Datok Keramat (state constituency)

Datok Keramat
Penang constituency
Datok Keramat (white) on Penang Island
State constituency
Legislature Penang State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Jagdeep Singh Deo
PH
Constituency created 1974
First contested 1974
Last contested 2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1] 22,630

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.

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

The Datok Keramat constituency contains the polling districts of Caunter Hall, City Stadium, Jalan Kajang, Jalan Perak, Jalan York, Kampong Makam, Sekolah Free (referring to Penang Free School), Taman Sekolah Free and Taman Abidin.[2]

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.[3] 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 2018[4]

  Malay (28.83%)
  Chinese (56.53%)
  Indian (14.11%)
  East Malaysian Bumiputeras (0.18%)
  Other ethnicities (0.35%)
Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district Electors
Caunter Hall 2,281
City Stadium 2,388
Jalan Kajang 1,503
Jalan Perak 3,805
Jalan York 1,803
Kampong Makam 2,778
Sekolah Free 1,891
Taman Sekolah Free 3,685
Taman Abidin 1,900
Total 22,034
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[5]

History

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Datok Keramat
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created
4th 1974 – 1978 Teh Ewe Lim BN (Gerakan)
5th 1978 – 1982
6th 1982 – 1986
7th 1986 – 1990 Ooi Ean Kwong
8th 1990 – 1995 K. Balasundaram DAP
9th 1995 – 1999 Lim Boo Chang BN (Gerakan)
10th 1999 – 2004 BN (MCA)[6]
11th 2004 – 2008 Ong Thean Lye BN (Gerakan)
12th 2008 – 2013 Jagdeep Singh Deo PR (DAP)
13th 2013 – 2018
14th 2018 – PH (DAP)

Election results

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

Penang state election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes%
PHJagdeep Singh Deo13,71275.3
BNLee Boon Ten4,15122.8
PFPNicholas Diane Morgan180.0
MUPLim Boo Chang1941.1
IndependentMuhammad Majnun Abdul Wahab1460.8
Total valid votes 18,221100.0
Total rejected ballots 216
Unreturned ballots 67
Turnout 18,50481.8
Registered electors 22,630
Majority 9,561
PH hold Swing
Source(s)
[7]
Penang state election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes%
DAPJagdeep Singh Deo11,72063.6
BNOng Thean Lye6,70036.4
Total valid votes 18,420 100.00
Total rejected ballots 274
Unreturned ballots 92
Turnout 18,78685.8
Registered electors 21,900
Majority 5,020
DAP hold Swing
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. "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. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
Penang state election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%
DAPJagdeep Singh Deo7,99556.6
BNOng Thean Lye6,14043.4
IndependentShahul Hameed M.K. Mohamed Ishack00
Total valid votes 14,135 100.00
Total rejected ballots 308
Unreturned ballots 1
Turnout 14,44476.6
Registered electors 18,852
Majority 1,855
DAP gain from BN Swing ?

See also

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

  1. ↑ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ↑ "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  3. ↑ "Story Map Journal". Retrieved 2017-04-22.
  4. ↑ "Battle in a Crowded Ring". The Star. 29 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018" (PDF). Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018.
  6. ↑ "Boo Chang joins PKR". www.thesundaily.my. Lim Boo Chang switched from Gerakan to MCA after the 1999 General Elections. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  7. ↑ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Penang". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
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