Sungai Acheh (state constituency) explained

Sungai Acheh
State:Penang
State-Rep:Rashidi Zinol
State-Rep-Party:Barisan Nasional
State-Status:active
State-Created:1974
State-Election-First:1974
State-Election-Last:2023
Demo-Electors:26,095
Demo-Electors-Date:2023
Demo-Electors-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area:38
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]

Sungai Acheh 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.

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Sungai Acheh constituency is divided into 7 polling districts.[4]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Sungai Acheh (N21)Sungai Udang047/21/01Madrasah Al-Irsyadiah Sungai Acheh
Sungai Setar047/21/02SK Sungai Setar
Sungai Acheh047/21/03SK Sungai Acheh
Sungai Bakau047/21/04SK Sungai Bakau
Tanjong Berembang047/21/05SMK Sungai Acheh
Permatang To' Mahat047/21/06SK Permatang Tok Mahat
Tamam Transkrian047/21/07SMK Saujana Indah

Demographics

Total electors by polling district in 2016!Polling district!Electors
Sungai Udang2,268
Sungai Setar1,414
Sungai Acheh3,039
Sungai Bakau1,436
Tanjong Berembang987
Permatang To'Mahat4,469
Taman Transkrian2,588
Total16,201
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[5]

History

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Sungai Acheh
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Nibong Tebal
4th1974 – 1978Ahmad Salleh
5th1978 – 1982
6th1982 – 1986
7th1986 – 1990Ragayah Ariff
8th1990 – 1995Ibrahim Yaakob
9th1995 – 1999Abd. Rashid Abdullah
10th1999 – 2004
11th2004 – 2008Mohammad Foad Mat Isa
12th2008 – 2013Mahmud Zakaria
13th2013 – 2018
14th2018 – 2020Zulkifli Ibrahim
2020 – 2023
2023Vacant[6]
15th2023 – presentRashidi Zinol

See also

Notes

  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.
  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.
  3. Web site: Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160424120924/http://www.spr.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=74= . 2016-04-24 .
  4. 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.
  5. 2018. Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 1.
  6. Vacant from 6 March 2023 until the 2023 state election due to the incumbent was vacated from his seat in an approved motion in the Penang State Assembly along with 3 other BERSATU assemblymen.

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