Penawar (state constituency) explained

Penawar
State:Johor
State-Rep:Fauziah Misri
State-Rep-Party:Barisan Nasional
State-Status:active
State-Created:2003
State-Election-First:2004
State-Election-Last:2022
Demo-Census-Date:2020
Demo-Pop:40,534
Demo-Electors:29,933
Demo-Electors-Date:2022
Demo-Area:468

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

The state constituency was first contested in 2004 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Penawar constituency has a total of 10 polling districts.[2]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Penawar(N38)Air Tawar 1157/38/01SK (FELDA) Air Tawar 1
Air Tawar 4157/38/02SK (FELDA) Air Tawar 4
Papan Timor157/38/03SMK Bandar Mas
Penawar157/38/04SK Bandar Penawar
Sungai Mas157/38/05SK LKTP Sungai Mas
Bandar Mas157/38/06SK Bandar Mas
Air Tawar 5157/38/07SK (FELDA) Air Tawar 5
Semenchu157/38/08SK (FELDA) Semenchu
Sungai Layau157/38/09SK Kampong Layau
Tanjong Buai157/38/10SK Tanjong Buai

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Penawar
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created from Pengerang
11th2004–2008Mohd 'Azam Razuan
12th2008–2013Hamimah Mansor
13th2013–2018
14th2018–2022Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain
15th2022–presentFauziah Misri

Notes and References

  1. News: Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14). The Star. Petaling Jaya. 23 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081855/https://election.thestar.com.my/johor.html. 11 May 2018. live. 16 April 2019.
  2. Web site: 2018-03-30. Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]]. 2019-01-03. Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia.