Datok Keramat (state constituency)

Datok Keramat
Penang constituency

Datok Keramat (white) on Penang Island
State constituency
Legislature Penang State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 

Jagdeep Singh Deo
DAP

Constituency created 1974
First contested 1974
Last contested 2013
Demographics
Electors (2016)[1] 22,034

Datok Keramat is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly since 1974. It covers a part of George Town proper, including the eponymous urban district colloquially known as Dato Keramat.

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 2013, the State Assemblyman for Sungai Pinang is Jagdeep Singh Deo from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan.

Definition

The Datok Keramat constituency contains the polling districts of Caunter Hall, City Stadium, Jalan Kajang, Jalan Perak, Jalan York, Kampong Makam, Sekolah Free (referring to Penang Free School), Taman Sekolah Free and Taman Abidin.[2]

This state seat encompasses the western part of George Town's city centre, including much of Dato Keramat Road, from where the constituency got its name.[3] Also located within the Datok Keramat seat are some of the city's major landmarks and institutions, such as the City Stadium, Penang Free School and The Residency, the latter of which is the official residence of the Governor of Penang.

The Datok Keramat state constituency is bounded to the north by Western Road (now Jalan Utama) and Dato Keramat Road. However, it stops just short of Penang Times Square, which comes under the neighbouring Komtar constituency. To the south, the constituency extends up to Free School Road just south of Penang Free School, thus covering the residential area around the historic school and east of Green Lane. Both Green Lane and Scotland Road also form the constituency's western limits.

History

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Datok Keramat
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created
4th 1974 – 1978 Teh Ewe Lim BN (Gerakan)
5th 1978 – 1982
6th 1982 – 1986
7th 1986 – 1990 Ooi Ean Kwong
8th 1990 – 1995 K. Balasundaram DAP
9th 1995 – 1999 Lim Boo Chang BN (Gerakan)
10th 1999 – 2004 BN (MCA)[4]
11th 2004 – 2008 Ong Thean Lye BN (Gerakan)
12th 2008 – 2013 Jagdeep Singh Deo DAP
13th 2013 – 

Election results

The electoral results for the Datok Keramat state constituency in 2008 and 2013 are as follows.

Penang state election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes%
DAPJagdeep Singh Deo 11,720 63.6
BNOng Thean Lye 6,700 36.4
Total valid votes 18,420 100.00
Total rejected ballots 274
Unreturned ballots 92
Turnout 18,78685.8
Registered electors 21,900
Majority 5,020
DAP hold Swing
Penang state election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%
DAPJagdeep Singh Deo 7,995 56.6
BNOng Thean Lye 6,140 43.4
IndependentShahul Hameed M.K. Mohamed Ishack 0 0
Total valid votes 14,135 100.00
Total rejected ballots 308
Unreturned ballots 1
Turnout 14,44476.6
Registered electors 18,852
Majority 1,855
DAP gain from BN Swing ?

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-21. 

  1. ↑ "Story Map Journal". Retrieved 2017-04-22.
  2. ↑ "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  3. ↑ "Story Map Journal". Retrieved 2017-04-22.
  4. ↑ "Boo Chang joins PKR". www.thesundaily.my. Lim Boo Chang switched from Gerakan to MCA after the 1999 General Elections. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
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