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According to the state constitution, the Raja of Perlis shall first appoint the Menteri Besar to preside over the Executive Council and requires such Menteri Besar to be a member of the Legislative Assembly who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Assembly, must be an ethnic Malay who professes the religion of Islam and must not a Malaysian ...
The Perlis State Executive Council is the executive authority of the Government of Perlis, Malaysia.The Council comprises the Menteri Besar, appointed by the Raja on the basis that he is able to command a majority in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly, a number of members made up of members of the Assembly, the State Secretary, the State Legal Adviser and the State Financial Officer.
The state of Perlis, like all Malaysian states, is governed by a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy with a unicameral legislature—the Perlis State Legislative Assembly, which operates in the Westminster system of government. The political party or coalition that wins the largest number of seats in the legislature normally ...
The Governors include the Yang di-Pertua-Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang, Malacca, Sabah and Sarawak. All 13 Heads of State comprise the Conference of Rulers, but only the 9 Rulers from the States of Malaya are eligible to be elected as Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the Supreme Head of the Federation on a rotational basis according to seniority.
The incumbent Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition faced a historic wipeout (first time in Perlis and second time in national level), [3] winning no seats. The Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition won 14 of 15 seats (achieving supermajority ) and formed the first ever non-UMNO/BN government in the state's history.
Perlis State Legislative Assembly Map of current constituencies (since 2018) The Perlis State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Perlis) is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Perlis. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 15 lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout the state ...
In Malaysia, a state legislative assembly, officially Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN), is the legislative branch of the state governments in each of the 13 Malaysian states. Members of a state legislative assembly comprises elected representatives from single-member constituencies during state elections through the first-past-the-post voting system.
Simpang Empat is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly.. The state constituency was created in 1994. It was first contested in 1995 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting syst