DAP Since 11 March 2008
Opposition Leader	Jahara Hamid, BN–UMNO Since 28 June 2013
Structure
Seats	40 Quorum: 13 Simple majority: 21 Two-thirds majority: 27
Political groups	(As of 24 February 2016[update]) Government      Pakatan Harapan (29) EXCO Members: 11 Backbenchers: 18      DAP (19)      PKR (10) Opposition      Barisan Nasional (10)      UMNO (10)      PAS (1)      Independent (0)      Vacant (0)
Committees	5 Public Accounts Committee Rights and Privileges Committee Assembly Committee Rules of Proceedings Committee Constitutional Committee
Elections
Voting system	Plurality: First-past-the-post (40 single-member constituencies)
Last election	5 May 2013
Next election	on or before 28 August 2018
Meeting place
Penang State Assembly Building, Light Street, George Town, Penang
Website
dun.penang.gov.my

Penang state election, 2013

← 2008 5 May 2013 (2013-05-05)
← outgoing members
All 40 seats in the Penang State Legislative Assembly 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	86.93%
First party Second party   Leader Lim Guan Eng Teng Chang Yeow Party Pakatan Rakyat Barisan Nasional Leader since  ()  () Leader's seat Air Puteh (ran in Bagan, won) Bukit Tengah (lost contest) Last election 29 seats, 58.90% 11 seats, 40.96% Seats before 29 11 Seats won 30 10 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 490,978 233,246 Percentage 67.53% 32.09% Swing 8.63% 8.87%
Chief Minister before election Lim Guan Eng Pakatan Rakyat Chief Minister-designate Lim Guan Eng Pakatan Rakyat

(As of 24 February 2016^[update])
Government
     Pakatan Harapan (29)

Opposition
     Barisan Nasional (10)

     PAS (1)
     Independent (0)

The Penang State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang) is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 40 lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout the state.

The unicameral state legislature, whose members are called state assemblymen, convenes at the neoclassical Penang State Assembly Building at Light Street in the state capital, George Town. Since 2008, Assembly proceedings have been broadcast live on the internet.

It has 40 seats, 29 of which are held by the Pakatan Rakyat compromising the Democratic Action Party which has 19 seats, nine by Parti Keadilan Rakyat and one by Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party defeating the Barisan Nasional with only 11 seats since the 2008 general elections. It was a sharp reversal from the 38 seats held by BN in the 2004 elections and only the second time since Independence that the state fell into non-BN control, the last being in 1969.