Bagan Jermal 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 Assemblyman for Bagan Jermal is Soon Lip Chee from 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 18 July 2023, the Bagan Jermal constituency is divided into 9 polling districts. State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocationBagan Jermal (N08)Bagan Jermal043/08/01SK Bagan JermalKubang Buaya043/08/02SMK Kampong KastamKampong Gajah043/08/03SJK (C) Chung Hwa PusatJalan Mengkuang043/08/04SK Bagan Tuan KechilKampong Simpa043/08/05SK Mak MandinMak Mandin043/08/06SMK Mak MandinTaman Sukaria043/08/07SJK (T) Mak MandinTaman Melor043/08/08SJK (C) Kwang HwaTaman Cantik043/08/09SJK (C) Mak Mandin
Demographics
+Total electors by polling district in 2016Polling districtElectorsBagan Jermal2,050Kubang Buaya4,309Kampong Gajah2,315Jalan Mengkuang2,613Kampong Simpa3,363Mak Mandin3,913Taman Sukaria2,638Taman Melor2,171Taman Cantik1,488Total24,860Source: Malaysian Election Commission
History The Bagan Jermal state constituency was created and first contested during the 1974 State Election. Ong Yi How, a politician from Pekemas first held the Bagan Jermal seat in 1974. Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Bagan JermalAssemblyNoYearsMemberPartyConstituency created from Bagan Ajam and Butterworth4thN051974 – 1978 Ong Yi How (王裕好) 5th1978 – 1982 Sak Cheng Lum (石清霖) 6th1982 – 19867thN071986 – 1990Lim Hock Seng (林峰成) DAP8th1990 – 1995Phee Boon Poh (彭文寶)GR (DAP)9thN081995 – 1999 Sak Cheng Lum (石清霖) 10th1999 – 200411th2004 – 2008Ooi Chuan Aik (黃泉益)12th2008 – 2013Lim Hock Seng (林峰成) 13th2013 – 20152015 – 2018 14th2018 – 2023Soon Lip Chee (孫意志)15th2023–presentChee Yeeh Keen (朱悅權)
Election results
See also Constituencies of Penang
References