| Sungai Bakap | |
| State: | Penang |
| State-Rep: | Abidin Ismail |
| State-Rep-Party: | Perikatan Nasional |
| State-Status: | active |
| State-Created: | 1959 |
| State-Election-First: | 1959 (as Sungei Bakap) |
| State-Election-Last: | 2024 |
| Demo-Census-Date: | 2020 |
| Demo-Pop: | 56,802 |
| Demo-Electors: | 39,279 |
| Demo-Electors-Date: | 2024 |
| Demo-Electors-Ref: | [1] |
| Demo-Area: | 84 |
| Demo-Area-Ref: | [2] |
Sungai Bakap 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 1974 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Penang State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. The seat has been represented by Abidin Ismail of Perikatan Nasional (PN) since 2024.
According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Sungai Bakap constituency is divided into 8 polling districts.[4]
| State constituency | Polling districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sungai Bakap (N20) | Padang Lalang | 047/20/01 | SMK Tasek |
| Puteri Gunong | 047/20/02 |
| |
| Tasek Junjong | 047/20/03 | SK Seri Tasek | |
| Sungai Duri | 047/20/04 | SK Sungai Duri | |
| Sungai Bakap | 047/20/05 |
| |
| Ladang Sempah | 047/20/06 | SK Jawi | |
| Sungai Kechil | 047/20/07 | SK Sungai Kechil | |
| Kampung Besar | 047/20/08 | SK Sungai Kechil |
| Padang Lalang | 2,465 | |
| Puteri Gunong | 5,804 | |
| Tasek Junjong | 1,637 | |
| Sungai Duri | 2,498 | |
| Sungai Bakap | 4,694 | |
| Ladang Sempah | 498 | |
| Sungai Kechil | 1,484 | |
| Kampung Besar | 1,059 | |
| Total | 20,139 | |
| Source: Malaysian Election Commission[5] | ||
| Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Sungai Bakap | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| Sungei Bakap | |||
| 1st | 1959–1964 | Kee Yong Chin | |
| 2nd | 1964–1969 | ||
| 1969–1971 | Assembly was dissolved | ||
| 3rd | 1971–1974 | Veerappen Veerathan | |
| Sungai Bakap | |||
| 4th | 1974–1978 | S. P. Chelliah | |
| 5th | 1978–1982 | Teoh Kooi Sneah | |
| 6th | 1982–1986 | ||
| 7th | 1986–1990 | Lim Boon Sho | |
| 8th | 1990–1995 | Goh Cheng Teik | |
| 9th | 1995–1997 | Ooi Theng Bok | |
| 1997–1999 | Lai Chew Hock | ||
| 10th | 1999–2004 | ||
| 11th | 2004–2008 | Abd. Rashid Abdullah | |
| 12th | 2008–2013 | Maktar Shapee | |
| 13th | 2013–2018 | ||
| 14th | 2018–2023 | Amar Pritpal Abdullah | |
| 15th | 2023–2024 | Nor Zamri Latiff | |
| 2024–present | Abidin Ismail | ||
The electoral results for the Sungai Bakap state constituency are as follows.