Sungai Pinang (Penang state constituency)

Sungai Pinang is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly since 1974. It covers much of Jelutong, one of the suburbs of George Town.

Sungai Pinang
Penang constituency
Sungai Pinang (olive) on Penang
State constituency
LegislaturePenang State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Lim Siew Khim
PH
Constituency created1959 (as Sungei Pinang)
First contested1959
Last contested2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)34,416
Area (km²)4

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. Since 2013, the State Assemblyman for Sungai Pinang is Lim Siew Khim from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).

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