Bagan Dalam (state constituency) explained

Bagan Dalam
State:Penang
State-Rep:Kumaran Krishnan
State-Rep-Party:Pakatan Harapan
State-Status:active
State-Created:1974
State-Election-First:1974
State-Election-Last:2023
Demo-Electors:21,221
Demo-Electors-Date:2023
Demo-Electors-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area:7
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]

Bagan Dalam 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 1974 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Penang State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system., the State Assemblyman for Bagan Jermal is Satees Muniandy from Democratic Action Party (DAP), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).[4]

Definition

Polling districts

According to the Federal Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Bagan Dalam constituency is divided into 7 polling districts.[5]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Bagan Dalam (N09)Bagan Luar043/09/01SK St Mark
Telaga Ayer043/09/02SJK (C) Chung Hwa 1
Taman Bagan043/09/03SJK (C) Chung Hwa 2
Kampong Acham043/04/04SK Convent 1, Butterworth
Sekolah St Marks043/40/05SMK Convent Butterworth
Bagan Dalam043/09/06SK Kuala Perai
Jalan Assumption043/09/07SK Sungai Nyior

Demographics

Total electors by polling district in 2016!Polling district!Electors
Bagan Luar1,632
Telaga Ayer3,120
Taman Bagan3,472
Kampong Acham2,217
Sekolah St. Marks2,020
Bagan Dalam3,531
Jalan Assumption2,422
Total18,414
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[6]

History

The Bagan Jermal state constituency was created and first contested during the 1974 State Election. The state constituency was discontinued in 1986 before being reintroduced in 2004.

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Bagan Dalam
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Butterworth
4th1974 – 1978T. Subbiah
5th1978 – 1982
6th1982 – 1986
Constituency abolished, renamed to Prai
Constituency re-created from Perai
11th2004 – 2008Subbaiyah Palaniappan
12th2008 – 2013Tanasekharan Autherapady
13th2013 – 2018
14th2018 – 2023Satees Muniandy
15th2023–presentKumaran Krishnan

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. 2018-04-25. 12. ms. 2018-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425183951/http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/HargaDPIST42017_PRU14.pdf. dead.
  2. 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. Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. 2018-04-15. ms. 2018-04-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20180412212213/http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/Jilid%201%20Kajian%20Semula%20Persempadanan%20V2.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160424120924/http://www.spr.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=74= . 2016-04-24 . dead .
  4. Web site: 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Penang.
  5. Web site: 2018-03-30 . Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018] ]. 2019-01-03 . Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia.
  6. 2018. Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018-05-13. 2018-04-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20180412212213/http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/Jilid%201%20Kajian%20Semula%20Persempadanan%20V2.pdf. dead.