Sungai Pinang is a state constituency in

Penang Penang is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia along the Strait of Malacca. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay Peninsula. Th ...

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, that has been represented in the

Penang State Legislative Assembly The Penang State Legislative Assembly is the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 40 elected lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout Penang. The state legis ...

since 1974. It covers much of

Jelutong Jelutong is a suburb of George Town, Penang, George Town in the States and federal territories of Malaysia, Malaysian state of Penang. Located south of the Central George Town, Penang, city centre, Jelutong has been inhabited since as early as th ...

, one of the suburbs of George Town. The state constituency was first contested in 1974 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the

under the

first-past-the-post voting system First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first- ...

. , the State Assemblyman for Sungai Pinang is Lim Siew Khim from the

Democratic Action Party The Democratic Action Party (DAP; ) is a social democracy, social democratic and Secularism, secular political party in Malaysia, sitting on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum. As one of four component parties of ...

(DAP), which is part of the state's ruling coalition,

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(PH).

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Sungai Pinang constituency is divided into 8 polling districts. This state seat encompasses much of

, a suburb immediately south of George Town, as well as the neighbourhood of

Sungai Pinang Sungai Pinang is a residential neighbourhood within the downtown core of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. The neighbourhood lies along the southern bank of the Pinang River and is bounded by Jalan Sungai Pinang to the south. Etymo ...

is geographically situated to the south of the Pinang River ( Malay: ''Sungai Pinang''), from where the constituency got its name. In addition, the new coastal neighbourhood around

Karpal Singh Drive Karpal Singh Drive is a seafront promenade in George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. Located at Bandar Sri Pinang, it faces the Penang Strait and was named after Karpal Singh (1940-2014), a prominent opposition politician and lawyer w ...

falls under this constituency. The Sungai Pinang seat is bounded to the west by Jelutong Road; a portion of

west of the road lies within the neighbouring Batu Lancang constituency. The Pinang River, up to the junction of Jalan Perak and Sungai Pinang Road, marks the seat's northern limits. The constituency's southern limits is formed by Jalan Tunku Kudin.

Demographics

History

Election results

The electoral results for the Sungai Pinang state constituency in

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and

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are as follows.

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