Datok Keramat (state constituency)

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Datok Keramat
Flag of Penang.svg Penang constituency
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Datok Keramat (olive) on Penang
State constituency
Legislature Penang State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Jagdeep Singh Deo
PH
Constituency created1974
First contested1974
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Electors (2023) [1] 26,791
Area (km²) [2] 3

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.

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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. Since 2008, 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).

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Datok Keramat constituency is divided into 9 polling districts. [3]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Datok Keramat (N29)Jalan York050/29/01SMJK Union
Sekolah Free050/29/02SMK Penang Free
Taman Sekolah Free050/29/03SJK (C) Han Chiang
Taman Abdidin050/29/04SJK (C) Sum Sun
Jalan Perak050/29/05Sekolah Jepun Pulau Pinang
Caunter Hall050/29/06SMK Abdullah Munshi
City Stadium050/29/07SMK (P) Sri Mutiara
Kampong Makam050/29/08SJK (C) Tong Sian
Jalan Kajang050/29/09SJK (C) Convent Datuk Keramat

This state seat encompasses the western part of George Town's city centre, including much of Dato Keramat Road, from where the constituency got its name. [4] Also located within the Datok Keramat seat are some of the city's major landmarks and institutions, such as the City Stadium, Penang Free School and The Residency, the latter of which is the official residence of the governor of Penang.

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.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Datok Keramat's electorate as of 2023 [5]
  1. Chinese (55.44%)
  2. Malay (27%)
  3. Indian (16.54%)
  4. Other ethnicities (1.03%)

History

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Datok Keramat
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Tanjong Barat
4th 1974 – 1978Teh Ewe LimBN (GERAKAN)
5th 1978 – 1982
6th 1982 – 1986
7th 1986 – 1990Ooi Ean Kwong
8th 1990 – 1995K. Balasundaram GR ( DAP )
9th 1995 – 1999 Lim Boo Chang BN (GERAKAN)
10th 1999 – 2004BN (MCA) [7]
11th 2004 – 2008Ong Thean LyeBN (GERAKAN)
12th 2008 – 2013 Jagdeep Singh Deo PR (DAP)
13th 2013 – 2018
14th 2018 – 2023PH (DAP)
15th2023–present

Election results

The electoral results for the Datok Keramat state constituency in 2008, 2013 and 2018 are as follows.

Penang state election, 2023
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PH Jagdeep Singh Deo 13,39872.60Decrease2.svg 2.70
PN Heng See Lin5,05427.40Increase2.svg 27.40
Total valid votes18,452 100.00
Total rejected ballots152
Unreturned ballots31
Turnout18,63569.56Decrease2.svg 12.24
Registered electors26,791
Majority8,34445.20Decrease2.svg 7.30
PH hold Swing
Penang state election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PH Jagdeep Singh Deo 13,71275.30Increase2.svg 75.30
BN Lee Boon Ten4,15122.80Decrease2.svg 13.60
Malaysian United Party Lim Boo Chang 1941.10Increase2.svg 1.10
Independent Muhammad Majnun Abdul Wahab1460.80Increase2.svg 0.80
Penang Front Party Nicholas Diane Morgan180.00
Total valid votes18,221100.00
Total rejected ballots216
Unreturned ballots67
Turnout18,50481.80Decrease2.svg 4.00
Registered electors22,630
Majority9,56152.50Increase2.svg 25.30
PH hold Swing
Source(s)

"His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 252/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[ permanent dead link ]

"Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 326/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
Penang state election, 2013
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
DAP Jagdeep Singh Deo 11,72063.60Increase2.svg 7.00
BN Ong Thean Lye6,70036.40Decrease2.svg 7.00
Total valid votes18,420 100.00
Total rejected ballots274
Unreturned ballots92
Turnout18,78685.80Increase2.svg 9.20
Registered electors21,900
Majority5,02027.20Increase2.svg 14.00
DAP hold Swing
Penang state election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes %
DAP Jagdeep Singh Deo 7,99556.60
BN Ong Thean Lye6,14043.40
Independent Shahul Hameed M.K. Mohamed Ishack00.00
Total valid votes14,135 100.00
Total rejected ballots308
Unreturned ballots1
Turnout14,44476.60
Registered electors18,852
Majority1,85513.20
DAP gain from BN Swing ?

See also

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia . Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21.