Seberang Jaya (state constituency)

Seberang Jaya 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 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Penang State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Definition

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Seberang Jaya constituency is divided into 9 polling districts.^[4]

Ethnic breakdown of Seberang Jaya's electorate as of 2023^[5]

Malay (68.54%)

Chinese (18.25%)

Indian (12.10%)

Other ethnicities (1.11%)

^ 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.

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^ "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. ^{[permanent dead link]}
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^ https://undi.info/penang/r18/n10 ^{[dead link]}