Terengganu State Legislative Assembly

The Terengganu State Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Terengganu. It consists of 32 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart, and are customarily held alongside elections to the federal parliament during a general election.
The State Assembly convenes at the Wisma Darul Iman in the state capital, Kuala Terengganu.
All 32 seats are held by the Perikatan Nasional ruling coalition after the 2023 state election, effectively making it a one-party state. Within the coalition, the Malaysian Islamic Party holds 27 seats while the Malaysian United Indigenous Party holds 5 seats. The PN coalition commands a supermajority in the assembly.

Composition

No.	Parliamentary constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition	Post
P33	Besut	N1	[Kuala Besut (federal constituency)\|Besut (state constituency)\|Kuala Besut]	Azbi Salleh		N/A
P33	Besut	N2	Kota Putera	Mohd. Nurkhuzaini Ab. Rahman		EXCO Member
P33	Besut	N3	Jertih	Riduan Md Nor		N/A
P33	Besut	N4	Hulu Besut	Mohd Husaimi Hussin		Deputy EXCO Member
P34	Setiu	N5	Jabi	Azman Ibrahim		EXCO Member
P34	Setiu	N6	Permaisuri	Mohd Yusop Majid		Deputy EXCO Member
P34	Setiu	N7	Langkap	Azmi Maarof		N/A
P34	Setiu	N8	Batu Rakit	Mohd Shafizi Ismail		N/A
P35	Kuala Nerus	N9	Tepuh	Hishamuddin Abdul Karim		EXCO Member
P35	Kuala Nerus	N10	Buluh Gading	Ridzuan Hashim		Deputy EXCO Member
P35	Kuala Nerus	N11	Seberang Takir	Khazan Che Mat		Deputy Speaker
P35	Kuala Nerus	N12	Bukit Tunggal	Zaharudin Zahid		N/A
P36	Kuala Terengganu	N13	Wakaf Mempelam	Wan Sukairi Wan Abdullah		EXCO Member
P36	Kuala Terengganu	N14	Bandar	Ahmad Shah Muhamed		Deputy EXCO Member
P36	Kuala Terengganu	N15	Ladang	Zuraida Md Noor		Deputy EXCO Member
P36	Kuala Terengganu	N16	Batu Buruk	Muhammad Khalil Abdul Hadi		EXCO Member
P37	Marang	N17	Alur Limbat	Ariffin Deraman		EXCO Member
P37	Marang	N18	Bukit Payung	Mohd Nor Hamzah		Speaker
P37	Marang	N19	Ru Rendang	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar		Menteri Besar MP for Kemaman
P37	Marang	N20	Pengkalan Berangan	Sulaiman Sulong		Deputy EXCO Member
P38	Hulu Terengganu	N21	Telemung	Mohd Zawawi Ismail		Deputy EXCO Member
P38	Hulu Terengganu	N22	Manir	Hilmi Harun		Deputy EXCO Member
P38	Hulu Terengganu	N23	Kuala Berang	Mamad Puteh		Deputy EXCO Member
P38	Hulu Terengganu	N24	Ajil	Maliaman Kassim		EXCO Member
P39	Dungun	N25	Bukit Besi	Ghazali Sulaiman		N/A
P39	Dungun	N26	Rantau Abang	Mohd Fadhli Rahmi Zulkifli		Deputy EXCO Member
P39	Dungun	N27	Sura	Tengku Muhammad Fakhruddin		N/A
P39	Dungun	N28	Paka	Satiful Bahri Mamat		EXCO Member
P40	Kemaman	N29	Kemasik	Saiful Azmi Suhaili		Deputy EXCO Member
P40	Kemaman	N30	Kijal	Razali Idris		EXCO Member
P40	Kemaman	N31	Cukai	Hanafiah Mat		EXCO Member
P40	Kemaman	N32	Air Putih	Mohd Hafiz Adam		N/A

Role

The Terengganu State Assembly's main function is to enact state laws and policies. It is also in charge of oversight of departments and agencies of the state government. Members of the assembly are responsible for checking and criticising the executive government's actions.
The leader of the party or coalition with a majority of seats in the assembly is appointed Menteri Besar by the Sultan of Terengganu. The Menteri Besar then appoints members of the state executive council, or EXCO from members of the assembly.

Speakers Roll of Honour

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

No.	Speaker	Term start	Term end	Party	Constituency
1	Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir	1 June 1957	29 April 1959	Alliance	Non-MLA
2	Mohd Taib Sabri Abu Bakar	27 July 1959	11 May 1964	PMIP	Marang
3	Mohd Taha Embong	11 May 1964	27 October 1967	Alliance	Chukai
4	Che Wan Abd. Ghani Zainal	28 November 1967	20 March 1969	Alliance	Non-MLA
5	Abd Rahman Long	1 May 1971	31 July 1974	Alliance	Langkap
6	Abdullah Abdul Rahman	27 October 1974	12 June 1978	BN	Batu Rakit
7	Mohd Salleh Ismail	30 July 1978	29 March 1982	BN	Non-MLA
8	Hussein Abdullah	14 June 1982	18 July 1986	BN	Hulu Besut
9	Syed Omar Mohamad	8 September 1986	1990	BN	Paka
9	Syed Omar Mohamad	1990	11 November 1996	BN	Non-MLA
10	Abdul Rahman Mohd	24 November 1996	19 December 1999	BN	Non-MLA
11	Hussain Awang	20 December 1999	31 March 2004	BA	Non-MLA
12	Che Mat Jusoh	11 April 2004	13 February 2008	BN	Non-MLA
13	Tengku Putera Tengku Awang	5 May 2008	18 April 2013	BN	Non-MLA
14	Mohd Zubir Embong	16 June 2013	30 June 2018	BN	Non-MLA
15	Yahya Ali	1 July 2018	23 September 2023		Non-MLA
16	Mohd Nor Hamzah	24 September 2023	present		Bukit Payung

Committees

The State Assembly consists of committees to handle administrative matters, including Committee of Privileges and Public Accounts Committee.

Election pendulum

The 2023 Terengganu state election witnessed 32 governmental seats and 0 non-governmental seats filled the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 25 safe seats and 6 fairly safe seats.