Johor State Legislative Assembly

Johor State Legislative Assembly

*Dewan Negeri Johor*
*柔佛州议会*
ديوان نݢري جوهر‎
Johor State Legislative Assembly ; Dewan Negeri Johor; 柔佛州议会; ديوان نݢري جوهر‎
15th Johor State Assembly
	Insignia of Johor State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1959
Leadership
Regent	Tunku Mahkota Ismail ; since 28 January 2024
Speaker	Mohd Puad Zarkashi, BN-UMNO ; since 21 April 2022
Deputy Speaker	Samsolbari Jamali, BN-UMNO ; since 21 April 2022
Menteri Besar	Onn Hafiz Ghazi, BN-UMNO ; since 15 March 2022
Secretary	Zarina Abdul Kadir
Structure
Seats	56; Quorum: 19; Simple majority: 29; Two-thirds majority: 38
Political groups	(As of 28 September 2024) Government (40); BN (40) UMNO (33); MCA (4); MIC (3); Confidence and supply (12); PH (12) DAP (10); PKR (1); AMANAH (1); Opposition (4); PN (3) BERSATU (2); PAS (1); MUDA (1) Speaker; BN (MLA for Rengit)
Committees	4 Public Accounts Committee; Rules of Proceedings Committee; Right and Privileges Committee; Committee of Selection;
Elections
Voting system	Plurality: First-past-the-post (56 single-member constituencies)
Last election	12 March 2022
Next election	By 20 June 2027
Meeting place
	Sultan Ismail Building, Kota Iskandar, Iskandar Puteri, Johor Bahru, Johor
	Sultan Ibrahim Building, Johor Bahru, Johor
Website
	www.johor.gov.my

The Johor State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Negeri Johor) is the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Johor. It is composed of 56 members who are elected from 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 (except Sarawak).

The State Assembly convenes at Sultan Ismail Building in Kota Iskandar, Iskandar Puteri, Johor Bahru.

Current composition

Government + Confidence and supply						Opposition
BN			PH			PN		MUDA
40			12			3		1
33	4	3	10	1	1	2	1	1
UMNO	MCA	MIC	DAP	PKR	AMANAH	BERSATU	PAS	MUDA

No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)	Post
P140	Segamat	N1	Buloh Kasap	Zahari Sarip	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P140	Segamat	N2	Jementah	Ng Kor Sim	PH (DAP)	N/A
P141	Sekijang	N3	Pemanis	Anuar Abdul Manap	BN (UMNO)
P141	Sekijang	N4	Kemelah	Saraswathy Nallathanby	BN (MIC)
P142	Labis	N5	Tenang	Haslinda Salleh	BN (UMNO)
P142	Labis	N6	Bekok	Tan Chong	BN (MCA)
P143	Pagoh	N7	Bukit Kepong	Sahruddin Jamal	PN (BERSATU)	Former Menteri Besar of Johor
P143	Pagoh	N8	Bukit Pasir	Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P144	Ledang	N9	Gambir	Sahrihan Jani	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N10	Tangkak	Ee Chin Li	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N11	Serom	Khairin Nisa Ismail	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P145	Bakri	N12	Bentayan	Ng Yak Howe	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N13	Simpang Jeram	Nazri Abdul Rahman	PH (AMANAH)
		N14	Bukit Naning	Fuad Tukirin	BN (UMNO)
P146	Muar	N15	Maharani	Abdul Aziz Talib	PN (PAS)
P146	Muar	N16	Sungai Balang	Selamat Takim	BN (UMNO)
P147	Parit Sulong	N17	Semerah	Mohd Fared Mohd Khalid	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P147	Parit Sulong	N18	Sri Medan	Zulkurnain Kamisan	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P148	Ayer Hitam	N19	Yong Peng	Ling Tian Soon	BN (MCA)	EXCO Member
P148	Ayer Hitam	N20	Semarang	Samsolbari Jamali	BN (UMNO)	Deputy Speaker
P149	Sri Gading	N21	Parit Yaani	Mohd Najib Samuri	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P149	Sri Gading	N22	Parit Raja	Nor Rashidah Ramli	BN (UMNO)
P150	Batu Pahat	N23	Penggaram	Gan Peck Cheng	PH (DAP)
		N24	Senggarang	Mohd Yusla Ismail	BN (UMNO)
		N25	Rengit	Mohd Puad Zarkashi	BN (UMNO)	Speaker
P151	Simpang Renggam	N26	Machap	Onn Hafiz Ghazi	BN (UMNO)	Menteri Besar
P151	Simpang Renggam	N27	Layang-Layang	Abd Mutalip Abd Rahim	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P152	Kluang	N28	Mengkibol	Chew Chong Sin	PH (DAP)
P152	Kluang	N29	Mahkota	Syed Hussein Syed Abdullah	BN (UMNO)
P153	Sembrong	N30	Paloh	Lee Ting Han	BN (MCA)	EXCO Member
P153	Sembrong	N31	Kahang	Vidyananthan Ramanadhan	BN (MIC)	N/A
P154	Mersing	N32	Endau	Alwiyah Talib	PN (BERSATU)	N/A
P154	Mersing	N33	Tenggaroh	Raven Kumar Krishnasamy	BN (MIC)	EXCO Member
P155	Tenggara	N34	Panti	Hahasrin Hashim	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P155	Tenggara	N35	Pasir Raja	Rashidah Ismail	BN (UMNO)
P156	Kota Tinggi	N36	Sedili	Muszaidi Makmor	BN (UMNO)
P156	Kota Tinggi	N37	Johor Lama	Norlizah Noh	BN (UMNO)
P157	Pengerang	N38	Penawar	Fauziah Misri	BN (UMNO)
P157	Pengerang	N39	Tanjung Surat	Aznan Tamin	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P158	Tebrau	N40	Tiram	Azizul Bachok	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P158	Tebrau	N41	Puteri Wangsa	Amira Aisya Abdul Aziz	MUDA
P159	Pasir Gudang	N42	Johor Jaya	Liow Cai Tung	PH (DAP)
P159	Pasir Gudang	N43	Permas	Baharudin Mohd Taib	BN (UMNO)
P160	Johor Bahru	N44	Larkin	Mohd Hairi Mad Shah	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P160	Johor Bahru	N45	Stulang	Andrew Chen Kah Eng	PH (DAP)	Balancing Force Leader
P161	Pulai	N46	Perling	Liew Chin Tong	PH (DAP)	MP for Iskandar Puteri Federal Deputy Minister
P161	Pulai	N47	Kempas	Ramlee Bohani	BN (UMNO)	Political Secretary to the Menteri Besar
P162	Iskandar Puteri	N48	Skudai	Marina Ibrahim	PH (DAP)	N/A
P162	Iskandar Puteri	N49	Kota Iskandar	Pandak Ahmad	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P163	Kulai	N50	Bukit Permai	Mohd Jafni Md Shukor	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
		N51	Bukit Batu	Arthur Chiong Sen Sern	PH (PKR)	N/A
		N52	Senai	Wong Bor Yang	PH (DAP)	N/A
P164	Pontian	N53	Benut	Hasni Mohammad	BN (UMNO)	Former Menteri Besar of Johor MP for Simpang Renggam
P164	Pontian	N54	Pulai Sebatang	Hasrunizah Hassan	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P165	Tanjung Piai	N55	Pekan Nanas	Tan Eng Meng	BN (MCA)
P165	Tanjung Piai	N56	Kukup	Jefridin Atan	BN (UMNO)

Seating arrangement

Sultan Ibrahim Building, Johor Bahru (only for opening ceremony of new term assembly)

			N15 Maharani	Vacant	Vacant	N40 Tiram	N49 Kota Iskandar	N24 Senggarang
			N47 Kempas	N43 Permas	N39 Tanjung Surat	N16 Sungai Balang	N21 Parit Yaani	N54 Pulai Sebatang
N02 Jementah	N52 Senai		N38 Penawar	N55 Pekan Nanas	N04 Kemelah	N36 Sedili	N06 Bekok	N09 Gambir		N14 Bukit Naning	N05 Tenang
N41 Puteri Wangsa	N48 Skudai		N03 Pemanis	N56 Kukup	N35 Pasir Raja		N34 Panti	N22 Parit Raja		N25 Rengit (Speaker)	N20 Semarang (Deputy Speaker)
			N29 Mahkota	N27 Layang-Layang	N18 Sri Medan		N31 Kahang	N53 Benut
			B
	N32 Endau	C							A	N37 Johor Lama (EXCO Member)
	N07 Bukit Kepong									N08 Bukit Pasir (EXCO Member)
	N28 Mengkibol									N30 Paloh (EXCO Member)
	N10 Tangkak									N19 Yong Peng (EXCO Member)
	N12 Bentayan									N17 Semerah (EXCO Member)
	N51 Bukit Batu									N44 Larkin (EXCO Member)
	N23 Penggaram									N11 Serom (EXCO Member)
	N42 Johor Jaya									N33 Tenggaroh (EXCO Member)
	N46 Perling									N50 Bukit Permai (EXCO Member)
	N13 Simpang Jeram									N01 Buloh Kasap (EXCO Member)
	N45 Stulang (Opposition Leader)									N26 Machap (Menteri Besar)
					Secretary
		Sergeant-at-Arm			Speaker			State Secretary	State Legal Advisor	State Financial Officer
					Sultan

Sultan Ismail Building, Kota Iskandar (official meeting hall)

Vacant

B

Vacant

N40 Tiram

Vacant

C

A

Vacant

Vacant

Vacant

Vacant

N37 Johor Lama (EXCO Member)

N25 Rengit (Speaker)

N43 Permas

Vacant

N08 Bukit Pasir (EXCO Member)

N56 Kukup

N39 Tanjung Surat

Vacant

N30 Paloh (EXCO Member)

N35 Pasir Raja

N16 Sungai Balang

Vacant

N19 Yong Peng (EXCO Member)

N34 Panti

N21 Parit Yaani

Vacant

N17 Semerah (EXCO Member)

Vacant

N44 Larkin (EXCO Member)

Vacant

N11 Serom (EXCO Member)

N33 Tenggaroh (EXCO Member)

N50 Bukit Permai (EXCO Member)

N01 Buloh Kasap (EXCO Member)

N20 Semarang (Deputy Speaker)

N06 Bekok

N07 Bukit Kepong (De facto Opposition Leader)

N10 Tangkak

N45 Stulang (Balancing Force Leader)

N26 Machap (Menteri Besar)

N53 Benut

N09 Gambir

Secretary

Sergeant-at-Arm

Speaker

State Secretary

State Legal Advisor

State Financial Officer

Sultan

Role

The Johor 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 Privileges, Immunities and Powers Ordinance 1963, 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 (EXCO) 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 State Assembly.

Speakers Roll of Honour


Speaker	Term Start	Term end	Party	Constituency
Haji Rahmat bin Daud	20 August 1959	1 March 1964	Alliance (UMNO)	Tampoi
Haji Ali bin Raya	April 1964	20 March 1969	Alliance (UMNO)	Endau
Syed Mohamed bin Edrus	11 May 1969	31 July 1974	Alliance (UMNO)	Glang Patah
Haji Abdullah bin Haji Sudin	25 August 1974	12 June 1978	BN (UMNO)	Kukup
Syed Zain bin Idrus Shahab Al-Haj	9 July 1978	29 March 1982	BN (UMNO)	Simpang Rengam
Syed Zain bin Idrus Shahab Al-Haj	23 April 1982	19 July 1986	BN (UMNO)	Simpang Rengam
Mohd Yunos Sulaiman	4 August 1986	4 October 1990	BN (UMNO)	Tanjong Puteri
Mohamed Ali Hassan	22 October 1990	6 April 1995	BN (UMNO)	Tiram
Mohamed Ali Hassan	26 April 1995	10 November 1999	BN (UMNO)	Tiram
Zainalabidin bin Mohamed Zin	30 November 1999	4 March 2004	BN (UMNO)	Rengit
Mohamed Ali Hassan	22 March 2004	13 February 2008	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
Mohamed Ali Hassan	21 April 2008	3 April 2013	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
Mohamad Aziz	20 June 2013	7 April 2018	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
Suhaizan Kayat	28 June 2018	22 January 2022	PH (AMANAH)	Non-MLA
Puad Zarkashi	21 April 2022	Incumbent	BN (UMNO)	Rengit

Election pendulum

The 2022 Johor state election witnessed 40 governmental seats and 16 non-governmental seats filled the Johor Legislative Assembly. The government side has 9 safe seats and 4 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has 1 safe seat and 2 fairly safe seats.

2022 Johore state election

GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Bukit Pasir	Mohamad Fadzil Mohamad Salleh	UMNO	32.11
Kota Iskandar	Pandak Ahmad	UMNO	37.26
Bukit Naning	Fuad Tukirin	UMNO	38.14
Serom	Khairin Nisa Ismail	UMNO	38.40
Parit Yaani	Mohd Najib Samuri	UMNO	38.56
Kempas	Ramli Bohani	UMNO	38.92
Tiram	Azizul Bachok	UMNO	40.66
Kemelah	Saraswathy Nallathanby	MIC	41.13
Larkin	Mohd Hairi Md Shah	UMNO	41.77
Permas	Baharudin Mohamed Taib	UMNO	41.93
Tenang	Haslinda Salleh	UMNO	44.91
Semerah	Mohd Fared Khalid	UMNO	44.93
Senggarang	Mohd Yusla Ismail	UMNO	45.11
Gambir	Shah Rihan Jani	UMNO	45.48
Sungai Balang	Selamat Takim	UMNO	45.57
Mahkota	Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain	UMNO	46.57
Bukit Permai	Mohd Jafni Md Shukor	UMNO	48.36
Rengit	Mohd Puad Zarkashi	UMNO	48.91
Tenggaroh	Raven Kumar Krishnasamy	MIC	49.10
Parit Raja	Rashidah Ramli	UMNO	49.57
Pemanis	Anuar Abd Manap	UMNO	49.81
Pulai Sebatang	Hasrunizah Hassan	UMNO	50.56
Bekok	Tan Chong	MCA	51.31
Pekan Nanas	Tan Eng Meng	MCA	51.53
Yong Peng	Ling Tian Soon	MCA	52.84
Layang-Layang	Abd Mutalip Abd Rahim	UMNO	55.00
Paloh	Lee Ting Han	MCA	55.05
Fairly safe
Machap	Onn Hafiz Ghazi	UMNO	56.64
Buloh Kasap	Zahari Sarip	UMNO	56.96
Panti	Hahasrin Hashim	UMNO	57.29
Pasir Raja	Rashidah Ismail	UMNO	58.21
Safe
Kukup	Jefridin Atan	UMNO	60.37
Sri Medan	Zulkurnain Kamisan	UMNO	60.52
Johor Lama	Norlizah Noh	UMNO	60.56
Kahang	Vidyanathan Ramanadhan	MIC	62.69
Benut	Hasni Mohamad	UMNO	63.08
Semarang	Samsol Bari Jamali	UMNO	63.21
Sedili	Muszaidi Makmor	UMNO	63.52
Tanjung Surat	Aznan Tamin	UMNO	66.97
Penawar	Fauziah Misri	UMNO	66.98

NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Marginal
Maharani	Abdul Aziz Talib	PAS	35.92
Bukit Batu	Arthur Chiong Sen Sern	PKR	39.20
Perling	Liew Chin Tong	DAP	39.43
Tangkak	Ee Chin Li	DAP	40.85
Jementah	Ng Kor Sim	DAP	40.92
Simpang Jeram	Salahuddin Ayub	AMANAH	40.94
Johor Jaya	Liow Cai Tung	DAP	41.73
Puteri Wangsa	Amira Aisya Abd Aziz	MUDA	43.22
Bukit Kepong	Sahruddin Jamal	BERSATU	44.27
Stulang	Chen Kah Eng	DAP	44.84
Senai	Wong Bor Yang	DAP	51.75
Penggaram	Gan Peck Cheng	DAP	53.67
Endau	Alwiyah Talib	BERSATU	55.48
Fairly safe
Skudai	Marina Ibrahim	DAP	58.53
Mengkibol	Chew Chong Sin	DAP	58.91
Safe
Bentayan	Ng Yak Howe	DAP	64.53

List of Assemblies

Assembly	Term began	Committee	Majority party/coalition
1st	1955	Wan Idris	Alliance
2nd	1959	Hassan I	Alliance
3rd	1964	Hassan II (1964-1967) Othman I (1967-1969)	Alliance
4th	1969	Othman II	Alliance (1969-1973) Barisan Nasional (1973-1974)
5th	1974	Othman III	Barisan Nasional
6th	1978	Othman IV	Barisan Nasional
7th	1982	Abdul Ajib	Barisan Nasional
8th	1986	Muhyiddin I	Barisan Nasional
9th	1990	Muhyiddin II	Barisan Nasional
10th	1995	Abdul Ghani I	Barisan Nasional
11th	1999	Abdul Ghani II	Barisan Nasional
12th	2004	Abdul Ghani III	Barisan Nasional
13th	2008	Abdul Ghani IV	Barisan Nasional
14th	2013	Mohamed Khaled	Barisan Nasional
15th	2018	Osman (2018-2019) Sahruddin (2019-2020) Hasni (2020-2022)	Pakatan Harapan (2018-2020) BN-PN (2020-2022)
16th	2022	Onn Hafiz	Barisan Nasional

References

^ "Pejabat Jurutulis Dewan Negeri Johor".

External links

Johor State Government official website

[1] "Pejabat Jurutulis Dewan Negeri Johor".

[1]

Johor State Legislative Assembly

Current composition

Seating arrangement

Sultan Ibrahim Building, Johor Bahru (only for opening ceremony of new term assembly)

Sultan Ismail Building, Kota Iskandar (official meeting hall)

Role

Speakers Roll of Honour

Election pendulum

List of Assemblies

See also

References

External links