Perai (state constituency) explained

Perai
State:	Penang
State-Rep:	Sundarajoo Somu
State-Rep-Party:	Pakatan Harapan
State-Status:	active
State-Created:	1986 (as Prai)
State-Election-First:	1986
State-Election-Last:	2023
Demo-Electors:	20,479
Demo-Electors-Date:	2023
Demo-Electors-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Area:	11
Demo-Area-Ref:	^[2]

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

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023 the Perai constituency is divided into 6 polling districts.^[5]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Perai（N16）	Taman Indrawasih	046/16/01	SMK Taman Inderawasih
	Taman Chai Leng	046/16/02	SK Taman Inderawasih
	Perai	046/16/03	SJK (T) Perai
	Taman Perai	046/16/04	SK Khir Johari
	Taman Supreme	046/16/05	SMK Prai
	Taman Kimsar	046/16/06	SJK (C) Chung Hwa 3

Demographics

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^[6]

History

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Perai
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bagan Dalam
7th	1986 – 1990	Shanmugam Nadason	DAP
8th	1990 – 1991	S. Asamaley^[7]	DAP
8th	1991 – 1995	Valli Muthusamy
9th	1995 – 1999	Rajapathy Kuppusamy
10th	1999 – 2004
11th	2004 – 2008
12th	2008 – 2013	Ramasamy Palanisamy
13th	2013 – 2018
14th	2018 – 2023
15th	2023–present	Sundarajoo Somu

Election results

The electoral results for the Perai state constituency are as follows.

Notes and References

Web site: Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. 2018-04-25. 12. ms. 2018-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425183951/http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/HargaDPIST42017_PRU14.pdf. dead.
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. Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. 2018-04-15. ms. 2018-04-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20180412212213/http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/Jilid%201%20Kajian%20Semula%20Persempadanan%20V2.pdf. dead.
Web site: Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160424120924/http://www.spr.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=74= . 2016-04-24 .
Web site: 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Penang.
Web site: 15 July 2023 . Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A) Polling Hours For the General Election of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Penang . Attorney General's Chambers.
2018. Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018-05-13. 2018-04-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20180412212213/http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/Jilid%201%20Kajian%20Semula%20Persempadanan%20V2.pdf. dead.
Web site: DAP announces SDR. Karpal Singh as its candidate in the Prai by-election « Pursuit of a Malaysian Dream.