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State constituency | |||
Legislature | Penang State Legislative Assembly | ||
MLA |
PH | ||
Constituency created | 1986 (as Prai) | ||
First contested | 1986 | ||
Last contested | 2023 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors (2023) [1] | 20,479 | ||
Area (km²) [2] | 11 |
Perai 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 2004 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Penang State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2018 [update] , the State Assemblyman for Perai is Ramasamy Palanisamy from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH). [4]
According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023 the Perai constituency is divided into 6 polling districts. [5]
State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
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Perai(N16) | Taman Indrawasih | 046/16/01 | SMK Taman Inderawasih |
Taman Chai Leng | 046/16/02 | SK Taman Inderawasih | |
Perai | 046/16/03 | SJK (T) Perai | |
Taman Perai | 046/16/04 | SK Khir Johari | |
Taman Supreme | 046/16/05 | SMK Prai | |
Taman Kimsar | 046/16/06 | SJK (C) Chung Hwa 3 |
Polling district | Electors |
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Taman Indrawasih | 4,233 |
Taman Chai Leng | 3,224 |
Perai | 2,268 |
Taman Perai | 999 |
Taman Supreme | 2,937 |
Taman Kimsar | 2,403 |
Total | 16,064 |
Source: Malaysian Election Commission [7] |
Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Perai | |||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Bagan Dalam | |||
7th | 1986 – 1990 | Shanmugam Nadason | DAP |
8th | 1990 – 1991 | S. Asamaley [8] | |
1991 – 1995 | Valli Muthusamy | BN (MIC) | |
9th | 1995 – 1999 | Rajapathy Kuppusamy | |
10th | 1999 – 2004 | ||
11th | 2004 – 2008 | ||
12th | 2008 – 2013 | Ramasamy Palanisamy | PR (DAP) |
13th | 2013 – 2018 | ||
14th | 2018 – 2023 | PH (DAP) | |
15th | 2023–present | Sundarajoo Somu |
The electoral results for the Perai state constituency are as follows.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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PH | Sundarajoo Somu | 10,680 | 76.80 | ![]() | ||
PN | Sivasuntaram Rajalinggam | 1,541 | 11.10 | ![]() | ||
Independent | David Marshel Pakianathan | 1,439 | 10.30 | ![]() | ||
MUDA | Vikneswary Harikrishnan | 253 | 1.80 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 13,913 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 120 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 11 | |||||
Turnout | 14,044 | 68.58 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 20,479 | |||||
Majority | 9,139 | 65.70 | ![]() | |||
PH hold | Swing | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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Pakatan Harapan (2018) | Ramasamy Palanisamy | 11,243 | 82.50 | ![]() | ||
BN | Suresh Muniandy | 2,194 | 16.10 | ![]() | ||
Penang Front Party | Ooi Khar Giap | 104 | 0.80 | ![]() | ||
Parti Rakyat Malaysia | Samuganathan Muniandy | 37 | 0.20 | ![]() | ||
[[People's Alternative Party|People's Alternative Party]] | Asoghan Govindaraju | 33 | 0.20 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Kumary Retnam | 23 | 0.20 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 13,634 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 168 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 17 | |||||
Turnout | 13,819 | 81.10 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 17,032 | |||||
Majority | 9,049 | 66.40 | ![]() | |||
Perai hold | Swing | PH (2018) | ||||
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 29 August 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-01. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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DAP | Ramasamy Palanisamy | 10,549 | 79.20 | ![]() | ||
BN | Krishnan Letchumanan | 2,590 | 19.40 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Muhammad Ridhwan Sulaiman | 184 | 1.40 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 13,323 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 142 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 13,465 | 83.90 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 16,058 | |||||
Majority | 7,959 | 59.80 | ![]() | |||
Perai hold | Swing | DAP | ||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 189/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.[ 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) 230/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 2016-05-21. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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DAP | Ramasamy Palanisamy | 7,668 | 73.20 | ![]() | ||
BN | Krishnan Letchumanan | 2,492 | 23.80 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Ulaganathan Ramasamy | 311 | 3.00 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 10,471 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 180 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 10,651 | 75.40 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 14,124 | |||||
Majority | 4,241 | 49.40 | ![]() | |||
DAP gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
Source(s) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Rajapathy Kuppusamy | 5,060 | 53.06 | ![]() | ||
DAP | Chong Eng | 4,477 | 46.94 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 9,537 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 206 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 9,748 | 70.57 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 13,813 | |||||
Majority | 583 | 6.12 | ![]() | |||
Perai hold | Swing | BN | ||||
Source(s) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Rajapathy Kuppusamy | 9,174 | 58.10 | ![]() | |
DAP | S. Neelamekan | 6,435 | 40.75 | ![]() | |
Independent | K. Vijaya Kumari | 182 | 1.15 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 15,791 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 382 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 16,176 | 70.27 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 23,020 | ||||
Majority | 2,739 | 17.35 | ![]() | ||
Perai hold | Swing | BN |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Rajapathy Kuppusamy | 9,047 | 55.15 | ||
DAP | Patto Perumal | 7,357 | 45.85 | ||
Total valid votes | 16,404 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 408 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 16,849 | 72.86 | |||
Registered electors | 23,124 | ||||
Majority | 1,690 | 9.30 | |||
BN gain from DAP | Swing | ? |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Valli Muthusamy | - | - | ||
DAP | Karpal Singh Ram Singh | - | - | ||
Total valid votes | - | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | - | ||||
Unreturned ballots | - | ||||
Turnout | - | - | |||
Registered electors | 14,000 | ||||
Majority | - | ||||
BN gain from DAP | Swing | ? |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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DAP | S. Asamaley | 5,250 | 51.75 | ![]() | |
BN | Valli Muthusamy | 4,895 | 48.25 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 10,145 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 234 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 10,388 | 73.72 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 14,092 | ||||
Majority | 355 | 3.50 | ![]() | ||
Perai hold | Swing | DAP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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DAP | Shanmugam Nadason | 5,117 | 54.26 | |||
BN | Subbiah Thevarayan Chettiar | 3,445 | 36.53 | |||
Independent | Lim Eng Seng | 870 | 9.23 | |||
Total valid votes | 9,430 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 288 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 9,720 | 69.62 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,961 | |||||
Majority | 1,672 | 17.73 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. |
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