Permatang Berangan (state constituency)
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State constituency | |||
Legislature | Penang State Legislative Assembly | ||
MLA |
BN | ||
Constituency created | 1995 | ||
First contested | 1995 | ||
Last contested | 2018 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors (2018)[1] | 21,120 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 56 |
Permatang Berangan 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 1995 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 Assemblywoman for Permatang Berangan is Nor Hafizah Othman from Barisan Nasional (BN).
Definition[]
The Permatang Berangan constituency contains the polling districts of Ara Rendang, Pokok Machang, Pokok Tampang, Permatang Berangan, Simpang Tiga, Tasek Gelugor, Jarak, Padang Chempedak, Ara Kuda and Permatang Kerai.[4]
Demographics[]
Polling district | Electors |
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Ara Rendang | 2,556 |
Pokok Machang | 1,998 |
Pokok Tampang | 2,128 |
Permatang Berangan | 1,180 |
Simpang Tiga | 2,472 |
Tasek Gelugor | 2,344 |
Jarak | 2,016 |
Padang Chempedak | 1,786 |
Ara Kuda | 608 |
Permatang Kerai | 1,683 |
Total | 18,771 |
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[6] |
History[]
Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Permatang Berangan | |||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Ara Rendang | |||
1995 – 1999 | Mohd Shariff Omar | BN (UMNO) | |
1999 – 2004 | Abd Ro'ni A. Hasan | ||
2004 – 2008 | Shabudin Yahaya | ||
12th | 2008 – 2013 | ||
13th | 2013 – 2018 | Omar Haji Abd Hamid | |
14th | 2018 – | Nor Hafizah Othman |
Election results[]
The electoral results for the Permatang Berangan state constituency in 2008, 2013 and 2018 are as follows.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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BN | Nor Hafizah Othman | 6,870 | 37.9 | |||
PAS | Mohd Sobri Saleh | 6,224 | 34.3 | |||
PH | Mohd Shariff Omar | 5,021 | 27.7 | |||
PRM | Azman Shah Othman | 24 | 0.1 | |||
Total valid votes | 18,139 | 100.0 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 296 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 187 | |||||
Turnout | 18,622 | 88.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 21,120 | |||||
Majority | 646 | |||||
BN hold | Swing | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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BN | Omar Haji Abdul Hamid | 8,913 | 55.0 | |||
PAS | Arshad Mohammad Saleh | 7,292 | 45.0 | |||
Total valid votes | 16,205 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 247 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 16,452 | 89.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 18,336 | |||||
Majority | 1,621 | |||||
BN hold | Swing | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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BN | Shahbudin Yahya | 7,295 | 57.9 | |||
PAS | Arshad Mohammad Saleh | 5,310 | 42.1 | |||
Total valid votes | 12,605 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 193 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 8 | |||||
Turnout | 12,806 | 84.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,174 | |||||
Majority | 1,985 | |||||
BN hold | 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. 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. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
- ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "undi.info - Permatang Berangan (P42-N4) - Malaysiakini". undi.info - Permatang Berangan (P42-N4).
- Penang state constituencies