| Datok Keramat | |
| State: | Penang |
| State-Rep: | Jagdeep Singh Deo |
| State-Rep-Party: | Pakatan Harapan |
| State-Status: | active |
| State-Created: | 1974 |
| State-Election-First: | 1974 |
| State-Election-Last: | 2023 |
| Demo-Electors: | 26,791 |
| Demo-Electors-Date: | 2023 |
| Demo-Electors-Ref: | [1] |
| Demo-Area: | 3 |
| Demo-Area-Ref: | [2] |
Datok Keramat is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly since 1974. It covers a part of George Town proper, including the eponymous urban district colloquially known as Dato Keramat.
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 Sungai Pinang is Jagdeep Singh Deo from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).
According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Datok Keramat constituency is divided into 9 polling districts.[3]
| State constituency | Polling districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Datok Keramat (N29) | Jalan York | 050/29/01 | SMK Union |
| Sekolah Free | 050/29/02 | SMK Penang Free | |
| Taman Sekolah Free | 050/29/03 | SJK (C) Han Chiang | |
| Taman Abdidin | 050/29/04 | SJK (C) Sum Sun | |
| Jalan Perak | 050/29/05 | Sekolah Jepun Pulau Pinang | |
| Caunter Hall | 050/29/06 | SMK Abdullah Munshi | |
| City Stadium | 050/29/07 | SMK (P) Sri Mutiara | |
| Kampong Makam | 050/29/08 | SJK (C) Tong Sian | |
| Jalan Kajang | 050/29/09 | SJK (C) Convent Datuk Keramat |
The Datok Keramat state constituency is bounded to the north by Western Road (now Jalan Utama) and Dato Keramat Road. However, it stops just short of Penang Times Square, which comes under the neighbouring Komtar constituency. To the south, the constituency extends up to Free School Road just south of Penang Free School, thus covering the residential area around the historic school and east of Green Lane. Both Green Lane and Scotland Road also form the constituency's western limits.
| Caunter Hall | 2,281 | |
| City Stadium | 2,388 | |
| Jalan Kajang | 1,503 | |
| Jalan Perak | 3,805 | |
| Jalan York | 1,803 | |
| Kampong Makam | 2,778 | |
| Sekolah Free | 1,891 | |
| Taman Sekolah Free | 3,685 | |
| Taman Abidin | 1,900 | |
| Total | 22,034 | |
| Source: Malaysian Election Commission[5] | ||
| Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Datok Keramat | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Tanjong Barat | |||
| 4th | 1974 – 1978 | Teh Ewe Lim | |
| 5th | 1978 – 1982 | ||
| 6th | 1982 – 1986 | ||
| 7th | 1986 – 1990 | Ooi Ean Kwong | |
| 8th | 1990 – 1995 | K. Balasundaram | |
| 9th | 1995 – 1999 | Lim Boo Chang | |
| 10th | 1999 – 2004 | [6] | |
| 11th | 2004 – 2008 | Ong Thean Lye | |
| 12th | 2008 – 2013 | Jagdeep Singh Deo | |
| 13th | 2013 – 2018 | ||
| 14th | 2018 – 2023 | ||
| 15th | 2023–present | ||
The electoral results for the Datok Keramat state constituency in 2008, 2013 and 2018 are as follows.
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. Election Commission of Malaysia. 2016-05-21.