Perai (state constituency)

Perai is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly.[3]

Perai

Penang constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Penang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ramasamy Palanisamy PH
Constituency created	1986 (as Prai)
First contested	1986
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	17,032
Area (km²)[2]	11

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. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Perai is Ramasamy Palanisamy from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).[4]

Definition

The Perai constituency contains the polling districts of Taman Indrawasih, Taman Chai Leng, Perai, Taman Perai, Taman Supreme and Taman Kimsar.[5]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Perai's electorate as of 2018[6]

  Malay (11.56%)

  Chinese (51.4%)

  Indian (36.22%)

  East Malaysian Bumiputeras (0.11%)

  Other ethnicities (0.7%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016

Polling district	Electors
Taman Indrawasih	4,233
Taman Chai Leng	3,224
Perai	2,268
Taman Perai	999
Taman Supreme	2,937
Taman Kimsar	2,403
Total	16,064
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[7]

History

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Perai
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
7th	1986 – 1990	N Shanmugam	DAP
8th	1990 – 1991	S. Asamaley[8]
8th-by	1991 – 1995	V Muthusamy	BN (MIC)
9th	1995 – 1999	Rajapathy Kuppusamy
10th	1999 – 2004
11th	2004 – 2008
12th	2008 – 2013	Ramasamy Palanisamy	PR (DAP)
13th	2013 – 2018
14th	2018 –		PH (DAP)

Election results

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

Penang state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PH	Ramasamy Palanisamy	11,243	82.5
	BN	Suresh Muniandy	2,194	16.1
	PFP	Ooi Khar Giap	104	0.8
	PRM	Samuganathan Muniandy	37	0.2
	PAP	Asoghan Govindaraju	33	0.2
	Independent	Kumary Retnam	23	0.2
Total valid votes			13,634	100.0
Total rejected ballots			168
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			13,819	81.1
Registered electors			17,032
Majority			9,049
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 252/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "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) 326/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Penang state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DAP	Ramasamy Palanisamy	10,549	79.2
	BN	Krishnan Letchumanan	2,590	19.4
	Independent	Muhammad Ridhwan Sulaiman	184	1.4
Total valid votes			13,323	100.00
Total rejected ballots			142
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			13,465	83.9
Registered electors			16,058
Majority			7,959
	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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Penang state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DAP	Ramasamy Palanisamy	7,668	73.2
	BN	Krishnan Letchumanan	2,492	23.8
	Independent	Ulaganathan Ramasamy	311	3.0
Total valid votes			10,471	100.00
Total rejected ballots			180
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,651	75.4
Registered electors			14,124
Majority			4,241
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) [9]

See also

• Constituencies of Penang

References

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
2. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
3. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24.
4. https://election.thestar.com.my/penang.html
5. "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
6. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Penang". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
7. "Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018" (PDF). Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
8. https://bibliotheca.limkitsiang.com/1991/07/07/dap-announces-sdr-karpal-singh-as-its-candidate-in-the-prai-by-election/
9. https://undi.info/penang/r18/n16