Bagan Jermal (state constituency)

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

Bagan Jermal

Penang constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Penang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Chee Yeeh Keen PH
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)[1]	32,529
Area (km²)[2]	6

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. Since 2018^[update], the State Assemblyman for Bagan Jermal is Soon Lip Chee from 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 Bagan Jermal constituency is divided into 9 polling districts.^[5]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Bagan Jermal (N08)	Bagan Jermal	043/08/01	SK Bagan Jermal
	Kubang Buaya	043/08/02	SMK Kampong Kastam
	Kampong Gajah	043/08/03	SJK (C) Chung Hwa Pusat
	Jalan Mengkuang	043/08/04	SK Bagan Tuan Kechil
	Kampong Simpa	043/08/05	SK Mak Mandin
	Mak Mandin	043/08/06	SMK Mak Mandin
	Taman Sukaria	043/08/07	SJK (T) Mak Mandin
	Taman Melor	043/08/08	SJK (C) Kwang Hwa
	Taman Cantik	043/08/09	SJK (C) Mak Mandin

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Bagan Jermal's electorate as of 2023^[6]

1. Chinese (66.7%)
2. Indian (16.7%)
3. Malay (16.0%)
4. Other ethnicities (0.63%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016

Polling district	Electors
Bagan Jermal	2,050
Kubang Buaya	4,309
Kampong Gajah	2,315
Jalan Mengkuang	2,613
Kampong Simpa	3,363
Mak Mandin	3,913
Taman Sukaria	2,638
Taman Melor	2,171
Taman Cantik	1,488
Total	24,860
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[7]

History

The Bagan Jermal state constituency was created and first contested during the 1974 State Election. Ong Yi How, a politician from Pekemas first held the Bagan Jermal seat in 1974.

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Bagan Jermal
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bagan Ajam
4th	1974 – 1978	Ong Yi How	Pekemas
5th	1978 – 1982	Sak Cheng Lum	BN (MCA)
6th	1982 – 1986
7th	1986 – 1990	Lim Hock Seng	DAP
8th	1990 – 1995	Phee Boon Poh	GR (DAP)
9th	1995 – 1999	Sak Cheng Lum	BN (MCA)
10th	1999 – 2004
11th	2004 – 2008	Ooi Chuan Aik
12th	2008 – 2013	Lim Hock Seng	PR (DAP)
13th	2013 – 2015
	2015 – 2018		PH (DAP)
14th	2018 – 2023	Soon Lip Chee
15th	2023–present	Chee Yeeh Keen

Election results

Penang state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Chee Yeeh Keen	19,687	84.77	0.63
	PN	Ong Chuan Jin	3,538	15.23	15.23
Total valid votes			23,225	100.00
Total rejected ballots			196
Unreturned ballots			25
Turnout			23,446	72.08	11.72
Registered electors			32,529
Majority			16,149	69.54	2.26
	PH hold		Swing

Penang state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Soon Lip Chee	18,134	85.40	85.40
	BN	Ang Chor Keong	2,898	13.60	8.00
	Malaysian United Party	Hari Devyndran Muniswaran	106	0.50	0.50
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Teoh Chai Deng	74	0.40	0.40
	Penang Front Party	Fabian George Albart	30	0.10	0.10
Total valid votes			21,242	100.00
Total rejected ballots			185
Unreturned ballots			32
Turnout			21,459	83.80	2.80
Registered electors			25,621
Majority			15,236	71.80	15.60
	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.[permanent dead link] "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	Lim Hock Seng	16,416	77.80	9.80
	BN	Tan Chuan Hong	4,561	21.60	10.40
	Love Malaysia Party	Lim Kim Chu	115	0.60	0.60
Total valid votes			21,092	100.00
Total rejected ballots			222
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			21,314	86.60	9.40
Registered electors			24,608
Majority			11,855	56.20	20.20
	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.[permanent dead link] "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	Lim Hock Seng	11,099	68.00	29.76
	BN	Ooi Chuan Aik	5,226	32.00	29.76
Total valid votes			16,325	100.00
Total rejected ballots			247
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			16,579	77.20	2.19
Registered electors			21,483
Majority			5,873	36.00	14.48
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) [8]

Penang state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ooi Chuan Aik	9,422	60.76	1.29
	DAP	Ngu Lek Wah	6,085	39.24	1.29
Total valid votes			15,507	100.00
Total rejected ballots			304
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			15,814	75.01	1.87
Registered electors			21,083
Majority			3,337	21.52	3.58
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sak Cheng Lum	9,681	59.47	4.76
	DAP	Lim Hock Seng	6,597	41.53	4.76
Total valid votes			16,278	100.00
Total rejected ballots			356
Unreturned ballots			28
Turnout			16,662	73.14	2.32
Registered electors			22,780
Majority			3,084	17.94	9.52
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sak Cheng Lum	10,871	64.23	26.73
	DAP	Phee Boon Poh	6,053	36.77	26.73
Total valid votes			16,924	100.00
Total rejected ballots			378
Unreturned ballots			90
Turnout			17,392	75.46	4.51
Registered electors			23,049
Majority			4,818	27.46	9.54
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Penang state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Phee Boon Poh	11,244	63.50	0.67
	BN	Loong Kok Khoon	6,463	26.50	0.67
Total valid votes			17,707	100.00
Total rejected ballots			341
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			18,048	79.97	3.88
Registered electors			22,569
Majority			4,781	37.00	1.34
	DAP hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Hock Seng	9,966	62.83	28.22
	BN	Tan Swee Hueng	5,896	27.17	22.75
Total valid votes			15,862	100.00
Total rejected ballots			405
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			16,267	76.09	3.12
Registered electors			21,380
Majority			4,070	35.66	20.35
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Penang state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sak Cheng Lum	8,609	49.92	9.11
	DAP	Goh Sin Khoon	5,970	34.61	34.61
	Independent	Phee Boon Poh	2,668	15.47	15.47
Total valid votes			17,247	100.00
Total rejected ballots			319
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,566	79.21	0.66
Registered electors			22,176
Majority			2,639	15.31	5.65
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sak Cheng Lum	5,640	40.81	4.96
	SDP	Chua Ban Hock	4,304	31.15	31.15
	Independent	Phee Joo Teik	3,875	28.04	28.04
Total valid votes			13,819	100.00
Total rejected ballots			541
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,360	78.55	5.65
Registered electors			18,282
Majority			1,336	9.66	6.97
	BN gain from PEKEMAS		Swing		?

Penang state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PEKEMAS	Ong Yi How	4,832	52.48
	BN	Phee Hoo Teik	3,301	35.85
	DAP	Goh Lim Fam	675	7.33
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Ooi Chin Tong	214	2.32
	Independent	Loo Phan Kooi	185	2.01
Total valid votes			9,207	100.00
Total rejected ballots			303
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,510	84.20
Registered electors			11,347
Majority			1,531	16.63
This was a new constituency created.

See also

• Constituencies of Penang