Berapit is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly.
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. , the State Assemblywoman for Berapit is Heng Lee Lee 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 Berapit constituency is divided into 8 polling districts. State constituencyPolling DistrictCodeLocationBerapit (N13)Kampong Aston045/13/01SM Persendirian Jit SinBukit Noning045/13/02SJK (C) Perkampungan BerapitTaman Bukit Ria045/13/03SJK (C) Kim SenKampong Bahru045/13/04SK Kampung BahruJalan Berjaya045/13/05SMK Bukit MertajamTaman Alma045/13/06SMK Jalan DamaiMutiara Indah045/13/07SMK BerapitTaman Tenang045/13/08SM Sains Tun Syed Sheh Shahabudin
Demographics
+Total electors by polling district in 2016Polling districtElectorsKampong Aston3,193Bukit Noning3,210Taman Bukit Ria2,260Kampong Bahru1,789Jalan Berjaya1,400Taman Alma3,401Mutiara Indah2,386Taman Tenang5,042Total22,681Source: Malaysian Election Commission
History Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for BerapitAssemblyNoYearsMemberPartyConstituency created from Pekan Bukit Mertajam and Machang Bubok7thN131986 – 1990Chian Heng Kai (陈庆佳) DAP8th1990 – 1995Wong Hang Yoke (王康力)9th1995 – 1999Lau Chiek Tuan (刘一端) 10th1999 – 200411th2004 – 200812th2008 – 2013Ong Kok Fooi (王国慧) 13th2013 – 2018 14th2018 – 2023 Heng Lee Lee (王丽丽) 15th2023–present
Election results The electoral results for the Berapit state constituency from 1986 to 2018 are as follows.
See also Constituencies of Penang
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