Datok Keramat (state constituency)
{{Short description|Constituency in Malaysia}}
{{Infobox Malaysia electoral district
|name=Datok Keramat
|state=Penang
|image=Datok Keramat state constituency.svg
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|caption=Datok Keramat (olive) on Penang
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|state-rep=Jagdeep Singh Deo
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|state-rep-party=Pakatan Harapan
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|state-status=active
|state-created=1974
|state-election-first=1974
|state-election-last=2023
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|demo-electors=26,791
|demo-electors-date=2023
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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. {{As of|2008|since=y}}, 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 (PH).
Definition
= Polling districts =
According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Datok Keramat constituency is divided into 9 polling districts.{{Cite web |date=2018-03-30 |title=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] |url=http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20180330_PU%20B%20157.pdf |access-date=2019-01-03 |publisher=Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%"
!State constituency !Polling districts !Code !Location |
| rowspan="9" |Datok Keramat (N29)
|Jalan York |050/29/01 |SMJK Union |
| Sekolah Free
|050/29/02 |SMK Penang Free |
| Taman Sekolah Free
|050/29/03 |SJK (C) Han Chiang |
| Taman Abdidin
|050/29/04 |SJK (C) Sum Sun |
| Jalan Perak
|050/29/05 |Sekolah Jepun Pulau Pinang |
| Caunter Hall
|050/29/06 |SMK Abdullah Munshi |
| City Stadium
|050/29/07 |SMK (P) Sri Mutiara |
| Kampong Makam
|050/29/08 |SJK (C) Tong Sian |
| Jalan Kajang
|050/29/09 |SJK (C) Convent Datuk Keramat |
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.{{Cite news|url=http://tindakmalaysia.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=1bd0cc96a2b443fa8d0ca2a486fa6a17|title=Story Map Journal|access-date=2017-04-22}} 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.
Demographics
{{Pie chart|thumb=left|caption=Ethnic breakdown of Datok Keramat's electorate as of 2023{{Cite web|title=15th Penang State Election - Results Overview|url=https://live.chinapress.com.my/ge15/2023election/Penang|access-date=2023-08-13|website=live.chinapress.com}}|label2=Malay|value2=27.00|color2=green|label1=Chinese|color1=red|value1=55.44|value3=16.54|color3=orange|label3=Indian|label4=Other ethnicities|color4=yellow|value4=1.03}}
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|+Total electors by polling district in 2016 !Polling district !Electors |
| Caunter Hall
| align="right" |2,281 |
| City Stadium
| align="right" |2,388 |
| Jalan Kajang
| align="right" |1,503 |
| Jalan Perak
| align="right" |3,805 |
| Jalan York
| align="right" |1,803 |
| Kampong Makam
| align="right" |2,778 |
| Sekolah Free
| align="right" |1,891 |
| Taman Sekolah Free
| align="right" |3,685 |
| Taman Abidin
| align="right" |1,900 |
| style="background: #f2f2f2" |Total
| style="background: #f2f2f2" align="right" |22,034 |
| colspan="2" align="right" |Source: Malaysian Election Commission{{Cite journal|date=2018|title=Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018|url=http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/Jilid%201%20Kajian%20Semula%20Persempadanan%20V2.pdf|journal=Election Commission of Malaysia|volume=1}} |
History
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Datok Keramat |
| Assembly
!Years !Member !Party |
|---|
| colspan="4" align="center" |Constituency created from Tanjong Barat |
| 4th
|1974 – 1978 | rowspan="3" |Teh Ewe Lim | rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| BN (GERAKAN)}} |
| 5th
|1978 – 1982 |
| 6th
|1982 – 1986 |
| 7th
|1986 – 1990 |Ooi Ean Kwong |
| 8th
|1990 – 1995 |K. Balasundaram | bgcolor="{{party color|Gagasan Rakyat|GR}}" | {{Font color|black|GR (DAP)}} |
| 9th
|1995 – 1999 | rowspan="2" |Lim Boo Chang | bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| BN (GERAKAN)}} |
| 10th
|1999 – 2004 | bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| BN (MCA)}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thesundaily.my/node/165412|title=Boo Chang joins PKR|website=www.thesundaily.my|language=en|others=Lim Boo Chang switched from Gerakan to MCA after the 1999 General Elections.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426100117/http://www.thesundaily.my/node/165412|archive-date=2017-04-26|url-status=dead|access-date=2017-04-25}} |
| 11th
|2004 – 2008 |Ong Thean Lye | bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| BN (GERAKAN)}} |
| 12th
|2008 – 2013 | rowspan="4" |Jagdeep Singh Deo | rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Rakyat|PR}}" | {{Font color|white| PR (DAP)}} |
| 13th
|2013 – 2018 |
| 14th
|2018 – 2023 |rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan|PH}}" | {{Font color|white| PH (DAP)}} |
| 15th
|2023–present |
Election results
The electoral results for the Datok Keramat state constituency in 2008, 2013 and 2018 are as follows.
{{MASelec/top|Penang|2023|Datok Keramat (state constituency)|Datok Keramat|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Pakatan Harapan|Jagdeep Singh Deo|13,398|72.60|{{decrease}} 2.70}}
{{MASelec|Perikatan Nasional|Heng See Lin|5,054|27.40|{{increase}} 27.40}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|18,452| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|152|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|31|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|18,635|69.56|{{decrease}} 12.24}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|26,791|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|8,344|45.20|{{decrease}} 7.30}}
{{MASelec/hold|Pakatan Harapan|}}
{{MASelec/source|||hide=}}
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{{MASelec/top|Penang|2018|Datok Keramat (state constituency)|Datok Keramat|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Pakatan Harapan|Jagdeep Singh Deo|13,712|75.30|{{increase}} 75.30}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Lee Boon Ten|4,151|22.80|{{decrease}} 13.60}}
{{MASelec|Malaysian United Party|Lim Boo Chang|194|1.10|{{increase}} 1.10}}
{{MASelec|Independent politician|Muhammad Majnun Abdul Wahab|146|0.80|{{increase}} 0.80}}
{{MASelec|Penang Front Party|Nicholas Diane Morgan|18|0.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|18,221|100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|216|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|67|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|18,504|81.80|{{decrease}} 4.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|22,630|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|9,561|52.50|{{increase}} 25.30}}
{{MASelec/hold|Pakatan Harapan|}}
{{MASelec/source|hide={{cite web|url=http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20180504_P.U.%20(B)%20252%20-%20PULAU%20PINANG.pdf|title=His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 252/2018]|date=3 May 2018|publisher=Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia|access-date=2018-08-01}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
{{cite web|url=http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20180601_P.U.(B)326.pdf|title=Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 326/2018]|date=28 May 2018|publisher=Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia|access-date=2018-08-01|archive-date=2019-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829145610/http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20180601_P.U.(B)326.pdf|url-status=dead}}}}
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{{MASelec/top|Penang|2013|Datok Keramat (state constituency)|Datok Keramat|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Democratic Action Party|Jagdeep Singh Deo|11,720|63.60|{{increase}} 7.00}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Ong Thean Lye|6,700|36.40|{{decrease}} 7.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|18,420| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|274|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|92|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|18,786|85.80|{{increase}} 9.20}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|21,900|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|5,020|27.20|{{increase}} 14.00}}
{{MASelec/hold|Democratic Action Party|}}
{{MASelec/source|||hide={{cite web|url=http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20130426_P%20U%20%20(B)%20189-Borang%208%20-%20DUN%20Pulau%20Pinang-SPR-final.pdf|title=Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 189/2013]|date=26 April 2013|publisher=Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia|access-date=2016-05-21}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{cite web|url=http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20130522_P.U.%20(B)%20230-Borang%2016%20DUN%20PENANG.pdf|title=Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 230/2013]|date=22 May 2013|publisher=Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia|access-date=2016-05-21|archive-date=2019-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322115252/http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20130522_P.U.%20(B)%20230-Borang%2016%20DUN%20PENANG.pdf|url-status=dead}}}}
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{{MASelec/top|Penang|2008|Datok Keramat (state constituency)|Datok Keramat|percent=yes}}
{{MASelec|Democratic Action Party|Jagdeep Singh Deo|7,995|56.60}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Ong Thean Lye|6,140|43.40}}
{{MASelec|Independent politician|Shahul Hameed M.K. Mohamed Ishack|0|0.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|14,135| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|308|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|1|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|14,444|76.60}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|18,852|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|1,855|13.20}}
{{MASelec/gain|Democratic Action Party|Barisan Nasional|?}}
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See also
References
{{cite web|url=http://www.spr.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=74=|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424120924/http://www.spr.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=74=|archive-date=2016-04-24|url-status=dead|work=Election Commission of Malaysia|access-date=2016-05-21}}
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