Sungai Puyu

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

The State Assemblyman for Sungai Puyu is Phee Boon Poh from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).

Definition

The Sungai Puyu constituency contains the polling districts of 8 polling districts.

Demographics

History

The Sungai Puyu state constituency was created and first contested during the 1995 State Election.

Loo Ah Dee and Lee Ah Lee, politicians from Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) first held the seat from 1995 to 2004. During the 2004 state elections, the constituency was wrested from the Barisan Nasional (BN) federal ruling coalition by Phee Boon Poh, a DAP politician. Phee has held Sungai Puyu since.

Election results

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{{MASelec/top, Penang, 2013, Sungai Puyu (state constituency), Sungai Puyu, percent=yes, change=yes
{{MASelec, Democratic Action Party, Phee Boon Poh, 19,381, 85.90, {{increase 8.87
{{MASelec, Barisan Nasional, Sum Yoo Keong, 3,174, 14.10, {{decrease 8.87
{{MASelec/total, Total valid votes, 22,555, 100.00
{{MASelec/total, Total rejected ballots, 174}
{{MASelec/total, Unreturned ballots, 0}
{{MASelec/total, Turnout, 22,729, 89.90, {{increase 7.50
{{MASelec/total, Registered electors, 25,282}
{{MASelec/total, Majority, 16,207, 71.80, {{increase 17.47
{{MASelec/hold, Democratic Action Party, }
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{{MASelec/top, Penang, 2008, Sungai Puyu (state constituency), Sungai Puyu, percent=yes, change=yes
{{MASelec, Democratic Action Party, Phee Boon Poh, 13,025, 77.03, {{increase 25.03
{{MASelec, Barisan Nasional, Tay Lay Cheng, 3,824, 22.70, {{decrease 25.03
{{MASelec/total, Total valid votes, 16,849, 100.00
{{MASelec/total, Total rejected ballots, 210}
{{MASelec/total, Unreturned ballots, 2}
{{MASelec/total, Turnout, 17,061, 82.40, {{increase 1.90
{{MASelec/total, Registered electors, 20,708}
{{MASelec/total, Majority, 9,201, 54.33, {{increase 50.33
{{MASelec/hold, Democratic Action Party, }
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{{MASelec/top, Penang, 2004, Sungai Puyu (state constituency), Sungai Puyu, percent=yes, change=yes
{{MASelec, Democratic Action Party, Phee Boon Poh, 7,808, 52.00, {{increase 4.04
{{MASelec, Barisan Nasional, Loo Ah Dee, 7,201, 48.00, {{decrease 4.04
{{MASelec/total, Total valid votes, 15,009, 100.00
{{MASelec/total, Total rejected ballots, 299}
{{MASelec/total, Unreturned ballots, 1}
{{MASelec/total, Turnout, 15,309, 80.50, {{increase 0.53
{{MASelec/total, Registered electors, 19,009}
{{MASelec/total, Majority, 607, 4.00, {{decrease 0.08
{{MASelec/gain, Democratic Action Party, Barisan Nasional, ?
{{MASelec/source, , , hide=
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{{MASelec/top, Penang, 1999, Sungai Puyu (state constituency), Sungai Puyu, percent=yes, change=yes
{{MASelec, Barisan Nasional, Loo Ah Dee, 10,859, 52.04, {{increase 1.62
{{MASelec, Democratic Action Party, Phee Boon Poh, 9,789, 47.96, {{decrease 1.62
{{MASelec/total, Total valid votes, 20,347, 100.00
{{MASelec/total, Total rejected ballots, 389}
{{MASelec/total, Unreturned ballots, 1}
{{MASelec/total, Turnout, 21,038, 79.97, {{decrease 2.07
{{MASelec/total, Registered electors, 26,308}
{{MASelec/total, Majority, 1,070, 4.08, {{increase 3.24
{{MASelec/hold, Sungai Puyu, BN}
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{{MASelec/top, Penang, 1995, Sungai Puyu (state constituency), Sungai Puyu, percent=yes, change=yes
{{MASelec, Barisan Nasional, Loo Ah Dee, 9,937, 50.42}
{{MASelec, Democratic Action Party, Cheah Tiek Soon, 9,771, 49.58}
{{MASelec/total, Total valid votes, 19,708, 100.00
{{MASelec/total, Total rejected ballots, 408}
{{MASelec/total, Unreturned ballots, 21}
{{MASelec/total, Turnout, 20,137, 82.04
{{MASelec/total, Registered electors, 24,545}
{{MASelec/total, Majority, 166, 0.84
{{MASelec/note, This was a new constituency created.
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See also

* Constituencies of Penang

References

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Penang state constituencies