Pantai Jerejak is a state constituency in

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, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly since 2004. It covers a portion of southeastern

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, including

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and the northern half of the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone. The state constituency was first contested in 2004 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 Pantai Jerejak is

Saifuddin Nasution Ismail Saifuddin Nasution bin Ismail (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: سيف الدين ناسوتيون بن اسماعيل; born 7 December 1963) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Home Affairs (Malaysia), Minister of Home Affairs in ...

from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), which is part of the state's ruling coalition,

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(PH).

Definition

The Pantai Jerejak constituency contains the polling districts of Bandar

, Jalan Mahsuri, Jalan Tengah, Taman Melati, Pantai Jerejak, Pintasan Bahagia and Taman Sri Nibong. According to a proposed redelineation exercise in 2016, Taman Melati is to be renamed as Lebuh Mahsuri. This state constituency encompasses all of the neighbourhood of

, as well as the northern half of the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone. Among the landmarks within the state seat are Setia SPICE and Queensbay Mall. In addition, the Pantai Jerejak constituency contains Jerejak Island, a large uninhabited

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just off the southeastern coast of

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Pantai Jerejak constituency is divided into 7 polling districts.

Demographics

History

Election results

The electoral results for the Pantai Jerejak state constituency in

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and

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are as follows.

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