Permatang Pauh is a federal constituency in
Central Seberang Perai District
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Penang
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Malaysia
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, that has been represented in the
Dewan Rakyat
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since 1974.
The federal constituency was created from parts of the
Seberang Tengah constituency in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
Demographics
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History
Polling districts
According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Permatang Pauh constituency is divided into 28 polling districts.
Representation history
State constituency
Current state assembly members
Local governments
Election results
References
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{{Malaysian federal constituencies
Penang federal constituencies