Permatang Pauh (federal constituency)

Permatang Pauh

Penang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail PKR
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Permatang Pauh is a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

The federal constituency was created from parts of the Seberang Tengah constituency in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Jalan Sembilang, Seberang Jaya II, Kampong Pertama, Kampong Belah Dua, Seberang Jaya I, Jalan Bahru, Simpang Ampat, Jalan Tuna, Taman Tun Hussein Onn, Sama Gagah, Permatang Ara, Permatang Pauh, Bukit Indra Muda, Kampong Pelet, Kubang Semang, Tanah Liat Mukim 8, Kampong Cross Street 2, Permatang Tengah, Guar Perahu, Kuala Mengkuang, Telok Wang, Mengkuang, Sungai Lembu, Penanti, Kubang Ulu, Sungai Semambu, Tanah Liat Mukim 9, Berapit Road.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Permatang Pauh
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Seberang Tengah
4th	1974-1978	Ariffin Md Daud	BN
5th	1978-1982	Zabidi Ali	PAS
6th	1982-1986	Anwar Ibrahim	BN
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1998
	1998-1999		Independent
10th	1999-2004	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail	KEADILAN
11th	2004-2008
			PKR
12th	2008
	2008-2013	Anwar Ibrahim
13th	2013-2015
	2015-present	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail

Election results

Malaysian general by-election, 7 May 2015 The by-election was called due to the disqualification of incumbent, Anwar Ibrahim after being found guilty of sodomy.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail	30,316	58.01
	BN	Suhaimi Sabudin	21,475	41.09
	Independent	Salleh Isahak	367	0.70
	PRM	Azman Shah Othman	101	0.19
Total valid votes			52,259	100.00
Total rejected ballots			843
Unreturned ballots			43
Turnout			53,145	73.93
Registered electors			71,890
Majority			8,841
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Anwar Ibrahim	37,090	59.19
	BN	Mazlan Ismail	25,369	40.49
	Independent	Abdullah Zawawi Samsudin	201	0.32
Total valid votes			62,660	100.00
Total rejected ballots			672
Unreturned ballots			143
Turnout			63,475	88.53
Registered electors			71,699
Majority			11,721
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general by-election, 26 August 2008 The by-election was called due to the resignation of incumbent, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Anwar Ibrahim	31,195	66.64
	BN	Arif Shah Omar Shah	15,524	33.16
	AKIM	Hanafi Mamat	92	0.20
Total valid votes			46,811	100.00
Total rejected ballots			447
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			47,268	80.86
Registered electors			58,459
Majority			15,671
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail	30,348	64.16
	BN	Pirdaus Ismail	16,950	35.84
Total valid votes			47,298	100.00
Total rejected ballots			636
Unreturned ballots			29
Turnout			47,963	82.06
Registered electors			58,449
Majority			13,398
	PKR hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	KEADILAN	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail	21,737	50.69
	BN	Pirdaus Ismail	21,147	49.31
Total valid votes			42,884	100.00
Total rejected ballots			665
Unreturned ballots			185
Turnout			43,734	80.93
Registered electors
Majority			590
	KEADILAN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	KEADILAN	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail	23,820	61.77
	BN	Ibrahim Saad	14,743	38.23
Total valid votes			38,563	100.00
Total rejected ballots			647
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			39,210	78.94
Registered electors
Majority			9,077
	KEADILAN gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Anwar Ibrahim	27,945	76.68
	DAP	A. Rahman Manap	4,430	12.15
	PAS	Mazani Abdullah	4,071	11.17
Total valid votes			36,446	100.00
Total rejected ballots			889
Unreturned ballots			50
Turnout			37,385	78.30
Registered electors
Majority			23,515
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Anwar Ibrahim	23,793	75.69
	PAS	Mahfuz Omar	7,643	24.31
Total valid votes			31,436	100.00
Total rejected ballots			304
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			31,740	78.32
Registered electors
Majority			16,150
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Anwar Ibrahim	17,979	70.56
	PAS	Mohamad Sabu	7,500	29.44
Total valid votes			25,479	100.00
Total rejected ballots			619
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			26,098	74.82
Registered electors			34,879
Majority			10,479
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Anwar Ibrahim
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Zabidi Ali
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ariffin Md Daud
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created out of Seberang Tengah which went to Gerakan in the previous election.