Johor State Legislative Assembly

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. Prior to the 2022 state election, elections are always held concurrently with the federal parliament and other state assemblies elections (except Sarawak).

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 (2024-01-28)
Speaker	Mohd Puad Zarkashi, BN-UMNO since 21 April 2022 (2022-04-21)
Deputy Speaker	Samsolbari Jamali, BN-UMNO since 21 April 2022 (2022-04-21)
Menteri Besar	Onn Hafiz Ghazi, BN-UMNO since 15 March 2022 (2022-03-15)
Secretary	Zarina Abdul Kadir[1]
Structure
Seats	56 Quorum: 19 Simple majority: 29 Two-thirds majority: 38
Political groups	(As of 28 September 2024[update]) 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
dewannegeri.johor.gov.my

Constituencies of the Johor State Legislative Assembly

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

Current composition

For a complete list of members, see List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2023–present).

Government + Confidence and supply						Opposition
BN			PH			PN		MUDA
40			12			3		1
33	4	3	10	1	1	2	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
		N2	Jementah	Ng Kor Sim	PH (DAP)	N/A
P141	Sekijang	N3	Pemanis	Anuar Abdul Manap	BN (UMNO)
		N4	Kemelah	Saraswati Nallathamby	BN (MIC)
P142	Labis	N5	Tenang	Haslinda Salleh	BN (UMNO)
		N6	Bekok	Tan Chong	BN (MCA)
P143	Pagoh	N7	Bukit Kepong	Sahruddin Jamal	PN (BERSATU)	Former Menteri Besar of Johor
		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)
		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	Mohd Fuad Tukirin	BN (UMNO)
P146	Muar	N15	Maharani	Abdul Aziz Talib	PN (PAS)
		N16	Sungai Balang	Selamat Takim	BN (UMNO)
P147	Parit Sulong	N17	Semerah	Mohd Fared Mohd Khalid	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
		N18	Sri Medan	Zulkurnain Kamisan	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P148	Ayer Hitam	N19	Yong Peng	Ling Tian Soon	BN (MCA)	EXCO Member
		N20	Semarang	Samsolbari Jamali	BN (UMNO)	Deputy Speaker
P149	Sri Gading	N21	Parit Yaani	Mohd Najib Samuri	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		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
		N27	Layang-Layang	Abd Mutalip Abd Rahim	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P152	Kluang	N28	Mengkibol	Chew Chong Sin	PH (DAP)
		N29	Mahkota	Syed Hussien Syed Abdullah	BN (UMNO)
P153	Sembrong	N30	Paloh	Lee Ting Han	BN (MCA)	EXCO Member
		N31	Kahang	Vidyananthan Ramanadhan	BN (MIC)	N/A
P154	Mersing	N32	Endau	Alwiyah Talib	PN (BERSATU)
		N33	Tenggaroh	Raven Kumar Krishnasamy	BN (MIC)	EXCO Member
P155	Tenggara	N34	Panti	Hahasrin Hashim	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N35	Pasir Raja	Rashidah Ismail	BN (UMNO)
P156	Kota Tinggi	N36	Sedili	Muszaidi Makmor	BN (UMNO)
		N37	Johor Lama	Norlizah Noh	BN (UMNO)
P157	Pengerang	N38	Penawar	Fauziah Misri	BN (UMNO)
		N39	Tanjung Surat	Aznan Tamin	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
P158	Tebrau	N40	Tiram	Azizul Bachok	BN (UMNO)	N/A
		N41	Puteri Wangsa	Amira Aisya Abdul Aziz	MUDA
P159	Pasir Gudang	N42	Johor Jaya	Liow Cai Tung	PH (DAP)
		N43	Permas	Baharudin Mohamed Taib	BN (UMNO)
P160	Johor Bahru	N44	Larkin	Mohd Hairi Mad Shah	BN (UMNO)	EXCO Member
		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
		N47	Kempas	Ramlee Bohani	BN (UMNO)	Political Secretary to the Menteri Besar
P162	Iskandar Puteri	N48	Skudai	Marina Ibrahim	PH (DAP)	N/A
		N49	Kota Iskandar	Pandak Ahmad	BN (UMNO)
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)
P164	Pontian	N53	Benut	Hasni Mohammad	BN (UMNO)	Former Menteri Besar of Johor MP for Simpang Renggam
		N54	Pulai Sebatang	Hasrunizah Hassan	BN (UMNO)	N/A
P165	Tanjung Piai	N55	Pekan Nanas	Tan Eng Meng	BN (MCA)
		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
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	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)
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		Sergeant-at-Arm			Speaker			State Secretary	State Legal Advisor	State Financial Officer
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Sultan Ismail Building, Kota Iskandar (official meeting hall)

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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 Daud	20 August 1959	1 March 1964	Alliance (UMNO)	Tampoi
Haji Ali Raya	April 1964	20 March 1969	Alliance (UMNO)	Endau
Syed Mohamed Edrus	11 May 1969	31 July 1974	Alliance (UMNO)	Glang Patah
Haji Abdullah Haji Sudin	25 August 1974	12 June 1978	BN (UMNO)	Kukup
Syed Zain Idrus Shahab Al-Haj	9 July 1978	29 March 1982	BN (UMNO)	Simpang Rengam
	23 April 1982	19 July 1986
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
	26 April 1995	10 November 1999
Zainalabidin Mohamed Zin	30 November 1999	4 March 2004	BN (UMNO)	Rengit
Mohamed Ali Hassan	22 March 2004	13 February 2008	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
	21 April 2008	3 April 2013
Mohamad Aziz	20 June 2013	7 April 2018	BN (UMNO)	Non-MLA
Suhaizan Kayat	28 June 2018	22 January 2022	PH (AMANAH)	Non-MLA
Mohd 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	Members	Election	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

See also

• Johor State Executive Council
• State legislative assemblies of Malaysia
• List of state seats representatives in Malaysia