Perai (state constituency)
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State constituency | |||
Legislature | Penang State Legislative Assembly | ||
MLA |
PH | ||
Constituency created | 1986 (as Prai) | ||
First contested | 1986 | ||
Last contested | 2018 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors (2018)[1] | 17,032 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 11 |
Perai is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly.[3]
The state constituency was first contested in 2004 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Penang State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Perai is Ramasamy Palanisamy from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).[4]
Definition[]
The Perai constituency contains the polling districts of Taman Indrawasih, Taman Chai Leng, Perai, Taman Perai, Taman Supreme and Taman Kimsar.[5]
Demographics[]
Polling district | Electors |
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Taman Indrawasih | 4,233 |
Taman Chai Leng | 3,224 |
Perai | 2,268 |
Taman Perai | 999 |
Taman Supreme | 2,937 |
Taman Kimsar | 2,403 |
Total | 16,064 |
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[7] |
History[]
Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Perai | |||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Bagan Dalam | |||
1986 – 1990 | N Shanmugam | DAP | |
1990 – 1991 | S. Asamaley[8] | ||
1991 – 1995 | V Muthusamy | BN (MIC) | |
1995 – 1999 | Rajapathy Kuppusamy | ||
1999 – 2004 | |||
2004 – 2008 | |||
12th | 2008 – 2013 | Ramasamy Palanisamy | PR (DAP) |
13th | 2013 – 2018 | ||
14th | 2018 – | PH (DAP) |
Election results[]
The electoral results for the Perai state constituency in 2008, 2013 and 2018 are as follows.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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PH | Ramasamy Palanisamy | 11,243 | 82.5 | |||
BN | Suresh Muniandy | 2,194 | 16.1 | |||
PFP | Ooi Khar Giap | 104 | 0.8 | |||
PRM | Samuganathan Muniandy | 37 | 0.2 | |||
PAP | Asoghan Govindaraju | 33 | 0.2 | |||
Independent | Kumary Retnam | 23 | 0.2 | |||
Total valid votes | 13,634 | 100.0 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 168 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 17 | |||||
Turnout | 13,819 | 81.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 17,032 | |||||
Majority | 9,049 | |||||
PH hold | Swing | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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DAP | Ramasamy Palanisamy | 10,549 | 79.2 | |||
BN | Krishnan Letchumanan | 2,590 | 19.4 | |||
Independent | Muhammad Ridhwan Sulaiman | 184 | 1.4 | |||
Total valid votes | 13,323 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 142 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 13,465 | 83.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,058 | |||||
Majority | 7,959 | |||||
DAP hold | Swing | |||||
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Source(s) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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DAP | Ramasamy Palanisamy | 7,668 | 73.2 | |||
BN | Krishnan Letchumanan | 2,492 | 23.8 | |||
Independent | Ulaganathan Ramasamy | 311 | 3.0 | |||
Total valid votes | 10,471 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 180 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 10,651 | 75.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,124 | |||||
Majority | 4,241 | |||||
DAP gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
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See also[]
- Constituencies of Penang
References[]
- ^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
- ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24.
- ^ https://election.thestar.com.my/penang.html
- ^ "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
- ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Penang". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ "Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018" (PDF). Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
- ^ https://bibliotheca.limkitsiang.com/1991/07/07/dap-announces-sdr-karpal-singh-as-its-candidate-in-the-prai-by-election/
- ^ https://undi.info/penang/r18/n16
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