Sungai Puyu (state constituency)

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Sungai Puyu
Penang constituency
State constituency
LegislaturePenang State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Phee Boon Poh
PH
Constituency created1995
First contested1995
Last contested2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]27,671
Area (km²)[2]7

Sungai Puyu is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly.[3]

Since 2004 The State Assemblyman for Sungai Puyu is Phee Boon Poh from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).[4]

Definition[]

The Sungai Puyu constituency contains the polling districts of 8 polling districts.[5]

State constituency Polling districts Code hideLocation
Sungai Puyu (N07) Bagan Ajam 043/07/01 SK Bagan Ajam
Permatang Tengah 043/07/02 SMJK Chung Ling Butterworth
Sungai Puyu 043/07/03 SK Sungai Puyu
Kampong Bahru 043/07/04 SMK Bagan Jaya
Bagan Lalang 043/07/05 SK Sungai Puyu
Taman Merbau 043/07/06 SK Bagan Ajam
Taman Dedap 043/07/07 SMJK Chung Ling Butterworth
Taman Bunga Tanjung 043/07/08 SMK Bagan Jaya

Demographics[]

Ethnic breakdown of Sungai Puyu's electorate as of 2018[6]

  Malay (6.42%)
  Chinese (85.87%)
  Indian (7.47%)
  East Malaysian Bumiputeras (0.04%)
  Other ethnicities (0.19%)
Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district Electors
Bagan Ajam 2,564
Permatang Tengah 3,441
Sungai Puyu 1,810
Kampong Bahru 3,731
Bagan Lalang 3,631
Taman Merbau 3,338
Taman Dedap 4,665
Taman Bunga Tanjung 2,935
Total 26,115
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[7]

History[]

The Sungai Puyu state constituency was created and first contested during the 1995 State Election.

Loo Ah Dee and Lee Ah Lee, politicians from Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) first held the seat from 1995 to 2004. During the 2004 state elections, the constituency was wrested from the Barisan Nasional (BN) federal ruling coalition by Phee Boon Poh, a DAP politician. Phee has held Sungai Puyu since.

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Sungai Puyu
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created from Mak Mandin
1995 – 1999 Loo Ah Dee @ Lee Ah Lee BN (MCA)
1999 – 2004
2004 – 2008 Phee Boon Poh PR (DAP)
12th 2008 – 2013
13th 2013 – 2018
14th 2018 – PH (DAP)

Election results[]

The electoral results for the Sungai Puyu state constituency in 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2018 are as follows.

Penang state election, 2018 hide
Party Candidate Votes %
PH Phee Boon Poh 21,705 90.2
BN Lim Hai Song 2,136 8.9
PRM Tan Lay Hock 101 0.4
MUP Neoh Bok Keng 79 0.3
PFP Ong Yin Yin 51 0.2
Total valid votes 24,072 100.0
Total rejected ballots 137
Unreturned ballots 25
Turnout 24,234 87.8
Registered electors 27,671
Majority 19,569
PH hold Swing
Source(s)
Penang state election, 2013 hide
Party Candidate Votes %
DAP Phee Boon Poh 19,381 85.9
BN Sum Yoo Keong 3,174 14.1
Total valid votes 22,555 100.00
Total rejected ballots 174
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 22,729 89.9
Registered electors 25,282
Majority 16,207
DAP hold Swing
Penang state election, 2008 hide
Party Candidate Votes %
DAP Phee Boon Poh 13,025 77.3
BN Tay Lay Cheng 3,824 22.7
Total valid votes 16,849 100.00
Total rejected ballots 210
Unreturned ballots 2
Turnout 17,061 82.4
Registered electors 20,708
Majority 9,201
DAP hold Swing
Source(s)
hide
Party Candidate Votes %
DAP Phee Boon Poh 7,808 52.0
BN Loo Ah Dee 7,201 48.0
Total valid votes 15,009 100.00
Total rejected ballots 299
Unreturned ballots 1
Turnout 15,309 80.5
Registered electors 19,009
Majority 607
DAP gain from BN Swing ?
Source(s)

See also[]

  • Constituencies of Penang

References[]

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