Sungai Acheh
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Sungai Acheh State Penang State-rep Rashidi Zinol State-rep-party Barisan Nasional State-status active State-created 1974 State-election-first 1974 State-election-last 2023 Demo-electors 26,095 Demo-electors-date 2023 Demo-electors-ref [1] Demo-area 38 Demo-area-ref [2]
Sungai Acheh 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 .
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Definition
Polling districts
According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Sungai Acheh constituency is divided into 7 polling districts.[4]
State constituency Polling districts Code Location Sungai Acheh (N21) Sungai Udang 047/21/01 Madrasah Al-Irsyadiah Sungai Acheh Sungai Setar 047/21/02 SK Sungai Setar Sungai Acheh 047/21/03 SK Sungai Acheh Sungai Bakau 047/21/04 SK Sungai Bakau Tanjong Berembang 047/21/05 SMK Sungai Acheh Permatang To' Mahat 047/21/06 SK Permatang Tok Mahat Tamam Transkrian 047/21/07 SMK Saujana Indah
Demographics
Total electors by polling district in 2016 Polling district Electors Sungai Udang 2,268 Sungai Setar 1,414 Sungai Acheh 3,039 Sungai Bakau 1,436 Tanjong Berembang 987 Permatang To'Mahat 4,469 Taman Transkrian 2,588 Total 16,201 Source: Malaysian Election Commission [5]
History
Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Sungai AchehAssembly Years Member Party Constituency created from Nibong Tebal and Sungei Bakap 4th 1974 – 1978 Ahmad Salleh BN (UMNO )5th 1978 – 1982 6th 1982 – 1986 7th 1986 – 1990 Ragayah Ariff 8th 1990 – 1995 Ibrahim Yaakob 9th 1995 – 1999 Abd. Rashid Abdullah 10th 1999 – 2004 11th 2004 – 2008 Mohammad Foad Mat Isa 12th 2008 – 2013 Mahmud Zakaria 13th 2013 – 2018 14th 2018 – 2020 Zulkifli Ibrahim PH (PKR )2020 – 2023 PN (BERSATU )2023 Vacant[N 1] 15th 2023 – present Rashidi Zinol BN (UMNO )
See also
Notes
^ Vacant 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. References
^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia . 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.^ 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 Election Commission of Malaysia . 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-15.^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya" . Election Commission of Malaysia the original on 2016-04-24.^ "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]" . Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2026-01-31.^ "Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018" . Election Commission of Malaysia 1 . 2018.