This is a list of federal and state electoral districts within the Malaysian state of Penang. The state sends 13 representatives to the Malaysian federal Parliament and is divided into 40 state constituencies, each of which elects a single member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly. The state constituencies are denoted by Nxx, whereas the federal constituencies are denoted by Pxxx.[1][2] Each federal constituency consists of three to four state constituencies.[3]
Electoral demographics
editSeberang Perai
editThe city of Seberang Perai, which encompasses the mainland half of Penang, sends 21 representatives to the Penang State Legislative Assembly and 7 Members of Parliament. The ethnicity that formed the plurality within each constituency is highlighted in bold.
| Federal constituency | State constituency | Population | Registered voters | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (2020)[4] | Malay (%) | Chinese (%) | Indian (%) | Total (2023)[5] | Malay (%) | Chinese (%) | Indian (%) | ||
| P041 Kepala Batas | N01 Penaga | 28,207 | 94.9 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 25,468 | 93.0 | 6.3 | 0.4 |
| N02 Bertam | 25,194 | 70.7 | 16.4 | 5.2 | 23,999 | 68.9 | 21.8 | 8.7 | |
| N03 Pinang Tunggal | 63,642 | 83.4 | 7.9 | 4.2 | 34,723 | 78.8 | 17.1 | 3.7 | |
| P042 Tasek Gelugor | N04 Permatang Berangan | 39,561 | 87.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 28,519 | 86.7 | 6.3 | 6.6 |
| N05 Sungai Dua | 37,508 | 74.9 | 20.8 | 2.9 | 28,100 | 81.1 | 16.0 | 2.4 | |
| N06 Telok Ayer Tawar | 29,830 | 60.2 | 26.6 | 8.3 | 24,784 | 64.8 | 23.8 | 10.1 | |
| P043 Bagan | N07 Sungai Puyu | 49,443 | 17.8 | 67.7 | 7.3 | 35,904 | 8.4 | 83.1 | 8.1 |
| N08 Bagan Jermal | 34,358 | 21.0 | 55.5 | 14.2 | 32,529 | 16.0 | 66.7 | 16.7 | |
| N09 Bagan Dalam | 28,911 | 21.3 | 54.3 | 15.4 | 21,221 | 23.0 | 49.7 | 26.5 | |
| P044 Permatang Pauh | N10 Seberang Jaya | 93,836 | 68.7 | 13.6 | 7.2 | 49,215 | 68.5 | 18.3 | 12.1 |
| N11 Permatang Pasir | 34,309 | 76.6 | 17.7 | 3.8 | 30,464 | 75.4 | 22.1 | 2.1 | |
| N12 Penanti | 31,844 | 83.1 | 14.2 | 1.2 | 28,170 | 79.8 | 17.8 | 1.7 | |
| P045 Bukit Mertajam | N13 Berapit | 28,128 | 10.8 | 69.9 | 9.4 | 29,076 | 5.1 | 83.6 | 10.8 |
| N14 Machang Bubuk | 95,164 | 32.8 | 50.5 | 10.8 | 56,538 | 35.2 | 51.4 | 12.7 | |
| N15 Padang Lalang | 39,655 | 21.0 | 67.9 | 8.0 | 36,001 | 12.9 | 78.4 | 8.2 | |
| P046 Batu Kawan | N16 Perai | 26,435 | 21.8 | 37.3 | 25.7 | 20,479 | 13.3 | 49.9 | 35.6 |
| N17 Bukit Tengah | 76,060 | 28.3 | 30.0 | 9.5 | 31,635 | 36.1 | 46.1 | 16.8 | |
| N18 Bukit Tambun | 61,973 | 25.6 | 41.3 | 16.9 | 37,496 | 17.7 | 62.5 | 19.3 | |
| P047 Nibong Tebal | N19 Jawi | 37,397 | 29.7 | 44.2 | 23.6 | 36,601 | 21.3 | 52.6 | 25.6 |
| N20 Sungai Bakap | 56,802 | 56.1 | 27.3 | 15.0 | 38,409 | 59.4 | 22.5 | 17.4 | |
| N21 Sungai Acheh | 27,835 | 62.3 | 27.7 | 8.2 | 26,095 | 63.8 | 27.7 | 7.6 | |
George Town
editThe city of George Town, which encompasses Penang Island and the surrounding islets, sends 19 representatives to the Penang State Legislative Assembly and 6 Members of Parliament. The ethnicity that formed the plurality within each constituency is highlighted in bold.
| Federal constituency | State constituency | Population | Registered voters | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (2020)[4] | Malay (%) | Chinese (%) | Indian (%) | Total (2023)[5] | Malay (%) | Chinese (%) | Indian (%) | ||
| P048 Bukit Bendera | N22 Tanjong Bunga | 47,717 | 20.8 | 55.7 | 8.6 | 29,477 | 25.9 | 59.5 | 12.1 |
| N23 Air Putih | 14,744 | 11.2 | 74.8 | 8.8 | 15,371 | 9.9 | 80.0 | 9.4 | |
| N24 Kebun Bunga | 28,278 | 10.3 | 68.3 | 13.2 | 24,532 | 7.2 | 75.0 | 16.9 | |
| N25 Pulau Tikus | 33,088 | 13.0 | 60.2 | 7.2 | 23,257 | 13.7 | 75.2 | 8.6 | |
| P049 Tanjong | N26 Padang Kota | 5,900 | 23.6 | 38.0 | 11.9 | 15,165 | 8.0 | 72.6 | 18.5 |
| N27 Pengkalan Kota | 21,083 | 9.3 | 57.1 | 7.8 | 21,568 | 2.1 | 89.3 | 8.2 | |
| N28 Komtar | 7,826 | 10.5 | 48.3 | 7.0 | 15,532 | 12.2 | 77.8 | 8.9 | |
| P050 Jelutong | N29 Datok Keramat | 23,329 | 30.5 | 55.5 | 9.6 | 26,791 | 27.0 | 55.4 | 16.5 |
| N30 Sungai Pinang | 55,462 | 33.9 | 46.8 | 12.6 | 34,416 | 30.7 | 48.2 | 20.2 | |
| N31 Batu Lancang | 34,934 | 8.0 | 83.9 | 5.2 | 33,106 | 6.6 | 84.3 | 8.3 | |
| P051 Bukit Gelugor | N32 Seri Delima | 38,045 | 25.4 | 61.2 | 7.2 | 31,574 | 22.1 | 64.6 | 12.4 |
| N33 Air Itam | 27,678 | 23.6 | 58.9 | 8.6 | 23,085 | 23.3 | 64.9 | 11.1 | |
| N34 Paya Terubong | 135,282 | 17.3 | 60.1 | 9.4 | 62,734 | 7.8 | 77.6 | 13.8 | |
| P052 Bayan Baru | N35 Batu Uban | 83,879 | 31.9 | 48.0 | 9.4 | 43,529 | 25.4 | 58.7 | 14.7 |
| N36 Pantai Jerejak | 41,556 | 36.1 | 47.2 | 8.8 | 29,890 | 35.8 | 50.6 | 12.5 | |
| N37 Batu Maung | 63,168 | 47.0 | 34.9 | 6.9 | 47,226 | 53.1 | 36.2 | 9.5 | |
| P053 Balik Pulau | N38 Bayan Lepas | 85,321 | 54.7 | 36.0 | 4.8 | 39,754 | 63.2 | 30.2 | 5.7 |
| N39 Pulau Betong | 27,310 | 72.5 | 22.2 | 3.4 | 23,838 | 66.3 | 28.4 | 4.3 | |
| N40 Telok Bahang | 19,713 | 75.8 | 20.5 | 2.3 | 17,927 | 68.1 | 27.6 | 3.6 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Penang State Legislative Assemblymen and Seating Arrangement" (PDF). Penang State Legislative Assembly.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Story Map Journal". Retrieved 2017-04-22.
- ^ a b "Key Findings of Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2020" (pdf) (in Malay and English). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. ISBN 978-967-2000-85-3.
- ^ a b "Undi.info". undi.info. Retrieved 2023-12-01.