Bagan Dalam (state constituency)

Bagan Dalam
Penang constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Penang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Kumaran KrishnanPH
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	21,221
Area (km²)	7

Bagan Dalam 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. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Bagan Jermal is Satees Muniandy 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 30 March 2018, the Bagan Dalam constituency is divided into 7 polling districts.^[5]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Bagan Dalam (N09)	Bagan Luar	043/09/01	SK St Mark
	Telaga Ayer	043/09/02	SJK (C) Chung Hwa 1
	Taman Bagan	043/09/03	SJK (C) Chung Hwa 2
	Kampong Acham	043/04/04	SK Convent 1, Butterworth
	Sekolah St Marks	043/40/05	SMK Convent Butterworth
	Bagan Dalam	043/09/06	SK Kuala Perai
	Jalan Assumption	043/09/07	SK Sungai Nyior

Demographics

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

Chinese (49.7%)
Indian (26.5%)
Malay (23.0%)
Other ethnicities (0.72%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district	Electors
Bagan Luar	1,632
Telaga Ayer	3,120
Taman Bagan	3,472
Kampong Acham	2,217
Sekolah St. Marks	2,020
Bagan Dalam	3,531
Jalan Assumption	2,422
Total	18,414
Source: Malaysian Election Commission^[7]

History

The Bagan Jermal state constituency was created and first contested during the 1974 State Election. The state constituency was discontinued in 1986 before being reintroduced in 2004.

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Bagan Dalam
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Butterworth and Bagan Ajam
4th	1974 – 1978	T. Subbiah	BN (MIC)
5th	1978 – 1982
6th	1982 – 1986
Constituency abolished, split to Prai and Mak Mandin
Constituency re-created from Perai and Bagan Jermal
11th	2004 – 2008	Subbaiyah Palaniappan	BN (MIC)
12th	2008 – 2013	Tanasekharan Autherapady	PR (DAP)
13th	2013 – 2015		PR (DAP)
13th	2015 – 2018		PH (DAP)
14th	2018 – 2023	Satees Muniandy
15th	2023–present	Kumaran Krishnan

Election results

Penang state election, 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Kumaran Krishnan	10,506	71.49	1.01
	PN	Jayaraman Kunchu Kannu	2,964	20.17	20.17
	Independent	Satees Muniandy	1,111	7.56	7.56
	Penang Front Party	S. Rajasakanan	115	0.78	0.48
Total valid votes			14,696	100.00
Total rejected ballots			148
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			14,868	70.06	11.64
Registered electors			21,221
Majority			7,542	51.32	5.42
	PHhold		Swing

Penang state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Satees Muniandy	10,701	72.50	72.50
	BN	Dhinagaran Jayabalan	3,918	26.60	6.40
	Malaysian United Party	Teoh Uat Lye	51	0.30	0.30
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Teoh Huck Ping	45	0.30	0.30
	Penang Front Party	Jasper Ooi Zong Han	36	0.30	0.30
Total valid votes			14,751	100.00
Total rejected ballots			164
Unreturned ballots			33
Turnout			14,948	81.70	2.60
Registered electors			18,291
Majority			6,783	45.90	12.50
	PHhold		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	Tanasekharan Autherapady	10,253	66.40	4.50
	BN	Karuppanan Malairaja	5,092	33.00	5.10
	Love Malaysia Party	Lim Seang Teik	76	0.50	0.50
	Independent	Asoghan Govindaraju	25	0.10	0.10
Total valid votes			15,446	100.00
Total rejected ballots			241
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,687	84.30	11.30
Registered electors			18,613
Majority			5,161	33.40	9.60
	DAPhold		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	Tanasekharan Autherapady	7,601	61.90	23.10
	BN	Subbaiyah Palaniappan	4,669	38.10	16.87
Total valid votes			12,270	100.00
Total rejected ballots			274
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			12,546	73.00	0.92
Registered electors			17,194
Majority			2,932	23.80	7.63
	DAPgain		Swing
Source(s) ^[8]

Penang state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Subbaiyah Palaniappan	6,687	54.97	7.63
	DAP	Lim Hock Seng	4,720	38.80	8.42
	PKR	Abdul Razak Abdul Hamid	758	6.23	6.23
Total valid votes			12,165	100.00
Total rejected ballots			250
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			12,420	72.08	3.19
Registered electors			17,230
Majority			1,967	16.17	0.79
	BNhold		Swing

Penang state election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	T. Subbiah	7,199	47.34	3.58
	DAP	Raja Gopal Ramaya	4,620	30.38	12.90
	Independent	Loong Kok Khoon	2,832	18.62	18.62
	SDP	Yip Chim Guan	401	2.64	3.89
	Independent	V. Apaoo Veeriayah	93	0.62	0.62
	Independent	Sathasivam Swaminathan	62	0.41	0.41
Total valid votes			15,207	100.00
Total rejected ballots			342
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,549	75.27	4.28
Registered electors			20,658
Majority			2,597	16.96	16.48
	BNhold		Swing

Penang state election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	T. Subbiah	5,747	43.76	5.43
	DAP	N. Shanmugam	5,684	43.28	11.70
	SDP	Loh Kim Heng	857	6.53	6.53
	PAS	Abdul Hamid Abdullah	845	6.43	6.43
Total valid votes			13,133	100.00
Total rejected ballots			489
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			13,622	79.55	2.15
Registered electors			17,123
Majority			63	0.48	17.13
	BNhold		Swing

Penang state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	T. Subbiah	4,494	49.19
	DAP	Peh Min Sin	2,885	31.58
	PEKEMAS	S.K. Kalan Giyam	1,474	16.13
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Choo Guan Teik	219	2.40
	Kesatuan Insaf Tanah Air	V. Aparco Veenayah	64	0.70
Total valid votes			9,136	100.00
Total rejected ballots			435
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,571	81.70
Registered electors			11,761
Majority			1,609	17.61
This was a new constituency created.

References

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[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] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Penang".

[5] "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]"(PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.

[6] "15th Penang State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.

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