State assembly constituency · Pulau Pinang

N16 Perai

N16

Within P046

Sitting State Assemblyperson

DAP

Source: DOSM Kawasanku · Census 2020

Ethnic composition

Age structure

Citizens22,717

Non-citizens3,718

Male14,562

Female11,873

Live births304

Deaths165

Electoral history

Results from every election held for this seat

2023-PRN668.6% turnout

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Result
SUNDARAJOO SOMU	DAP	10,680	—	Won
SIVASUNTARAM A/L RAJALINGGAM	GERAKAN	1,541	—	—
DAVID MARSHEL	INDEPENDENT - TREE	1,439	—	—
VIKY	MUDA	253

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Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Result
Ramasamy Palanisamy	PH	11,243	82.50%	Won
PROF. P. RAMASAMY	DAP	11,243	—	—
M. SURESH	MIC	2,194	—	—
Suresh Muniandy	BN	2,194	16.10%	—
Ooi Khar Giap	Penang Front Party	104	0.80%	—
Samuganathan Muniandy	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	37	0.20%	—
Asoghan Govindaraju	People's Alternative Party	33	0.20%	—
Kumary Retnam	Independent	23	0.20%	—
R.KUMARY	INDEPENDENT - CLOCK	23	—	—

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Result
Ramasamy Palanisamy	DAP	10,549	79.20%	Won
P. RAMASAMY	DAP	10,549	—	—
L. KRISHNAN	MIC	2,590	—	—
Krishnan Letchumanan	BN	2,590	19.40%	—
Muhammad Ridhwan Sulaiman	Independent	184	1.40%	—

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Result
Ramasamy Palanisamy	DAP	7,668	73.20%	Won
Krishnan Letchumanan	BN	2,492	23.80%	—
Ulaganathan Ramasamy	Independent	311	3.00%	—

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Result
Rajapathy Kuppusamy	BN	9,174	58.10%	Won
S. Neelamekan	DAP	6,435	40.75%	—
K. Vijaya Kumari	Independent	182	1.15%	—

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Result
Shanmugam Nadason	DAP	5,117	54.26%	Won
LIM BOON SHO	GERAKAN	4,157	—	—
TEOH CHUNG HOI @ TEOH KOOI SNEAH	INDEPENDENT - KEY	3,477	—	—
Subbiah Thevarayan Chettiar	BN	3,445	36.53%	—
MANGSOR B. MD. REJAB	PAS	1,413	—	—
Lim Eng Seng	Independent	870	9.23%	—
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Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Result
Sundarajoo Somu	PH	10,680	76.80%	Won
Sivasuntaram Rajalinggam	PN	1,541	11.10%	—
David Marshel Pakianathan	Independent	1,439	10.30%	—
Vikneswary Harikrishnan	MUDA	253	1.80%	—

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Result
Rajapathy Kuppusamy	BN	5,060	53.06%	Won
Chong Eng	DAP	4,477	46.94%	—

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Result
Rajapathy Kuppusamy	BN	9,047	55.15%	Won
OOI THENG BOK	GERAKAN	8,621	—	—
Patto Perumal	DAP	7,357	45.85%	—
ABDUL RAZAK BIN ABDUL HAMID	DAP	3,294	—	—

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Result
DR. GOH CHENG TEIK	GERAKAN	6,564	—	Won
S. Asamaley	DAP	5,250	51.75%	—
Valli Muthusamy	BN	4,895	48.25%	—
ABU HARITH HJ. AHMAD	S46	3,632	—	—

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Result
YAHAYA BIN AHMAD	UMNO	6,241	—	Won
KASSIM @ OSMAN BIN AHMAD	PSRM	3,569	—	—

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Result
AHMAD RADHI BIN PACHEE	BN - UMNO	4,413	—	Won
OSMAN BIN DIN	PSRM	2,548	—	—
ABDUL RAHMAN BIN HAJI JUNUS	INDEPENDENT	1,319	—	—
IBRAHIM BIN SAAD	—	—	—	—

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Result
YAHAYA B. HAJI MOHD. YUSOFF	UMNO	4,068	—	Won
OTHMAN BIN SALLEH	PSRM	2,230	—	—
CHEW AH CHUNG	DAP	1,417	—	—
ISMAIL BIN PUTEH	PEKEMAS	159	—	—