Penggaram (state constituency) explained

Penggaram
State:Johor
State-Rep:Gan Peck Cheng
State-Rep-Party:Pakatan Harapan
State-Status:active
State-Created:1984
State-Election-First:1986
State-Election-Last:2022
Demo-Census-Date:2020
Demo-Pop:92,223
Demo-Electors:69092
Demo-Electors-Date:2022
Demo-Area:30

Penggaram is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 1984 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Penggaram constituency has a total of 18 polling districts.[2]

State constituencyPolling DistrictCodeLocation
Penggaram (N23)Parit Bilal150/23/01SK Parit Bilal
Linau150/23/02SA Bukit Pasir
Bakau Condong150/23/03SK Parit Lapis
Bukit Pasir150/23/04SJK (C) Chern Hwa Bukit Pasir
Bakau Condong Barat150/23/05SK Convent
Kampung Kenangan Dato' Onn150/23/06SA Kenangan Dato' Onn
Gunung Soga150/23/07SJK (T) Seri Pelangi Gunung Soga
Kampong Merdeka Timor150/23/08SMK Datin Onn Jaaffar
Kampong Merdeka Barat150/23/09Taman Kanak-Kanak Dawning
Jalan Zabedah Barat150/23/10Tadika Agape
Jalan Abu Bakar150/23/11
  • SJK (C) Ai Chun (1)
  • SJK (C) Ai Chun (2)
Jalan Zabedah Timor150/23/12SMK (P) Temenggong Ibrahim
Simpang Rantai150/23/13SK Temenggong Ibrahim Penggaram
Bentara Luar150/23/14SMK Dato' Bentara Luar
Bukit Bendera150/23/15SMK Dato' Syed Esa
Taman Soga150/23/16SMK Tinggi Batu Pahat
Kampung Istana150/23/17SA Kampung Istana
Taman Murni150/23/18SRA Bersepadu Batu Pahat

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Penggaram
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created from Bandar Penggaram
7th 1986-1990Chua Soi Lek (蔡细历)
8th 1990-1995
9th 1995-1999
10th 1999-2004
11th 2004-2008Koh Chee Chai
12th 2008-2013
13th2013-2018Gan Peck Cheng (颜碧贞)
14th2018-2022
15th2022–present

Notes and References

  1. News: Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14). The Star. Petaling Jaya. 23 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081855/https://election.thestar.com.my/johor.html. 11 May 2018. live. 16 April 2019.
  2. Web site: 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. 2018-03-30. Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia.