| Bertam | |
| State: | Penang |
| State-Rep: | Reezal Merican Naina Merican |
| State-Rep-Party: | Barisan Nasional |
| State-Status: | active |
| State-Abolished: | 1974 |
| State-Election-First: | 1974 |
| State-Election-Last: | 2023 |
| Demo-Electors: | 23,999 |
| Demo-Electors-Date: | 2023 |
| Demo-Electors-Ref: | [1] |
| Demo-Area: | 24 |
| Demo-Area-Ref: | [2] |
Bertam 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.
According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Bertam constituency is divided into 9 polling districts.[4]
| State constituency | Polling districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bertam (N02) | Padang Benggali | 041/02/01 | SA Rakyat Al-Falah Padang Benggali |
| Permatang Berah | 041/02/02 | SJK (C) Aik Keow | |
| Permatang Rambai | 041/02/03 | Al-Madrasatul Ibtidaiyah Permatang Rambai Penaga | |
| Permatang Sintok | 041/02/04 | SK Permatang Sintok | |
| Permatang Pak Elong | 041/03/05 | SJK (C) Sin Chung | |
| Permatang Bertam | 041/02/06 | SK Permatang Bertam | |
| Kepala Batas | 041/02/07 | SK Hashim Awang | |
| Jalan Kedah | 041/02/08 | SJK (C) Pei Yu | |
| Pongsu Seribu | 041/02/09 | SMK Datuk Haji Ahmad Badawi | |
| Padang Benggali | 752 | |
| Permatang Berah | 1,421 | |
| Permatang Rambai | 1,804 | |
| Permatang Sintok | 979 | |
| Permatang Pak Elong | 588 | |
| Permatang Bertam | 2,182 | |
| Kepala Batas | 886 | |
| Jalan Kedah | 3,527 | |
| Pongsu Seribu | 4,482 | |
| Total | 16,621 | |
| Source: Malaysian Election Commission[5] | ||
| Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Bertam | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created from Kepala Batas | ||||
| 4th | 1974–1977 | Ahmad Abdullah | ||
| 1977–1978 | Abdul Rahman Abbas | |||
| 5th | 1978–1982 | |||
| 6th | 1982–1986 | |||
| 7th | 1986–1990 | |||
| 8th | 1990–1995 | |||
| 9th | 1995–1999 | Hilmi Abdul Rashid | ||
| 10th | 1999–2004 | |||
| 11th | 2004–2008 | |||
| 12th | 2008–2013 | Zabariah Abdul Wahab | ||
| 13th | 2013–2018 | Shariful Azhar Othman | ||
| 14th | 2018–2020 | Khaliq Mehtab Mohd Ishaq | ||
| 2020–2023 | ||||
| 2023 | Vacant[6] | |||
| 15th | 2023–present | |||