Sungai Pinang is a state constituency in

Penang Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay ...

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, that has been represented in the

Penang State Legislative Assembly The Penang State Legislative Assembly is the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 40 elected lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout Penang. The state legis ...

since 1974. It covers much of

Jelutong Jelutong is a suburb of George Town in Penang, Malaysia. Located south of the Pinang River, Jelutong has been inhabited since as early as the late 18th century, when traders from Aceh and India settled around the area. It was once notorious ...

, one of the suburbs of George Town. The state constituency was first contested in 1974 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the

under the

first-past-the-post voting system In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...

. , the State Assemblyman for Sungai Pinang is Lim Siew Khim from the

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(DAP), which is part of the state's ruling coalition,

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(PH).

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Sungai Pinang constituency is divided into 8 polling districts. This state seat encompasses much of

, a suburb immediately south of George Town, as well as the neighbourhood of

Sungai Pinang Sungai Pinang is a residential neighbourhood along the Pinang River within the city of George Town in Penang, Malaysia. The neighbourhood, bounded by the river to the north and Jalan Sungai Pinang to the south, is also geographically part of th ...

is geographically situated to the south of the Pinang River (

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: ''Sungai Pinang''), from where the constituency got its name. In addition, the new coastal neighbourhood around

Karpal Singh Drive Karpal Singh Drive is a seafront promenade within the suburb of Jelutong near George Town in Penang, Malaysia. It is named after Karpal Singh (1940-2014), a prominent opposition politician and lawyer who hailed from George Town. Along Karpal Sin ...

falls under this constituency. The Sungai Pinang seat is bounded to the west by Jelutong Road; a portion of

west of the road lies within the neighbouring Batu Lancang constituency. The Pinang River, up to the junction of Jalan Perak and Sungai Pinang Road, marks the seat's northern limits. The constituency's southern limits is formed by Jalan Tunku Kudin.

Demographics

History

Election results

The electoral results for the Sungai Pinang state constituency in

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and

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are as follows.

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