Constituencies of Penang

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An animated electoral map of Penang, depicting the political shifts between 1995 and 2018.
  Pakatan Harapan（since 2018）
  Barisan Nasional
  DAP
  PKR/KeADILan
  PAS

Constituencies in Penang are electoral divisions within the Malaysian state of Penang, of which there are two types. There are 13 Parliamentary Constituencies within the state, with each Parliamentary Constituency electing a single Member of Parliament into the Federal Parliament of Malaysia.[1][2] Penang is also divided into 40 State Constituencies, with each State Constituency electing a single State Assemblyman into the Penang State Legislative Assembly.[3]

The electoral divisions within Penang are arranged in such a way that a single Parliamentary Constituency contains between three and four State Constituencies.[4] Parliamentary Constituencies are denoted by Pxxx, whereas State Constituencies are denoted by Nxx.

List of Parliamentary and State Constituencies[]

See also: 2018 Penang state election

The Parliamentary and State Constituencies won by each political party as of 2018 are as follows.[2][4][5] Note that the map is colour-coded to depict the incumbent party in every State Constituency. Parliamentary Constituencies are in red upper case lettering, whilst State Constituencies are in blue letters.

Map Political coalition Number of Parliamentary Constituencies Number of State Constituencies
Component party
Pakatan Harapan Logo.svg
Pakatan Harapan 		11 37
Democratic Action Party Logo.svg
Democratic Action Party (DAP) 		7 19
Parti Keadilan Rakyat logo.svg
People's Justice Party (PKR) 		4 14
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Bersatu) 0 2
Parti Amanah Negara Flag.svg
National Trust Party (Amanah) 		0 2
Barisan Nasional 2 2
UMNO (Malaysia).svg
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) 		2 2
Gagasan Sejahtera 0 1
PAS logo.svg
Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) 		0 1
Total 13 40

The Parliamentary and State Constituencies within the State of Penang as of 2021 are further listed below, along with the respective Members of Parliament and State Assemblymen.[1][3][5]

Seberang Perai[]

No. Parliamentary
Constituency 		Member Party No. State Constituency Member Party
P41 Kepala Batas Reezal Merican Naina Merican UMNO N01 Penaga Mohd Yusni Mat Piah PAS
N02 Bertam Khaliq Mehtab Mohd. Ishaq BERSATU
N03 Pinang Tunggal Ahmad Zakiyuddin Abdul Rahman PKR
P42 Tasek Gelugor Shabudin Yahaya BERSATU N04 Permatang Berangan Nor Hafizah Othman UMNO
N05 Sungai Dua Muhamad Yusoff Mohd Noor UMNO
N06 Telok Ayer Tawar Mustapha Kamal Ahmad PKR
P43 Bagan Lim Guan Eng DAP N07 Sungai Puyu Phee Boon Poh DAP
N08 Bagan Jermal Soon Lip Chee DAP
N09 Bagan Dalam Satees Muniandy DAP
P44 Permatang Pauh Nurul Izzah Anwar PKR N10 Seberang Jaya Afif Bahardin BERSATU
N11 Permatang Pasir Muhammad Faiz Mohamed Fadzil AMANAH
N12 Penanti Norlela Ariffin PKR
P45 Bukit Mertajam Steven Sim Chee Keong DAP N13 Berapit Heng Lee Lee DAP
N14 Machang Bubok Lee Khai Loon PKR
N15 Padang Lalang Chong Eng DAP
P46 Batu Kawan Kasthuriraani Patto DAP N16 Perai Ramasamy Palanisamy DAP
N17 Bukit Tengah Gooi Hsiao Leung PKR
N18 Bukit Tambun Goh Choon Aik PKR
P47 Nibong Tebal Mansor Othman BERSATU N19 Jawi H’ng Mooi Lye DAP
N20 Sungai Bakap Amar Pritpal Abdullah PKR
N21 Sungai Acheh Zulkifli Ibrahim BERSATU

Penang Island[]

No. Parliamentary
Constituency 		Member Party No. State Constituency Member Party
P48 Bukit Bendera Wong Hon Wai DAP N22 Tanjong Bunga Zairil Khir Johari DAP
N23 Air Putih Lim Guan Eng DAP
N24 Kebun Bunga Ong Khan Lee PKR
N25 Pulau Tikus Chris Lee Chun Kit DAP
P49 Tanjong Chow Kon Yeow DAP N26 Padang Kota Chow Kon Yeow DAP
N27 Pengkalan Kota Gooi Zi Sen DAP
N28 Komtar Teh Lai Heng DAP
P50 Jelutong Sanisvara Nethaji Rayer
Rajaji Rayer 		DAP N29 Datok Keramat Jagdeep Singh Deo DAP
N30 Sungai Pinang Lim Siew Khim DAP
N31 Batu Lancang Ong Ah Teong DAP
P51 Bukit Gelugor Ramkarpal Singh DAP N32 Seri Delima Syerleena Abdul Rashid DAP
N33 Air Itam Joseph Ng Soon Seong DAP
N34 Paya Terubong Yeoh Soon Hin DAP
P52 Bayan Baru Sim Tze Tzin PKR N35 Batu Uban Kumaresan Aramugam PKR
N36 Pantai Jerejak Saifuddin Nasution Ismail PKR
N37 Batu Maung Abdul Halim Hussain PKR
P53 Balik Pulau Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik PKR N38 Bayan Lepas Azrul Mahathir Aziz AMANAH
N39 Pulau Betong Mohd.Tuah Ismail PKR
N40 Telok Bahang Zolkifly Md. Lazim BERSATU

Demographics[]

A choropleth map depicting the proportions of Malay and Chinese electorates in each of Penang's state constituencies.
  100% Chinese
  50% Chinese, 50% Malay
  100% Malay

Seberang Perai[]

Parliamentary Constituency Total electorate (2018)[6] Malay electorate (%)[7] Chinese electorate (%)[7] State Constituency Total electorate (2018)[6] Malay electorate (%)[7] Chinese electorate (%)[7]
Kepala Batas 60,523 78.56 17.02 Penaga 19,089 91.92 7.50
Bertam 18,378 67.98 22.81
Pinang Tunggal 23,056 75.92 20.29
Tasek Gelugor 60,850 78.23 14.71 Permatang Berangan 21,120 84.84 7.15
Sungai Dua 20,558 83.01 14.53
Telok Ayer Tawar 19,172 65.80 23.21
Bagan 71,583 13.35 71.27 Sungai Puyu 27,671 6.42 85.87
Bagan Jermal 25,621 14.74 69.36
Bagan Dalam 18,291 21.87 51.85
Permatang Pauh 81,789 71.94 21.41 Seberang Jaya 35,541 66.66 20.76
Permatang Pasir 24,811 74.37 23.75
Penanti 21,437 77.87 19.78
Bukit Mertajam 88,998 19.34 70.36 Berapit 23,779 4.31 85.31
Machang Bubuk 37,260 34.94 53.00
Padang Lalang 27,959 11.35 80.78
Batu Kawan 65,394 20.94 55.87 Perai 17,032 11.56 51.40
Bukit Tengah 22,276 35.52 47.33
Bukit Tambun 26,086 14.61 66.07
Nibong Tebal 73,383 47.70 35.03 Jawi 26,699 19.50 55.43
Sungai Bakap 26,666 61.06 22.18
Sungai Acheh 20,018 67.52 24.95

Penang Island[]

Parliamentary Constituency Total electorate (2018)[6] Malay electorate (%)[7] Chinese electorate (%)[7] State Constituency Total electorate (2018)[6] Malay electorate (%)[7] Chinese electorate (%)[7]
Bukit Bendera 75,069 14.65 72.83 Tanjong Bunga 21,768 26.34 60.33
Air Putih 13,509 9.88 80.83
Kebun Bunga 21,369 7.09 77.05
Pulau Tikus 18,423 13.12 76.82
Tanjong 49,586 5.89 84.17 Padang Kota 14,476 7.28 75.97
Pengkalan Kota 20,069 1.69 92.12
Komtar 15,041 10.17 81.45
Jelutong 76,991 22.62 65.21 Datok Keramat 22,630 28.83 56.53
Sungai Pinang 26,917 33.19 51.56
Batu Lancang 27,444 7.12 85.77
Bukit Gelugor 91,595 14.33 73.86 Seri Delima 25,232 22.31 65.54
Air Itam 19,622 22.68 66.99
Paya Terubong 46,741 6.51 81.24
Bayan Baru 90,780 39.60 48.51 Batu Uban 31,924 25.57 60.42
Pantai Jerejak 23,646 37.25 50.33
Batu Maung 35,210 53.91 36.49
Balik Pulau 59,086 64.90 30.16 Bayan Lepas 26,570 64.41 29.81
Pulau Betong 18,177 64.79 30.53
Telok Bahang 14,339 65.94 30.32

See also[]

References[]

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