Members of the Dewan Negara, 15th Malaysian Parliament explained

The following is the list of members of the Dewan Negara (Senate) of the 15th Malaysian Parliament. 26 out of 70 senators, i.e. two senators for each state, are elected by their respective State Legislative Assembly for three-year term. The other 44, including four senators representing Federal Territories, are appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong also for three-year term.^[1]

Barisan Nasional (BN) remains the majority in the Dewan Negara and remains a part of a governing coalition in the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) led by the Pakatan Harapan (PH). This is due to the constitutional nature that senators are not elected directly by the people, but instead elected by the State Legislative Assemblies or appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, which most of senatorial elections or appointments took place in the previous parliamentary term, i.e. the 14th Parliament.

The 15th Parliament started on 19 December 2022 when all members of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) elected in the 15th general election sat for the first time and the Dewan Negara had its first meeting 2 days later.

Current composition

The current composition of the Dewan Negara as of 9 August 2024.

Government + Independent (55)														Opposition (9)			Vacant (6)
BN			PH				GPS				GRS	IND	PN			VAC
22			16				7				3	7	9			6
17	3	2	8	4	3	1	4	1	1	1	2		1	6	2		1
UMNO	MIC	MCA	PKR	DAP	AMANAH	UPKO	PBB	PRS	PDP	SUPP	GAGASAN	PCS	IND	PAS	BERSATU	GERAKAN	VAC

Seating arrangement

This seating arrangement is the current updated arrangement as of 22 July 2024.

Juhanis Abdul Aziz (Pahang)	Anna Bell Suziena Perian	Salehuddin Saidin	E	Sergeant-at-Arm	D	Mohamed Haniffa Abdullah	Abun Sui Anyit	Vacant
Vacant	Pele Peter Tinggom	Noorita Sual				Low Kian Chuan	Mohd Hasbie Muda	Vacant
Vacant	Vacant	Roderick Wong Siew Lead				Azhar Ahmad	Sivaraj Chandran	Vacant
Vacant	Kuala Lumpur	Mohd Hisamudin Yahaya (Putrajaya)				Mohamad Fatmi Che Salleh	Mohd Hatta Md Ramli	Vacant
Anifah Aman (Labuan)	Michael Mujah Lihan (Sarawak)	Ahmad Ibrahim (Sarawak)				Nelson Renganathan	Awang Sariyan	Vacant
Isaiah D. Jacob (Kuala Lumpur)	Amir Md Ghazali (Penang)	Lingeshwaran Arunasalam (Penang)	F		C	Arman Azha Abu Hanifah	Zurainah Musa	Vacant
Vacant	Mustafa Musa (Malacca)	Koh Nai Kwong (Malacca)				Susan Chemerai Anding	Ros Suryati Alang	Vacant
Vacant	Noraini Idris (Sabah)	Bobbey Suan (Sabah)				Manolan Mohamad	Robert Lau Hui Yew	Vacant
Vacant	Abdul Halim Suleiman (Johor)	Lim Pay Hen (Johor)		the Mace		Rita Sarimah Patrick Insol	Vell Paari Samy Vellu	Vacant
Vacant	Vacant	Ajis Sitin (Pahang)	G		B	Razali Idris	Zulkifli Hasan	Vacant
Vacant	Musoddak Ahmad (Kedah)	Abdul Nasir Idris (Kedah)				Dominic Lau Hoe Chai	Saraswathy Kandasami	Vacant
Vacant	Mujahid Yusof Rawa (Perak)	Shamsuddin Abd Ghaffar (Perak)				Md Nasir Hashim	Fuziah Salleh	Vacant
Vacant	Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz (Kelantan)	Wan Martina Wan Yusoff (Kelantan)				Ti Lian Ker	Amir Hamzah Azizan	Vacant
Vacant	Ahmad Azam Hamzah (Negeri Sembilan)	Kesavadas Achyuthan Nair (Negeri Sembilan)	H		A	Nur Jazlan Mohamed (Deputy President)	Mohd Na'im Mokhtar	Vacant
Vacant	Selangor	Selangor				P194 Petra Jaya (Deputy Prime Minister)	Zambry Abd Kadir	Vacant
Vacant	Seruandi Saad (Perlis)	Aziz Ariffin (Perlis)				P075 Bagan Datuk (Deputy Prime Minister)	Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz	Vacant
Vacant	Hussin Ismail (Terengganu)	Husain Awang (Terengganu)		Secretary		P063 Tambun (Prime Minister)	Saifuddin Nasution Ismail	Vacant
				President (At-large)

• The seating arrangement is viewable at the official website of the Parliament.^[2]

Incumbent members

Senator	Party		State	Term	Term start	Term end	Remarks
Elected by State Legislative Assemblies
BN 11 | PH 5 | PN 6 | GPS 2 | GRS 1 VAC 2 (Selangor 2)
Abdul Halim Suleiman		BN (UMNO)	Johor	First
Abdul Nasir Idris		PN (PAS)	Kedah	First
Ahmad Azam Hamzah		PH (PKR)	Negeri Sembilan	Second			Members of the Senate Committee of Selection
Ahmad Ibrahim		GPS (PBB)	Sarawak	First
Ajis Sitin		BN (UMNO)	Pahang	First
Amir Md Ghazali		PH (PKR)	Penang	First			Member of the Senate Committee of Privileges
Aziz Ariffin		BN (UMNO)	Perlis	First			Member of the Senate Committee of Privileges
Bobbey Ah Fang Suan		GRS (GAGASAN)	Sabah	Second
Husain Awang		PN (PAS)	Terengganu	Second			Member of Senate House Committee
Hussin Ismail		PN (PAS)	Terengganu	First
Juhanis Abdul Aziz		BN (UMNO)	Pahang	First
Kesavadas Achyuthan Nair		PH (DAP)	Negeri Sembilan	Second			Members of the Senate Committee of Selection
Koh Nai Kwong		BN (MCA)	Malacca	Second
Lim Pay Hen		BN (MCA)	Johor	Second
Lingeshwaran R. Arunasalam		PH (DAP)	Penang	First
Mujahid Yusof Rawa		PH (AMANAH)	Perak	First
Musoddak Ahmad		PN (PAS)	Kedah	First
Mustafa Musa		BN (UMNO)	Malacca	First
Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz		PN (PAS)	Kelantan	First
Noraini Idris		BN (UMNO)	Sabah	First			Member of Senate House Committee
Michael Mujah Lihan		GPS (PBB)	Sarawak	First
Seruandi Saad		BN (UMNO)	Perlis	First
Shamsuddin Abdul Ghafar		BN (UMNO)	Perak	First
Wan Martina Wan Yusoff[3] [4]		PN (PAS)	Kelantan	First
Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
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Notes and References

1. Web site: Senate Statistics . 2018-08-04 . Parliament of Malaysia.
2. Web site: Representatives Seating Arrangement Of Members Of The Senate. Parliament of Malaysia.
3. News: 24 August 2021 . Dr Wan Martina dipilih sebagai Senator wakili Kelantan . 25 August 2021.
4. News: 24 August 2021 . Kelantan State Assembly elects Dr Wan Martina as senator . 25 August 2021.