Kedah State Legislative Assembly

The Kedah State Legislative Assembly is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Kedah. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 36 lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout the state.
Members of the unicameral state legislature are called state assemblymen. The Legislative Assembly building is located at the Wisma Darul Aman in the state capital, Alor Setar.
Out of the 36 seats, 33 are held by the Perikatan Nasional ruling coalition after the 2023 state election. Thus, the PN coalition commands a two-thirds supermajority in the assembly. Meanwhile, Pakatan Harapan that comprises People's Justice Party holds just 2 seats, followed by Democratic Action Party which retain only single seat.

Current composition

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition	Post
-	-	#	Non-MLA	Zubir Ahmad		Speaker
P004	Langkawi	N01	Ayer Hangat	Shamsilah Siru		N/A
P004	Langkawi	N02	Kuah	Amar Pared Mahamud		N/A
P005	Jerlun	N03	Kota Siputeh	Mohd Ashraf Mustaqim Badrul Munir		N/A
P005	Jerlun	N04	Ayer Hitam	Azhar Ibrahim		N/A
P006	Kubang Pasu	N05	Bukit Kayu Hitam	Halimaton Shaadiah Saad		EXCO Member
P006	Kubang Pasu	N06	Jitra	Haim Hilman Abdullah		EXCO Member
P07	Padang Terap	N07	Kuala Nerang	Mohamad Yusoff @ Munir Zakaria		EXCO Member
P07	Padang Terap	N08	Pedu	Mohd Radzi Md Amin		N/A
P008	Pokok Sena	N09	Bukit Lada	Salim Mahmood		N/A
P008	Pokok Sena	N10	Bukit Pinang	Wan Romani Wan Salim		N/A
P008	Pokok Sena	N11	Derga	Muhamad Amri Wahab		N/A
P009	Alor Setar	N12	Suka Menanti	Dzowahir Ab Ghani		EXCO Member
P009	Alor Setar	N13	Kota Darul Aman	Teh Swee Leong	PH	N/A
P009	Alor Setar	N14	Alor Mengkudu	Muhamad Radhi Mat Din		EXCO Member
P010	Kuala Kedah	N15	Anak Bukit	Rashidi Razak		N/A
P010	Kuala Kedah	N16	Kubang Rotan	Mohd Salleh Saidin		EXCO Member
P010	Kuala Kedah	N17	Pengkalan Kundor	Mardhiyyah Johari		N/A
P011	Pendang	N18	Tokai	Mohd Hayati Othman		N/A
P011	Pendang	N19	Sungai Tiang	Abdul Razak Khamis		Deputy Speaker
P012	Jerai	N20	Sungai Limau	Mohd Azam Abd Samat		EXCO Member
P012	Jerai	N21	Guar Chempedak	Abdul Ghafar Saad		N/A
P012	Jerai	N22	Gurun	Baddrol Bakhtiar		N/A
P013	Sik	N23	Belantek	Ahmad Sulaiman		N/A
P013	Sik	N24	Jeneri	Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor		Menteri Besar
P014	Merbok	N25	Bukit Selambau	Azizan Hamzah		N/A
P014	Merbok	N26	Tanjong Dawai	Hanif Ghazali		N/A
P015	Sungai Petani	N27	Pantai Merdeka	Shahrir Long		N/A
P015	Sungai Petani	N28	Bakar Arang	Adam Loh Wei Chai	PH	N/A
P015	Sungai Petani	N29	Sidam	Bau Wong Bau Ek	PH	Opposition Leader
P016	Baling	N30	Bayu	Mohd Taufik Yaacob		N/A
P016	Baling	N31	Kupang	Najmi Ahmad		N/A
P016	Baling	N32	Kuala Ketil	Mansor Zakaria		EXCO Member
P017	Padang Serai	N33	Merbau Pulas	Siti Ashah Ghazali		EXCO Member
P017	Padang Serai	N34	Lunas	Khairul Anuar Ramli		N/A
P018	Kulim-Bandar Baharu	N35	Kulim	Wong Chia Zhen		EXCO Member
P018	Kulim-Bandar Baharu	N36	Bandar Baharu	Mohd Suffian Yusoff		N/A

Role

The Kedah State Legislative Assembly's main function is to enact laws that apply in the state. It is also the forum for members to voice their opinions on the state government's policies and implementation of those policies. Under the law, assemblymen are given the right to freely discuss current issues such as public complaints. On financial matters, the Assembly approves supply to the government and ensures that the funds are spent as approved and in the tax-payers' interest.
The State Executive Council is appointed from members of the State Assembly. Led by the Menteri Besar, it exercises executive power on behalf of the Sultan and is responsible to the Assembly.

Speakers Roll of Honour

The following is the Speaker of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly Roll of Honour, since 1959:

No.	Speaker	Term start	Term end	Party	Constituency
1	Ahmad Tunku Ismail	20 May 1959	28 February 1964	Alliance	Sala
2	Syed Omar Syed Abdullah Shahabudin	25 April 1964	7 December 1967	Alliance	Baling Barat
3	Salleh Ishak	10 May 1969	30 July 1974	Alliance	Sungei Patani Luar
4	Abdullah Ismail	27 October 1974	11 June 1978	BN	Yan
4	Abdullah Ismail	26 July 1978	12 February 1981	BN	Yan
5	Hussain Mohd. Zain	27 February 1981	5 April 1982	BN	Non-MLA
6	Shaari Abu Bakar	22 April 1982	18 July 1986	BN	Pendang
7	Seroji Haron	3 August 1986	4 October 1990	BN	Bayu
8	Abdullah Ismail	27 October 1990	1995	BN	Yan
9	Zainol Md Isa	5 June 1995	31 July 1998	BN	Kupang
10	Badruddin Amiruldin	26 December 1999	2004	BN	Non-MLA
11	Md Rozai Safian	2004	2008	BN	Non-MLA
12	Abdul Isa Ismail	2008	2013	PR	Non-MLA
13	Md Rozai Safian	2013	2018	BN	Non-MLA
14	Ahmad Kassim	4 July 2018	14 August 2020	PH	Non-MLA
15	Juhari Bulat	25 August 2020	29 July 2023		Ayer Hangat
16	Zubir Ahmad	25 September 2023	present		Non-MLA

Election pendulum

The 2023 Kedah state election witnessed 33 governmental seats and 3 non-governmental seats filled the Kedah State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 29 safe seats and 2 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has only a safeseat. .