Penanti is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly.
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 Assemblywoman for Penanti is Norlela Ariffin from the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), 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 Penanti constituency is divided into 12 polling districts. State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocationPenanti (N12)Guar Perahu044/12/01SMK Guar PerahuKuala Mengkuang044/12/02SMK Guar Perahu IndahTelok Wang044/12/03Dewan Orang Ramai Kampong Tun Sardon Ara KudaMengkuang044/12/04SK MengkuangSungai Lembu044/12/05SJK (C) Kg. Sg. LembuPenanti044/12/06SMK MengkuangKubang Ulu044/12/07SMK PenantiSungai Semambu044/12/08SK Tanah LiatTanah Liat Mukim 9044/12/09SK Tanah LiatBerapit Road044/12/10 SJK (C) Jit Sin A Jalan Berapit SJK (C) Jit Sin B Jalan Berapit
Demographics
+Total electors by polling district in 2016Polling districtElectorsGuar Perahu2,395Kuala Mengkuang4,234Telok Wang692Mengkuang2,524Sungai Lembu529Penanti1,207Kubang Ulu1,651Sungai Semambu2,188Tanah Liat Mukim 92,352Berapit Road1,563Total19,335Source: Malaysian Election Commission
History Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for PenantiAssemblyNoYearsMemberPartyConstituency created from Permatang Pauh, Tasek Glugor and Bukit Mertajam4th N091974 – 1978Abdullah Mohamad @ Mahmud 5th 1978 – 19826th 1982 – 1986Jusoh @ Yusoff Helmi Shafie7thN121986 – 1990Yahaya Jamaluddin8th1990 – 1995 Ahmad Saad9th 1995 – 1999Daud Taha10th1999 – 2004Abdul Rahman Abdul Kadir 11th 2004 – 2008Abdul Jalil Abdul Majid 12th2008 – 2009Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin 2009 - 2013Mansor Othman13th2013 – 2015 Norlela Ariffin2015 – 2018 14th2018 – 202315th2023–presentZulkefli Bakar
Election results The electoral results for the Penanti state constituency are as follows.
See also Constituencies of Penang
References