Penanti (state constituency)

Penanti
Penang constituency
State constituency
LegislaturePenang State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Zulkefli Bakar
PN
Constituency created1974
First contested1974
Last contested2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)28,170
Area (km²)47

Penanti is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly.

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 Assemblywoman for Penanti is Norlela Ariffin from the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).