Padang Lalang (state constituency)
State constituency | |||
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Legislature | Penang State Legislative Assembly | ||
MLA |
PH | ||
First contested | 2004 | ||
Last contested | 2018 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors (2018)[1] | 27,959 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 10 |
Padang Lalang 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 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Penang State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2013, the State Assemblywoman for Padang Lalang is Chong Eng from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).[4]
Definition
The Padang Lalang constituency contains the polling districts of Kampong Cross Street 1, Station Road, High School, Bukit Kechil, Desa Damai, Taman Keenways and Taman Binjai.[5]
Demographics
Polling district | Electors |
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Kampong Cross Street 1 | 2,958 |
Station Road | 2,143 |
High School | 3,870 |
Bukit Kechil | 3,506 |
Desa Damai | 5,517 |
Taman Keenways | 5,092 |
Taman Binjai | 3,075 |
Total | 26,161 |
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[7] |
History
Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Padang Lalang | |||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created | |||
11th | 2004 – 2008 | Tan Teik Cheng | BN (MCA) |
12th | 2008 – 2013 | Tan Cheong Heng | PR (DAP) |
13th | 2013 – 2018 | Chong Eng | |
14th | 2018 – | PH (DAP) |
Election results
The electoral results for the Padang Lalang state constituency in 2008, 2013 and 2018 are as follows.
Penang state election, 2018 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
PH | Chong Eng | 20,764 | 88.7 | |||||
BN | Kuan Hin Yeep | 2,400 | 10.2 | |||||
PRM | Lai Yean Nee | 154 | 0.7 | |||||
PFP | Liew Ee Jean | 101 | 0.4 | |||||
Total valid votes | 23,419 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 224 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | 51 | |||||||
Turnout | 23,694 | 84.7 | ||||||
Registered electors | 27,959 | |||||||
Majority | 18,364 | |||||||
PH hold | Swing | |||||||
Source(s) |
Penang state election, 2013 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
DAP | Chong Eng | 18,657 | 88.4 | |||||
BN | Tan Teik Cheng | 3,727 | 11.6 | |||||
Total valid votes | 22,384 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 166 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||||
Turnout | 22,550 | 87.3 | ||||||
Registered electors | 25,831 | |||||||
Majority | 14,930 | |||||||
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.
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Penang state election, 2008 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
DAP | Tan Cheong Heng | 10,520 | 62.6 | |||||
BN | Tan Teik Cheng | 6,279 | 37.4 | |||||
Total valid votes | 16,799 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 206 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | 4 | |||||||
Turnout | 17,009 | 78.2 | ||||||
Registered electors | 21,761 | |||||||
Majority | 4,241 | |||||||
DAP gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||||
Source(s) |
See also
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
- ↑ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24.
- ↑ https://election.thestar.com.my/penang.html
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Penang". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ↑ "Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018" (PDF). Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018.
- ↑ https://undi.info/penang/r18/n15