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{{Short description|Legislative branch of the Penang state government}}
{{Infobox legislature
| background_color = skyblue
| name          = Penang State Legislative Assembly
| native_name   = {{small|{{lang|ms|Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang}}}}
| coa_pic       = [[File:Coat of arms of Penang.svg|150px]]
| session_room  = Dewan Undangan Negeri Penang Dec 2006 003.jpg
| session_res   = 250px
| legislature   = 15th State Legislative Assembly
| house_type    = Unicameral
| foundation    = {{start date and age|1959|7|11|df=yes}}
| preceded_by   = 
| leader1_type  = [[List of governors of Penang#List of Yang di-Pertua of the State of Penang|Governor]]
| leader1       = [[Ramli Ngah Talib]]
| party1        = 
| election1     = {{start date|2025|5|1|df=yes}}
| leader2_type  = [[Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly|Speaker]]
| leader2       = [[Law Choo Kiang]] 
| party2        = [[Pakatan Harapan|PH]]–[[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|PKR]]
| election2     = {{start date|2013|6|28|df=yes}}
| leader3_type  = Deputy Speaker
| leader3       = [[Azrul Mahathir Aziz]] 
| party3        = PH–[[National Trust Party (Malaysia)|AMANAH]]
| election3     = {{start date|2023|8|29|df=yes}}
| leader4_type  = [[Chief Minister of Penang|Chief Minister]]
| leader4       = [[Chow Kon Yeow]] 
| party4        = PH–[[Democratic Action Party|DAP]]
| election4     = {{start date|2018|5|14|df=yes}}
| leader5_type  = Leader of the Opposition 
| leader5       = [[Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff]] 
| party5        = [[Perikatan Nasional|PN]]–[[Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]]
| election5     = {{start date|2023|11|17|df=yes}}
| leader6_type  = Secretary
| leader6       = Maheswari Malayandy
| election6     = 
| members       = '''40'''<br />[[Quorum]]: 13<br />[[Majority|Simple majority]]: 21<br />[[Two-thirds majority]]: 27
| structure1    = DUN Penang 2023.svg
| structure1_res= 250px
| political_groups1 =({{as of|2024|07|06}})<br/>
'''[[Government of Penang|Government]] (29)'''<br />
{{Color box|{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}}} [[Pakatan Harapan|PH]] (27)<br />
*{{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Action Party}}}} [[Democratic Action Party|DAP]] (19)
*{{Color box|{{party color|People's Justice Party (Malaysia)}}}} [[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|PKR]] (7)
*{{Color box|{{party color|National Trust Party (Malaysia)}}}} [[National Trust Party (Malaysia)|AMANAH]] ([[Azrul Mahathir Aziz|1]])
{{Color box|{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}} [[Barisan Nasional|BN]] (2)
*{{Color box|{{party color|United Malays National Organisation}}}} [[United Malay National Organisation|UMNO]] (2)

'''[[Opposition (Malaysia)|Opposition]] (11)'''<br />
{{color box|{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}}} [[Perikatan Nasional|PN]] (11) <br />
*{{Color box|{{party color|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party}}}} [[Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]] (7)
*{{Color box|{{Malaysian United Indigenous Party/meta/shading}}}} [[Malaysian United Indigenous Party|BERSATU]] (4)

'''[[Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly|Speaker]] ([[Law Choo Kiang|1]])'''<br />
{{Color box|{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}}} [[Pakatan Harapan|PH]] (non-{{abbr|MLA|Member of the Legislative Assembly}})
| committees1     = {{Collapsible list |title = 5 |Public Accounts Committee|Rights and Privileges Committee|Assembly Committee|Rules of Proceedings Committee|Constitutional Committee}}
| voting_system1 = [[Plurality voting system|Plurality]] [[First-past-the-post voting|First-past-the-post]] 
| last_election1 = [[2023 Penang state election|12 August 2023]]
| next_election1 = [[Next Penang state election|By 28 October 2028]]
| meeting_place = [[Penang State Assembly Building]], [[Light Street, George Town|Light Street]], [[George Town, Penang|George Town]], [[Penang]]
| website       = {{URL|http://dun.penang.gov.my/}}
}}
The '''Penang State Legislative Assembly''' is the legislature of the [[States and federal territories of Malaysia|Malaysian state]] of [[Penang]]. It is a [[unicameral]] institution, consisting of a total of 40 elected lawmakers representing single-member [[List of electoral districts in Penang|constituencies throughout Penang]]. The state legislature, whose members are called "State Assemblymen", convenes at the [[Penang State Assembly Building]] in Penang's capital city of [[George Town, Penang|George Town]]. The [[Penang State Executive Council]], the executive branch of the [[Government of Penang|Penang state government]], is drawn from among the State Assemblymen.

After the [[2023 Penang state election]], 29 out of 40 seats are held by the [[Pakatan Harapan]] (PH) and [[Barisan Nasional]] (BN). The PH–BN alliance thus command a [[supermajority]] in the legislature. Meanwhile, 11 seats are held by the [[Perikatan Nasional]] (PN) opposition coalition.

[[File:DUN P Pinang 2020.svg|thumb|right|Map of current constituencies (since 2018)]]

==Current composition==
{{for|a complete list of members|List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2023–present)}}
{| style="width:40em;"
|-  style="text-align:center;"
| colspan="4" style="color:{{party color|Parti Bangsa Malaysia}};"  |'''Government'''
| colspan="2" style="color:{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}};"|'''Opposition'''
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="color:{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}};" colspan=3|'''PH'''
| colspan="1" style="color:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}};" |'''BN'''
| colspan="2" style="color:{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}};" |'''PN'''
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="background:{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}; color:white;width:67.5%;" colspan=3|'''27'''
| colspan="1" style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white;width:5%;" |'''2'''
| colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}; color:white;width:27.5%;" |'''11'''
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Action Party}}; color:white;width:47.5%;"|'''19'''
| style="background:{{party color|People's Justice Party (Malaysia)}}; color:white;width:17.5%;"|'''7'''
| style="background:{{party color|National Trust Party (Malaysia)}}; color:white;width:2.5%;"|'''1'''
| style="background:{{party color|United Malays National Organisation}}; color:white;width:5%;"|'''2'''
| style="background:{{party color|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party}}; color:white;width:17.5%;"|'''7'''
| style="background:{{Malaysian United Indigenous Party/meta/shading}}; color:white;width:10%;"|'''4'''
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="color:{{party color|Democratic Action Party}};"|'''DAP'''
| style="color:{{party color|People's Justice Party (Malaysia)}};"|'''PKR'''
| style="color:{{party color|National Trust Party (Malaysia)}};"|'''AMANAH'''
| style="color:{{party color|United Malays National Organisation}};"|'''UMNO'''
| style="color:{{party color|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party}};"|'''PAS'''
| style="color:{{Malaysian United Indigenous Party/meta/shading}};"|'''BERSATU'''
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!No.
!Parliamentary Constituency
! width="30"|No.
! width="150"|State Constituency 
! width="245"|Member
! width="105"|Coalition (Party) 
! width="95"|Post
|-
| -
| -
| -
|Non-MLA
|[[Law Choo Kiang]]
|bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''PKR''')
|[[Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly|Speaker]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |P041
| rowspan="3" |[[Kepala Batas (federal constituency)|Kepala Batas]]
|N01
|[[Penaga]]
|[[Mohd Yusni Mat Piah]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}" |{{Font color|white|'''PN''' ('''PAS''')}}|| rowspan="4" | N/A
|-
|N02
|[[Bertam]]
|[[Reezal Merican Naina Merican]]
|bgcolor="{{Barisan Nasional/meta/shading}}" | '''BN''' ('''UMNO''')
|-
|N03
|[[Pinang Tunggal (state constituency)|Pinang Tunggal]]
|[[Bukhori Ghazali]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}" |{{Font color|white|'''PN''' ('''PAS''')}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |P042
| rowspan="3" |[[Tasek Gelugor (federal constituency)|Tasek Gelugor]]
|N4
|[[Permatang Berangan]]
|[[Mohd Sobri Saleh]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}" |{{Font color|white|'''PN''' ('''PAS''')}}
|-
|N05
|[[Sungai Dua (state constituency)|Sungai Dua]]
|[[Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}" |{{Font color|white|'''PN''' ('''PAS''')}}
|Opposition Leader
|-
|N06
|[[Telok Ayer Tawar]]
|[[Azmi Alang]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}" |{{Font color|white|'''PN''' ('''BERSATU''')}}
| rowspan="9" |N/A
|-
| rowspan="3" |P043
| rowspan="3" |[[Bagan (federal constituency)|Bagan]] 
|N07
|[[Sungai Puyu]]
|[[Phee Syn Tze]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
|-
|N08
|[[Bagan Jermal (state constituency)|Bagan Jermal]]
|[[Chee Yeeh Keen]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
|-
|N09
|[[Bagan Dalam (state constituency)|Bagan Dalam]]
|[[Kumaran Krishnan]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
|-
| rowspan="3" |P044
| rowspan="3" |[[Permatang Pauh (federal constituency)|Permatang Pauh]]
|N10
|[[Seberang Jaya (state constituency)|Seberang Jaya]]
|[[Izhar Shah Arif Shah]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}" |{{Font color|white|'''PN''' ('''BERSATU''')}}
|-
|N11
|[[Permatang Pasir (state constituency)|Permatang Pasir]]
|[[Amir Hamzah Abdul Hashim]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}" |{{Font color|white|'''PN''' ('''PAS''')}}
|-
|N12
|[[Penanti (state constituency)|Penanti]]
|[[Zulkefli Bakar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}" |{{Font color|white|'''PN''' ('''BERSATU''')}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |P045
| rowspan="3" |[[Bukit Mertajam (federal constituency)|Bukit Mertajam]]
|N13
|[[Berapit]]
|[[Heng Lee Lee]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
|-
|N14
|[[Machang Bubuk]]
|[[Lee Khai Loon]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''PKR''')
|-
|N15
|[[Padang Lalang]]
|[[Daniel Gooi Zi Sen]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
| rowspan="2" |EXCO Member
|-
| rowspan="3" |P46
| rowspan="3" |[[Batu Kawan (federal constituency)|Batu Kawan]]
|N16
|[[Perai (state constituency)|Perai]]
|[[Sundarajoo Somu]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
|-
|N17
|[[Bukit Tengah (state constituency)|Bukit Tengah]]
|[[Gooi Hsiao Leung]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''PKR''')
| rowspan="2" |N/A
|-
|N18
|[[Bukit Tambun (state constituency)|Bukit Tambun]]
|[[Goh Choon Aik]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''PKR''')
|-
| rowspan="3" |P047
| rowspan="3" |[[Nibong Tebal (federal constituency)|Nibong Tebal]]
|N19
|[[Jawi (state constituency)|Jawi]]
|[[Jason H'ng Mooi Lye]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
|EXCO Member
|-
|N20
|[[Sungai Bakap (state constituency)|Sungai Bakap]]
|[[Abidin Ismail]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}" |{{Font color|white|'''PN''' ('''PAS''')}}
|N/A
|-
|N21
|[[Sungai Acheh]]
|[[Rashidi Zinol]]
|bgcolor="{{Barisan Nasional/meta/shading}}" | '''BN''' ('''UMNO''')
| rowspan="2" |EXCO Member
|-
| rowspan="4" |P048
| rowspan="4" |[[Bukit Bendera (federal constituency)|Bukit Bendera]]
|N22
|[[Tanjong Bunga]]
|[[Zairil Khir Johari]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
|-
|N23
|[[Air Putih (Penang state constituency)|Air Putih]]
|[[Lim Guan Eng]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
|
* Former Chief Minister of Penang
* MP for [[Bagan (federal constituency)|Bagan]]
|-
|N24
|[[Kebun Bunga]]
|[[Lee Boon Heng]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''PKR''')|| rowspan="2" | N/A
|-
|N25
|[[Pulau Tikus (state constituency)|Pulau Tikus]]
|[[Joshua Woo Sze Zeng]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
|-
| rowspan="3" |P049
| rowspan="3" |[[Tanjong (federal constituency)|Tanjong]]
|N26
|[[Padang Kota]]
|[[Chow Kon Yeow]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
|
* [[List of Chief Ministers of Penang|Chief Minister]]  
* MP for [[Batu Kawan (federal constituency)|Batu Kawan]]
|-
|N27
|[[Pengkalan Kota]]
|[[Wong Yuee Harng]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')|| rowspan="2" | N/A
|-
|N28
|[[Komtar (state constituency)|Komtar]]
|[[Teh Lai Heng]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
|-
| rowspan="3" |P050
| rowspan="3" |[[Jelutong (federal constituency)|Jelutong]]
|N29
|[[Datok Keramat (state constituency)|Datok Keramat]]
|[[Jagdeep Singh Deo]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
|Deputy Chief Minister II
|-
|N30
|[[Sungai Pinang (Penang state constituency)|Sungai Pinang]]
|[[Lim Siew Khim]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
|EXCO Member
|-
|N31
|[[Batu Lancang]]
|[[Ong Ah Teong]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
| rowspan="3" |N/A
|-
| rowspan="3" |P051
| rowspan="3" |[[Bukit Gelugor (federal constituency)|Bukit Gelugor]]
|N32
|[[Seri Delima]]
|[[Connie Tan Hooi Peng]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
|-
|N33
|[[Air Itam (Penang state constituency)|Air Itam]]
|[[Joseph Ng Soon Siang]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
|-
|N34
|[[Paya Terubong (state constituency)|Paya Terubong]]
|[[Wong Hon Wai]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''DAP''')
|EXCO Member
|-
| rowspan="3" |P052
| rowspan="3" |[[Bayan Baru (federal constituency)|Bayan Baru]]
|N35
|[[Batu Uban (state constituency)|Batu Uban]]
|[[Kumaresan Aramugam]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''PKR''')
|N/A
|-
|N36
|[[Pantai Jerejak]]
|[[Fahmi Zainol]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''PKR''')
|EXCO Member
|-
|N37
|[[Batu Maung (state constituency)|Batu Maung]]
|[[Mohamad Abdul Hamid]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''PKR''')
|Deputy Chief Minister I
|-
| rowspan="3" |P053
| rowspan="3" |[[Balik Pulau (federal constituency)|Balik Pulau]]
|N38
|[[Bayan Lepas (state constituency)|Bayan Lepas]]
|[[Azrul Mahathir Aziz]]
| bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" |'''PH''' ('''AMANAH''')
|Deputy Speaker
|-
|N39
|[[Pulau Betong (state constituency)|Pulau Betong]]
|[[Mohamad Shukor Zakariah]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}" |{{Font color|white|'''PN''' ('''PAS''')}}
| rowspan="2" |N/A
|-
|N40
|[[Telok Bahang]]
|[[Muhamad Kasim]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}" |{{Font color|white|'''PN''' ('''BERSATU''')}}
|}

==Seating arrangement==
The seating arrangement of the Penang State Legislative Assembly is as follows.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Persidangan dewan undangan negeri penggal keempat belas|url=http://dun.penang.gov.my/images/SUSUNAN%20TEMPAT%20DUDUK%20ADUN%202020%20(12%20OKT%202020)(PINDAAN%2013%20OKT))%20SALINAN.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang}}</ref>
{| style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;"
|-
|  bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" |{{Font color|white|N08 Bagan Jermal|link=Bagan Jermal (state constituency)}}  || bgcolor={{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}| {{Font color|white|N27 Pengkalan Kota|link=Pengkalan Kota (state constituency)}}||  bgcolor={{party color|Pakatan Harapan}} | {{Font color|white|N33 Air Itam|link=Air Itam (Penang state constituency)}} || bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" |{{Font color|white|N31 Batu Lanchang|link=Batu Lanchang (state constituency)}} || bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" |{{Font color|white|N17 Bukit Tengah|link=Bukit Tengah (state constituency)}}  || bgcolor={{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}| {{Font color|white|N13 Berapit|link=Berapit (state constituency)}} || bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" |{{Font color|white|N14 Machang Bubok|link=Machang Bubok (state constituency)}} || bgcolor={{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}| {{Font color|white|N35 Batu Uban|link=Batu Uban (state constituency)}}
|-
| || || bgcolor={{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}| {{Font color|white|N18 Bukit Tambun|link=Bukit Tambun (state constituency)}} || bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" |{{Font color|white|N28 Komtar|link=Komtar (state constituency)}}|| style="background-color:#000080;" |{{Font color|white|N02 Bertam|link=Bertam (state constituency)}} || bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" |{{Font color|white|N23 Air Putih|link=Air Putih (Penang state constituency)}}||  || 
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" |{{Font color|white|N32 Seri Delima|link=Seri Delima (state constituency)}}|| || colspan="4" | '''B''' || || Vacant
|-
|  bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" |{{Font color|white|N25 Pulau Tikus|link=Pulau Tikus (state constituency)}}  ||  || || || || || || bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" |{{Font color|white|N38 Bayan Lepas (Deputy Speaker)|link=Bayan Lepas (state constituency)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" |{{Font color|white|N24 Kebun Bunga|link=Kebun Bunga (state constituency)}} || style="background-color:#002255;" |{{Font color|white|N10 Seberang Jaya|link=Seberang Jaya (state constituency)}} || rowspan="7" |'''C''' || || || rowspan="7" | '''A''' ||  bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" |{{Font color|white|N34 Paya Terubong (EXCO Member)|link=Paya Terubong (state constituency)}}||bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" |{{Font color|white|N36 Pantai Jerejak (EXCO Member)|link=Pantai Jerejak (state constituency)}}
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}| {{Font color|white|N09 Bagan Dalam|link=Bagan Dalam (state constituency)}} || style="background-color:#002255;" |{{Font color|white|N11 Permatang Pasir|link=Permatang Pasir (state constituency)}} ||   || || bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" |{{Font color|white|N22 Tanjong Bunga (EXCO Member)|link=Tanjong Bunga (state constituency)}} || bgcolor={{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}| {{Font color|white|N16 Perai (EXCO Member)|link=Perai (state constituency)}}
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}| {{Font color|white|N07 Sungai Puyu|link=Sungai Puyu (state constituency)}} ||  style="background-color:#002255;" | {{Font color|white|N06 Telok Ayer Tawar|link=Telok Ayer Tawar (state constituency)}} || || ||style="background-color:#000080;" |{{Font color|white|N21 Sungai Acheh (EXCO Member)|link=Sungai Acheh (state constituency)}} || bgcolor={{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}| {{Font color|white|N15 Padang Lalang (EXCO Member)|link=Padang Lalang (state constituency)}}
|-
| style="background-color:#002255;" |{{Font color|white|N20 Sungai Bakap|link=Sungai Bakap (state constituency)}} || style="background-color:#002255;" | {{Font color|white|N03 Pinang Tunggal|link=Pinang Tunggal (state constituency)}} || || || bgcolor={{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}| {{Font color|white|N29 Datok Keramat (Deputy Chief Minister II)|link=Datok Keramat (state constituency)}} ||bgcolor={{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}| {{Font color|white|N19 Jawi (EXCO Member)|link=Jawi (Penang state constituency)}}
|-
| style="background-color:#002255;" |{{Font color|white|N39 Pulau Betong|link=Pulau Betong (state constituency)}} || style="background-color:#002255;" | {{Font color|white|N01 Penaga|link=Penaga (state constituency)}}|| ||   ||bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" |{{Font color|white|N37 Batu Maung (Deputy Chief Minister I)|link=Batu Maung (state constituency)}}|| bgcolor={{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}| {{Font color|white|N30 Sungai Pinang (EXCO Member)|link=Sungai Pinang (Penang state constituency)}}
|-
|  style="background-color:#002255;" |{{Font color|white|N40 Telok Bahang|link=Telok Bahang (state constituency)}} || style="background-color:#002255;" |{{Font color|white|N12 Penanti|link=Penanti (state constituency)}} || || || State Legal Advisor || State Financial Officer
|-
| style="background-color:#002255;" |{{Font color|white|N04 Permatang Berangan|link=Permatang Berangan (state constituency)}} || style="background-color:#002255;" |{{Font color|white|N05 Sungai Dua (Opposition Leader)|link=Sungai Dua (state constituency)}}|| colspan="2" | Secretary || bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}" |{{Font color|white|N26 Padang Kota (Chief Minister)|link=Padang Kota (state constituency)}}|| State Secretary
|-
| || || || colspan="2" bgcolor={{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}| {{Font color|white|Speaker|link=Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly}}|| || || 
|-
| || || || colspan="2"| Yang Di-Pertua Negeri || || || 
|}

==Role==
The Penang State Legislative Assembly's main function is to enact legislation and policies relating to the State List and Joint List as defined in the [[Constitution of Malaysia|Federal Constitution]]. Its members also provide oversight on the state's executive branch of government, ensuring the state departments and agencies enforce the aforementioned legislation.<ref>[http://dun.penang.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&Itemid=30 Role and Membership of the State Assembly] Penang State Assembly Portal</ref> Debates in the Assembly are presided over by the [[Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly|Speaker]].

The leader of the party or coalition with a majority in the Assembly is appointed the [[Chief Minister of Penang|Chief Minister]] by the [[List of governors of Penang|Tuan Yang Terutama Tun Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang]]. The Chief Minister heads the state's [[Executive (government)|executive]], known as the [[Penang State Executive Council|State Executive Council]], whose members are also drawn from the Assembly.

==Committees==
The State Assembly also consists of committees to handle administrative matters. The committees include:<ref>[http://dun.penang.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=31 List of State Assembly Committees] Penang State Assembly Portal</ref>
* Public Accounts Committee
* Committee on Privileges
* House Committee
* Standing Orders Committee
* Constitution Committee

==Speakers Roll of Honour==
The following is the [[Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly|Speaker]] of the Penang State Legislative Assembly Roll of Honour, since 1959:<ref>[http://dun.penang.gov.my/index.php/profil/senarai-yang-di-pertua-dewan-undangan-negeri Senarai Yang di-Pertua Dewan Undangan Negeri]</ref>

{| class=wikitable
|-
! No. !! [[Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly|Speaker]] !! Term start !! Term end !!Party!!Constituency
|-
| rowspan=2| 1 || rowspan=2| Sulaiman Ahmad|| 6 January 1959 || 1 April 1964||rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{Alliance Party (Malaysia)/meta/shading}}"| '''[[Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Alliance]]''' ('''[[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]]''')||rowspan=2|[[Alma (State constituency)|Alma]]
|-
| 25 April 1964 || 19 March 1969
|-
| rowspan=2| 2 || rowspan=2| Harun Sirat|| 10 May 1969 || 31 July 1974||bgcolor="{{party color|Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia}}"| '''[[Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia|Gerakan]]''' ||[[Alma (State constituency)|Alma]]
|-
| 24 August 1974 || 16 June 1978||bgcolor="{{Barisan Nasional/meta/shading}}"| '''[[Barisan Nasional|BN]]''' ('''[[Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia|Gerakan]]''') ||[[Bukit Tengah (state constituency)|Bukit Tengah]]
|-
| 3 || Hassan Md Noh|| 8 July 1978 || 29 March 1982||bgcolor="{{Barisan Nasional/meta/shading}}" | '''BN''' ('''[[UMNO]]''')|| [[Penaga (state constituency)|Penaga]]
|-
| 4 || Teh Ewe Lim|| 22 April 1982 || 19 July 1986||bgcolor="{{Barisan Nasional/meta/shading}}"| '''[[Barisan Nasional|BN]]''' ('''[[Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia|Gerakan]]''')||[[Datok Keramat (state constituency)|Datok Keramat]]
|-
| 5 || Ooi Ean Kwong|| 3 August 1986 || 5 October 1990 ||bgcolor="{{Barisan Nasional/meta/shading}}"| '''[[Barisan Nasional|BN]]''' ('''[[Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia|Gerakan]]''')||[[Datok Keramat (state constituency)|Datok Keramat]]
|-
| 6 || [[Abdul Rahman Abbas]] || 21 October 1990 || 4 April 1995 ||bgcolor="{{Barisan Nasional/meta/shading}}" | '''BN''' ('''[[UMNO]]''')||[[Bertam (state constituency)|Bertam]]
|-
| rowspan=3| 7 || rowspan=3| [[Yahaya Abdul Hamid]]|| 25 April 1995 || 10 November 1999||rowspan=3 bgcolor="{{Barisan Nasional/meta/shading}}" | '''BN''' ('''[[UMNO]]''')||rowspan=2|[[Pinang Tunggal (state constituency)|Pinang Tunggal]]
|-
| 29 November 1999 || 2 March 2004
|-
| 21 March 2004 || 12 February 2008 ||Non-MLA
|-
| 8 || [[Abdul Halim Hussain]] || 8 March 2008 || 27 June 2013||bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" | '''PR''' ('''[[People's Justice Party, Malaysia|PKR]]''') ||Non-MLA
|-
| rowspan="3" | 9 || rowspan="3" | [[Law Choo Kiang]] || 28 June 2013 || 10 April 2018 || rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{Pakatan Harapan/meta/shading}}" | '''PH''' ('''[[People's Justice Party, Malaysia|PKR]]''') ||[[Bukit Tambun (state constituency)|Bukit Tambun]]
|-
|2 August 2018
|28 June 2023
|rowspan="2"|Non-MLA
|-
|29 August 2023
|''Incumbent''
|}

==Election pendulum==
The 2023 Penang state election witnessed 29 governmental seats and 11 non-governmental seats filled the Penang State Legislative Assembly. The government side has 25 safe seats and 1 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has 4 safe seats and 3 fairly safe seats.{{collapse top|[[Penang state election, 2023|2023 Penang state election]]}}
{| class="toccolours" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="float:left; margin-right:.5em; margin-top:.4em; font-size:90%;"
|-
| colspan="4"  style="text-align:center; background:red;color:white;"|'''GOVERNMENT SEATS'''
|-
| colspan="4"  style="text-align:center; background:red;color:white;"|'''Marginal'''
|-
| Sungai Acheh || Rashidi Zainol || UMNO || style="text-align:center;"| 50.33
|-
| Bayan Lepas || Azrul Mahathir Aziz || AMANAH || style="text-align:center;"| 52.35
|-
| Batu Maung || Mohamad Abdul Hamid || PKR || style="text-align:center;"| 54.65
|-
| colspan="4"  style="text-align:center; background:red;color:white;"|'''Fairly safe'''
|-
| Bertam || Reezal Merican Naina Merican || UMNO || style="text-align:center;"| 56.24
|-
| colspan="4"  style="text-align:center; background:red;color:white;"|'''Safe'''
|-
| Sungai Pinang || Lim Siew Khim || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 65.13
|-
| Bukit Tengah || Gooi Hsiao-Leung || PKR || style="text-align:center;"| 68.58
|-
| Machang Bubok || Lee Khai Loon || PKR || style="text-align:center;"| 69.12
|-
| Pantai Jerejak || Fahmi Zainol || PKR || style="text-align:center;"| 69.94
|-
| Bagan Dalam || Kamaran Krishnan || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 71.49
|-
| Tanjong Bunga || Zairil Khir Johari || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 72.82
|-
| Datok Keramat || Jagdeep Singh Deo || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 72.61
|-
| Perai || Sundarajoo Somu || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 76.76
|-
| Batu Uban || Kumaresan Aramugam || PKR || style="text-align:center;"| 76.83
|-
| Jawi || H’ng Mooi Lye || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 79.50
|-
| Air Itam || Joseph Ng Soon Seong || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 79.22
|-
| Seri Delima || Connie Tan Hooi Peng || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 80.57
|-
| Bukit Tambun || Goh Choon Aik || PKR || style="text-align:center;"| 80.64
|-
| Bagan Jermal || Chee Yeeh Keen || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 84.77
|-
| Air Putih || Lim Guan Eng || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 85.63
|-
| Pulau Tikus || Joshua Woo Sze Zeng || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 85.09
|-
| Komtar || Teh Lai Heng || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 86.61
|-
| Padang Kota || Chow Kon Yeow || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 87.83
|-
| Kebun Bunga || Lee Boon Heng || PKR || style="text-align:center;"| 87.83
|-
| Padang Lalang || Daniel Gooi Zi Sen || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 87.85
|-
| Sungai Puyu || Phee Syn Tze || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 90.48
|-
| Paya Terubong || Wong Hon Wai || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 91.58
|-
| Batu Lancang || Ong Ah Teong || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 92.12
|-
| Berapit || Heng Lee Lee || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 94.44
|-
| Pengkalan Kota || Wong Yee Harng || DAP || style="text-align:center;"| 94.64
|-
|}

{| class="toccolours" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="float:left; margin-right:.5em; margin-top:.4em; font-size:90%;"
|-
| colspan="4"  style="text-align:center; background:brown;color:white;"|'''NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS'''
|-
| colspan="4"  style="text-align:center; background:brown;color:white;"|'''Marginal'''
|-
| Sungai Bakap || Nor Zamri Latiff || PAS || style="text-align:center;"| 52.67
|-
| Pulau Betong || Mohamad Shukor Zakariah || PAS || style="text-align:center;"| 52.92
|-
| Telok Bahang || Muhamd Kasim || BERSATU || style="text-align:center;"| 53.48
|-
| Telok Ayer Tawar || Azmi Alang || BERSATU || style="text-align:center;"| 55.26
|-
| colspan="4"  style="text-align:center; background:brown;color:white;"|'''Fairly Safe'''
|-
| Permatang Pasir || Amir Hamzah Abdul Hashim || PAS || style="text-align:center;"| 56.49
|-
| Seberang Jaya || Izhar Shah Arif Shah || BERSATU || style="text-align:center;"| 56.69
|-
| Penanti || Zulkefli Bakar || BERSATU || style="text-align:center;"| 58.28
|-
| colspan="4"  style="text-align:center; background:brown;color:white;"|'''Safe'''
|-
|-
| Sungai Dua || Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff || PAS || style="text-align:center;"| 62.26
|-
| Pinang Tunggal || Bukhori Ghazali || PAS || style="text-align:center;"| 62.74
|-
| Penaga || Mohd. Yusni Mat Piah || PAS || style="text-align:center;"| 63.24
|-
| Permatang Berangan || Mohd Sobri Saleh || PAS || style="text-align:center;"| 69.50
|}
{{clear}}
{{cob}}

== List of Assemblies ==

{| class="wikitable"
!Assembly
!Term
began
!Members
!Election
!Committee
!Majority party/coalition
|-
|1st
|1959
| colspan="2" |
|Wong Pow Nee I
|Alliance
|-
|2nd
|1964
| colspan="2" |
|Wong Pow Nee II
|Alliance
|-
|3rd
|1969
| colspan="2" |
|Lim Chong Eu I
|Gerakan (1969-1973)
Barisan Nasional (1973-1974)
|-
|4th
|1974
| colspan="2" |
|Lim Chong Eu II
|Barisan Nasional
|-
|5th
|1978
| colspan="2" |
|Lim Chong Eu III
|Barisan Nasional
|-
|6th
|1982
| colspan="2" |
|Lim Chong Eu IV
|Barisan Nasional
|-
|7th
|1986
| colspan="2" |
|Lim Chong Eu V
|Barisan Nasional
|-
|8th
|1990
| colspan="2" |
|Koh Tsu Koon I
|Barisan Nasional
|-
|9th
|1995
| colspan="2" |
|Koh Tsu Koon II
|Barisan Nasional
|-
|10th
|1999
| colspan="2" |
|Koh Tsu Koon III
|Barisan Nasional
|-
|11th
|2004
| colspan="2" |
|Koh Tsu Koon IV
|Barisan Nasional
|-
|12th
|[[2008 Penang state election|2008]]
| colspan="2" |
|Lim Guan Eng I
|Pakatan Rakyat
|-
|13th
|[[2013 Penang state election|2013]]
| colspan="2" | 
|Lim Guan Eng II
|Pakatan Rakyat (2013-2015)
Pakatan Harapan (2015-2018)
|-
|14th
|[[2018 Penang state election|2018]]
| colspan="2" | 
|Chow Kon Yeow I
|Pakatan Harapan
|-
|15th
|[[2023 Penang state election|2023]]
| colspan="2" |
|Chow Kon Yeow II
|Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional
|}

==See also==
* [[Penang State Assembly Building]]
* [[Government of Penang|Penang state government]]
* [[Constitution of Penang]]
* [[List of electoral districts in Penang|Constituencies of Penang]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://dun.penang.gov.my/ Penang State Assembly Portal]

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