Perak State Legislative Assembly

The Perak State Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Perak. It is composed of 59 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart, along with elections to the federal parliament and other state assemblies.
The Assembly convenes at the Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan in the state capital, Ipoh. At 59 seats, it is the largest state assembly among the 11 legislatures of the States of Malaya.

Current composition

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition	Post
-	-	-	Non-MLA	Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid	BN	Speaker
P54	Gerik	N1	Pengkalan Hulu	Mohamad Amin Roslan		N/A
P54	Gerik	N2	Temengor	Salbiah Mohamed	BN	EXCO Member
P55	Lenggong	N3	Kenering	Husairi Ariffin		N/A
P55	Lenggong	N4	Kota Tampan	Saarani Mohamad	BN	Menteri Besar
P56	Larut	N5	Selama	Mohd Akmal Kamaruddin		N/A
P56	Larut	N6	Kubu Gajah	Khalil Yahaya		N/A
P56	Larut	N7	Batu Kurau	Mohd Najmuddin Elias Al-Hafiz		N/A
P57	Parit Buntar	N8	Titi Serong	Hakimi Hamzi Hayat		N/A
P57	Parit Buntar	N9	Kuala Kurau	Abdul Yunus Jamahri		N/A
P58	Bagan Serai	N10	Alor Pongsu	Noor Azman Ghazali		N/A
P58	Bagan Serai	N11	Gunong Semanggol	Razman Zakaria		Leader of the Opposition
P58	Bagan Serai	N12	Selinsing	Sallehuddin Abdullah		N/A
P59	Bukit Gantang	N13	Kuala Sepetang	Ahmad Man		N/A
P59	Bukit Gantang	N14	Changkat Jering	Rahim Ismail		N/A
P59	Bukit Gantang	N15	Trong	Faisal Abdul Rahman		N/A
P60	Taiping	N16	Kamunting	Mohd Fakhrudin Abdul Aziz		N/A
P60	Taiping	N17	Pokok Assam	Ong Seng Guan	PH	N/A
P60	Taiping	N18	Aulong	Teh Kok Lim	PH	EXCO Member
P61	Padang Rengas	N19	Chenderoh	Syed Lukman Hakim Syed Mohd Zin		N/A
P61	Padang Rengas	N20	Lubok Merbau	Azizi Mohamed Ridzuan		N/A
P62	Sungai Siput	N21	Lintang	Mohd Zolkafly Harun	BN	EXCO Member
P62	Sungai Siput	N22	Jalong	Loh Sze Yee	PH	EXCO Member
P63	Tambun	N23	Manjoi	Mohd Hafez Sabri		N/A
P63	Tambun	N24	Hulu Kinta	Muhamad Arafat Varisai Mahamad	PH	N/A
P64	Ipoh Timor	N25	Canning	Jenny Choy Tsi Jen	PH	Deputy Speaker
P64	Ipoh Timor	N26	Tebing Tinggi	Abdul Aziz Bari	PH	N/A
P64	Ipoh Timor	N27	Pasir Pinji	Goh See Hua	PH	N/A
P65	Ipoh Barat	N28	Bercham	Ong Boon Piow	PH	N/A
P65	Ipoh Barat	N29	Kepayang	Nga Kor Ming	PH	MP of Teluk Intan Federal Minister
P65	Ipoh Barat	N30	Buntong	Thulsi Thivani Manogaran	PH	N/A
P66	Batu Gajah	N31	Jelapang	Cheah Pou Hian	PH	N/A
P66	Batu Gajah	N32	Menglembu	Steven Chaw Kam Foon	PH	Political Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government
P66	Batu Gajah	N33	Tronoh	Steven Tiw Tee Siang	PH	N/A
P67	Kuala Kangsar	N34	Bukit Chandan	Hashim Bujang		N/A
P67	Kuala Kangsar	N35	Manong	Burhanuddin Ahmad		N/A
P68	Beruas	N36	Pengkalan Baharu	Azman Noh	BN	N/A
P68	Beruas	N37	Pantai Remis	Wong May Ing	PH	N/A
P68	Beruas	N38	Astaka	Jason Ng Thien Yeong	PH	N/A
P69	Parit	N39	Belanja	Khairudin Abu Hanipah	BN	EXCO Member
P69	Parit	N40	Bota	Najihatussalehah Ahmad		N/A
P70	Kampar	N41	Malim Nawar	Bavani Veraiah	PH	N/A
P70	Kampar	N42	Keranji	Angeline Koo Haai Yen	PH	N/A
P70	Kampar	N43	Tualang Sekah	Mohd Azlan Helmi	PH	EXCO Member
P71	Gopeng	N44	Sungai Rapat	Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin	PH	EXCO Member Former Menteri Besar of Perak
P71	Gopeng	N45	Simpang Pulai	Wong Chai Yi	PH	N/A
P71	Gopeng	N46	Teja	Sandrea Ng Shy Ching	PH	EXCO Member
P72	Tapah	N47	Chenderiang	Choong Shin Heng	BN	N/A
P72	Tapah	N48	Ayer Kuning	Mohamad Yusri Bakir	BN	N/A
P73	Pasir Salak	N49	Sungai Manik	Zainol Fadzi Paharudin		N/A
P73	Pasir Salak	N50	Kampong Gajah	Zafarulazlan Zan		N/A
P74	Lumut	N51	Pasir Panjang	Rosli Abd Rahman		N/A
P74	Lumut	N52	Pangkor	Norhaslinda Zakaria		N/A
P75	Bagan Datuk	N53	Rungkup	Shahrul Zaman Yahya	BN	N/A
P75	Bagan Datuk	N54	Hutan Melintang	Wasanthee Sinnasamy	PH	N/A
P76	Teluk Intan	N55	Pasir Bedamar	Woo Kah Leong	PH	EXCO Member
P76	Teluk Intan	N56	Changkat Jong	Nadziruddin Mohamed Bandi		N/A
P77	Tanjong Malim	N57	Sungkai	Sivanesan Achalingam	PH	EXCO Member
P77	Tanjong Malim	N58	Slim	Muhammad Zulfadli Zainal		N/A
P77	Tanjong Malim	N59	Behrang	Salina Samsudin	BN	N/A

Role

The Perak State Legislative Assembly enacts laws that apply in Perak. It must hold at least three sittings a year and table a budget in March and late October or early November. The Speaker presides over sittings in the Assembly and ensures order during debates. The present Speaker is Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid.
The majority party or coalition in the Assembly forms the state government, led by the Menteri Besar. He appoints the state executive council, or EXCO, drawing from members of the Assembly.

Speakers of The Assembly

Source: Perak State Legislative Assembly

Election pendulum

The 15th General Election witnessed 33 governmental seats and 26 non-governmental seats filled the Perak State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 15 safe seats and 3 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has 3 fairly safe seats and no safe seats.