Sabah State Legislative Assembly
Sabah State Legislative Assembly Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah | |
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| 17th Assembly | |
Insignia of Sabah State Legislative Assembly: azure, a mace in pale proper between the numbers 19 in dexter and 63 in sinister and in base the letters SABAH sable. | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 1963 as Majlis Undangan 25 September 1976 as Dewan Undangan Negeri |
| Leadership | |
Yang di-Pertua Negeri | Musa Aman since 1 January 2025 |
Speaker | |
Deputy Speaker I | Al Hambra Juhar, Independent since 19 June 2023 |
Deputy Speaker II | Richard Yong We Kong, SAPP since 19 June 2023 |
Opposition Leader | |
Secretary | Rafidah binti Maqbool Rahman |
Deputy Secretary | Mohd Jayreh bin Jaya |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 73 elected and up to 6 nominated |
Political groups | As of 24 January 2026
Government (54) Opposition (25)
Speaker (1)
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| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 29 November 2025 |
Next election | 9 February 2031 |
| Meeting place | |
| Sabah State Legislative Assembly Building, Likas, Kota Kinabalu | |
| Website | |
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The Sabah State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah) is a part of the legislature of Sabah, Malaysia, the other being the governor of Sabah. The assembly meets at the Sabah Legislative Assembly Building at Likas in the state capital of Kota Kinabalu.
This unicameral legislature currently has 73 seats representing state constituencies elected through a first-past-the-post electoral system across the state.
Like at the federal level in Malaysia, Sabah uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are elected to the legislative assembly through general elections, from which the chief minister and the cabinet are appointed based on majority support. The chief minister is head of government, while the governor acts as head of state. The largest party not forming the government is known as the official opposition, its leader being recognised as leader of the opposition by the speaker.
Members of the assembly refer to themselves as "Members of the Legislative Assembly" (MLAs) and sometimes as "state assemblymen".
The most recent assembly was elected on 29 November 2025. 73 members were elected into the 17th Sabah Legislative Assembly.