Amar Pritpal Abdullah Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Yang Berbahagia Dato' Dr.
Amar Pritpal Abdullah
Native Name:	ਅਮਰ ਪ੍ਰਿਤਪਾਲ ਅਬਦੁੱਲਾ / عمار ڤريتڤل عبد الله
Native Name Lang:	pb
Birth Name:	Pritpal Singh a/l Amar Singh
Birth Date:	13 June 1959^[1]
Birth Place:	Penang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Office:	Deputy Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly
Term Start:	2 August 2018
Term End:	28 June 2023
Governor:	Abdul Rahman Abbas Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak
1Blankname:	Chief Minister
1Namedata:	Chow Kon Yeow
2Blankname:	Speaker
2Namedata:	Law Choo Kiang
Predecessor:	Maktar Shapee
Successor:	Azrul Mahathir Aziz
Constituency:	Sungai Bakap
Constituency Am1:	Sungai Bakap
Assembly1:	Penang State Legislative
Term Start1:	9 May 2018
Term End1:	12 August 2023
Predecessor1:	Maktar Shapee (PR–PKR)
Successor1:	Nor Zamri Latiff (PN–PAS)
Majority1:	2,348 (2018)
Office2:	Faction represented in Penang State Legislative Assembly
Subterm2:	2018–2023
Suboffice2:	Pakatan Harapan
Citizenship:	Malaysian
Party:	People's Justice Party (PKR)
Otherparty:	Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Occupation:	Politician
Alma Mater:	Mangalore University

Amar Pritpal bin Abdullah (born 13 June 1959) is a Malaysian politician who served as Deputy Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly from August 2018 to June 2023 and Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Bakap from May 2018 to August 2023. He is a member and Division Chief of Nibong Tebal of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.

Election results

Year!
Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout%
2018	N20 Sungai Bakap		(PKR)	10,386	45.57%			Mohamed Sani Bakar (UMNO)	8,038	35.26%	23,217	2,348	87.10%
						Osman Jaafar (PAS)	4,316	18.93%
		bgcolor=				Tan Joon Long @ Tan Chow Kang (PRM)	55	0.24%