Penggaram

Penggaram
Johor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Johor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Gan Peck Cheng; PH
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Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)	92,223
Electors (2022)	69,092
Area (km²)	30

Penggaram is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 1984 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Penggaram's electorate as of 2022

Chinese (60.68%)

Malay (36.12%)

Indian (2.29%)

Other ethnicities (0.66%)

Sabah Bumiputera (0.15%)

Sarawak Bumiputera (0.11%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Penggaram constituency has a total of 18 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Penggaram (N23)	Parit Bilal	150/23/01	SK Parit Bilal
	Linau	150/23/02	SA Bukit Pasir
	Bakau Condong	150/23/03	SK Parit Lapis
	Bukit Pasir	150/23/04	SJK (C) Chern Hwa Bukit Pasir
	Bakau Condong Barat	150/23/05	SK Convent
	Kampung Kenangan Dato' Onn	150/23/06	SA Kenangan Dato' Onn
	Gunung Soga	150/23/07	SJK (T) Seri Pelangi Gunung Soga
	Kampong Merdeka Timor	150/23/08	SMK Datin Onn Jaaffar
	Kampong Merdeka Barat	150/23/09	Taman Kanak-Kanak Dawning
	Jalan Zabedah Barat	150/23/10	Tadika Agape
	Jalan Abu Bakar	150/23/11	SJK (C) Ai Chun (1) SJK (C) Ai Chun (2)
	Jalan Zabedah Timor	150/23/12	SMK (P) Temenggong Ibrahim
	Simpang Rantai	150/23/13	SK Temenggong Ibrahim Penggaram
	Bentara Luar	150/23/14	SMK Dato' Bentara Luar
	Bukit Bendera	150/23/15	SMK Dato' Syed Esa
	Taman Soga	150/23/16	SMK Tinggi Batu Pahat
	Kampung Istana	150/23/17	SA Kampung Istana
	Taman Murni	150/23/18	SRA Bersepadu Batu Pahat

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Penggaram
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bandar Penggaram
7th	1986-1990	Chua Soi Lek (蔡细历)	BN (MCA)
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Koh Chee Chai
12th	2008-2013	Koh Chee Chai
13th	2013-2018	Gan Peck Cheng (颜碧贞)	PR (DAP)
14th	2018-2022		PH (DAP)
15th	2022–present		PH (DAP)

Election results

Johor state election, 2022: Penggaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Gan Peck Cheng	18,208	53.67	10.77
	BN	Ter Hwa Kwong	8,252	24.32	1.21
	PN	Ronald Sia Wee Yet	5,276	15.55	15.55
	Independent	Zahari Osman	2,190	6.46	6.46
Total valid votes			33,926	100.00
Total rejected ballots			870
Unreturned ballots			228
Turnout			35,024	50.69	34.25
Registered electors			69,092
Majority			9,956	29.35	11.98
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) ^[3]^[4]

Johor state election, 2018: Penggaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Gan Peck Cheng	26,825	64.44	64.44
	BN	Kang Beng Kuan	9,620	23.11
	PAS	Misran Samian	5,185	12.45
Total valid votes			41,630	100.00
Total rejected ballots			420
Unreturned ballots			207
Turnout			42,257	84.94
Registered electors			49,750
Majority			17,205	41.33
	PH hold		Swing