Seberang Jaya (state constituency)

Seberang Jaya is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly.

The state constituency was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Penang State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Definition

Polling districts According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Seberang Jaya constituency is divided into 9 polling districts. State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocationSeberang Jaya (N10)Jalan Sembilang044/10/01SMK Seberang JayaSeberang Jaya II044/10/02SK Seberang Jaya 2Kampong Pertama044/10/03SK Permatang To KanduKampong Belah Dua044/10/04SMK Pauh JayaSeberang Jaya I044/10/05SK Seberang JayaJalan Bahru044/10/06SK Jalan Bahru PeraiSimpang Ampat044/10/07SMK Permatang RawaJalan Tuna044/10/08SK Seberang Jaya 2Taman Tun Hussein Onn044/10/09SMK Tun Hussein Onn

Demographics

+Total electors by polling district in 2016Polling districtElectorsJalan Sembilang4,144Seberang Jaya II3,749Kampong Pertama1,966Kampong Belah Dua2,931Seberang Jaya I3,627Jalan Bahru3,949Simpang Ampat4,183Jalan Tuna3,564Taman Tun Hussien Onn3,140Total31,253Source: Malaysian Election Commission

History Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Seberang JayaAssemblyNoYearsMemberPartyConstituency split from Bukit Tengah7thN101986 – 1990Ibrahim Saad 8th1990 – 19959th1995 – 1999Abdul Latiff S. Mirasa10th1999 – 2004Radin Muhamad Amin Radin Hadi Munir11th2004 – 2008Arif Shah Omar Shah12th2008 – 201313th 2013 – 2015 Afif Bahardin 2015 – 2018 14th2018 – 20202020 – 2023 2023VacantVacant from 6 March 2023 until the 2023 state election due to the incumbent was vacated from his seat in an approved motion in the Penang State Assembly along with 3 other BERSATU assemblymen.15th2023–presentIzhar Shah Arif Shah

Election results

See also Constituencies of Penang

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