# Bagan (federal constituency)

Bagan is a federal constituency in North Seberang Perai District, Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.
The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

## Demographics

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* Chinese (69.27%)
* Indian (15.65%)
* Malay (14.53%)
* Other ethnicities (0.55%)
* 18-20 (4.81%)
* 21-29 (16.31%)
* 30-39 (18.3%)
* 40-49 (18.22%)
* 50-59 (17.48%)
* 60-69 (14.43%)
* 70-79 (7.7%)
* 80-89 (2.24%)
* above 90 (0.51%)
* Male (49.32%)
* Female (50.68%)

## History

It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed. It was re-created in 1984.

### Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Bagan constituency is divided into 24 polling districts.
| State constituency | Polling districts | Code | Location |
| Sungai Puyu (N07) | Bagan Ajam | 043/07/01 | SK Bagan Ajam |
| Sungai Puyu (N07) | Permatang Tengah | 043/07/02 | SMJK Chung Ling Butterworth |
| Sungai Puyu (N07) | Sungai Puyu | 043/07/03 | SK Sungai Puyu |
| Sungai Puyu (N07) | Kampong Bahru | 043/07/04 | SMK Bagan Jaya |
| Sungai Puyu (N07) | Bagan Lalang | 043/07/05 | SK Sungai Puyu |
| Sungai Puyu (N07) | Taman Merbau | 043/07/06 | SK Bagan Ajam |
| Sungai Puyu (N07) | Taman Dedap | 043/07/07 | SMJK Chung Ling Butterworth |
| Sungai Puyu (N07) | Taman Bunga Tanjung | 043/07/08 | SMK Bagan Jaya |
| Bagan Jermal (N08) | Bagan Jermal | 043/08/01 | SK Bagan Jermal |
| Bagan Jermal (N08) | Kubang Buaya | 043/08/02 | SMK Kampong Kastam |
| Bagan Jermal (N08) | Kampong Gajah | 043/08/03 | SJK (C) Chung Hwa Pusat |
| Bagan Jermal (N08) | Jalan Mengkuang | 043/08/04 | SK Bagan Tuan Kechil |
| Bagan Jermal (N08) | Kampong Simpa | 043/08/05 | SK Mak Mandin |
| Bagan Jermal (N08) | Mak Mandin | 043/08/06 | SMK Mak Mandin |
| Bagan Jermal (N08) | Taman Sukaria | 043/08/07 | SJK (T) Mak Mandin |
| Bagan Jermal (N08) | Taman Melor | 043/08/08 | SJK (C) Kwang Hwa |
| Bagan Jermal (N08) | Taman Cantik | 043/08/09 | SJK (C) Mak Mandin |
| Bagan Dalam (N09) | Bagan Luar | 043/09/01 | SK St Mark |
| Bagan Dalam (N09) | Telaga Ayer | 043/09/02 | SJK (C) Chung Hwa 1 |
| Bagan Dalam (N09) | Taman Bagan | 043/09/03 | SJK (C) Chung Hwa 2 |
| Bagan Dalam (N09) | Kampong Acham | 043/09/04 | SK Convent 1, Butterworth |
| Bagan Dalam (N09) | Sekolah St Marks | 043/09/05 | SMK Convent Butterworth |
| Bagan Dalam (N09) | Bagan Dalam | 043/09/06 | SK Kuala Perai |
| Bagan Dalam (N09) | Jalan Assumption | 043/09/07 | SK Sungai Nyior |

### Representation history

Members of Parliament for Bagan :
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Wellesley North |||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya |||||
| 1st | P031 | 1959–1963 | Tan Cheng Bee (陈清美) | Alliance (MCA) |
| Parliament of Malaysia |||||
| 1st | P031 | 1963–1964 | Tan Cheng Bee (陈清美) | Alliance (MCA) |
| 2nd | P031 | 1964–1969 | Tan Cheng Bee (陈清美) | Alliance (MCA) |
| | | 1969–1971 | Parliament was suspended | Parliament was suspended |
| 3rd | P031 | 1971–1973 | Tan Cheng Bee (陈清美) | Alliance (MCA) |
| 3rd | P031 | 1973–1974 | Tan Cheng Bee (陈清美) | BN (MCA) |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Mata Kuching |||||
| Constituency re-created, renamed from Mata Kuching |||||
| 7th | P040 | 1986–1990 | Teoh Teik Huat (张德发) | DAP |
| 8th | P040 | 1990–1995 | Lim Hock Seng (林峰成) | GR (DAP) |
| 9th | P043 | 1995 | Patto Perumal (பாட்டோ பெருமாள்) | GR (DAP) |
| 9th | P043 | 1995–1999 | Lim Hock Seng (林峰成) | GR (DAP) |
| 10th | P043 | 1999–2004 | Lim Hock Seng (林峰成) | BA (DAP) |
| 11th | P043 | 2004–2008 | Lim Hock Seng (林峰成) | DAP |
| 12th | P043 | 2008–2013 | Lim Guan Eng (林冠英) | PR (DAP) |
| 13th | P043 | 2013–2015 | Lim Guan Eng (林冠英) | PR (DAP) |
| 13th | P043 | 2015–2018 | Lim Guan Eng (林冠英) | PH (DAP) |
| 14th | P043 | 2018–2022 | Lim Guan Eng (林冠英) | PH (DAP) |
| 15th | P043 | 2022–present | Lim Guan Eng (林冠英) | PH (DAP) |

### State constituency

| Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency |
| Parliamentary constituency | 1955–1959* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present |
| Bagan | | Bagan Ajam | | | | | |
| Bagan | | | | | | Bagan Dalam | Bagan Dalam |
| Bagan | | | | Bagan Jermal | Bagan Jermal | Bagan Jermal | Bagan Jermal |
| Bagan | | Butterworth | | | | | |
| Bagan | | | | Mak Mandin | | | |
| Bagan | | | | | Perai | | |
| Bagan | | | | Prai | | | |
| Bagan | | | | | Sungai Puyu | Sungai Puyu | Sungai Puyu |

### Current state assembly members

| No. | State Constituency | Member | Coalition (Party) |
| N7 | Sungai Puyu | Phee Syn Tze | PH (DAP) |
| N8 | Bagan Jermal | Chee Yeeh Keen | PH (DAP) |
| N9 | Bagan Dalam | Kumaran Krishnan | PH (DAP) |

### Local governments & postcodes

| No. | State Constituency | Local Government | Postcode |
| N7 | Sungai Puyu | Seberang Perai City Council | 12000, 12100, 12200, 12300, 13000, 13020, 13400 Butterworth |
| N8 | Bagan Jermal | Seberang Perai City Council | 12000, 12100, 12200, 12300, 13000, 13020, 13400 Butterworth |
| N9 | Bagan Dalam | Seberang Perai City Council | 12000, 12100, 12200, 12300, 13000, 13020, 13400 Butterworth |