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Perai

my.pulau-pinang.n16 N16 · State assembly · Pulau Pinang

N16 Perai is a state assembly seat in Pulau Pinang, last contested in 2023. Sundarajoo Somu (DAP, PH) won the state election on 12 Aug 2023 with 10,680 votes, a majority of 9,139.

Results

State election, 12 Aug 2023

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sundarajoo Somu wonDAP, PH10,68076.8%
Sivasuntaram RajalinggamGERAKAN, PN1,54111.1%
David Marshel PakianathanIndependent1,43910.3%
Vikneswary HarikrishnanMUDA2531.8%

Majority 9,139.

State election, 09 May 2018

CandidatePartyVotesShare
P.ramasamy Palanisamy wonDAP, PH11,24382.5%
Suresh MuniandyMIC, BN2,19416.1%
Ooi Khar GiapPFP1040.8%
Samuganathan MuniandyPRM370.3%
Asoghan GovindarajuPAP330.2%
Isumary RetnamIndependent230.2%

Majority 9,049. Turnout 81.0%: 13,802 ballots from 17,032 voters, 168 rejected.

Source: Election Commission of Malaysia (SPR). Figures from GE15 (November 2022) on are SPR's own, read from dashboard.spr.gov.my; earlier contests are SPR's published results as held in our records.

Canonical idmy.pulau-pinang.n16
Current namePerai
Former namesSungai Bakap — also matched, at lower confidence
Last seen2023
Total mentions12
Mentioned as
  • dun perai7
  • perai3
  • kerusi perai2
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Covered by
  • Buletin TV32
  • MalaysiaGazette2
  • Malaysiaaktif2
  • Sinar Harian2
  • Berita Harian1
  • Free Malaysia Today1
…and 2 more outlets.

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