Tanjung Piai (federal constituency) explained

Tanjung Piai (P165)
State:Johor
Fed-Rep:Wee Jeck Seng
Fed-Rep-Party:Barisan Nasional
Fed-Status:active
Fed-Created:2003
Fed-Election-First:2004
Fed-Election-Last:2022
Demo-Census-Date:2020
Demo-Pop:91540
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Electors:70,679
Demo-Electors-Date:2022
Demo-Electors-Ref:[2]
Demo-Area:486
Demo-Area-Ref:[3]

Tanjung Piai (formerly Tanjong Piai) is a federal constituency in Pontian District and Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Tanjung Piai constituency has a total of 27 polling districts.[4]

State constituencyPoling DistrictsCodeLocation
Pekan Nanas (N55)Parit Kudus 165/55/01SK Parit Kudus
Tanjong Ayer Hitam165/55/02SK Tanjong Ayer Hitam
Ladang South Malaya165/55/03SK Parit Haji Adnan
Melayu Raya165/55/04SK Melayu Raya
Kampong Lubok Sawah165/55/05SK Kampung Sawah
Tenggayon165/55/06SK Seri Bunian
Pengkalan Raja Pontian165/55/07SK Pengkalan Raja
Bandar Pekan Nenas Barat165/55/08SMK Dato' Mohd. Yunos Sulaiman
Bandar Pekan Nenas Timor165/55/09SMK Pekan Nanas
Bandar Pekan Nenas Tengah165/55/10
  • SK Pekan Nanas
  • SA Pekan Nanas
Bandar Pekan Nenas Selatan165/55/11SJK (C) Yu Ming (1)
Kukup (N56)Ladang Sungai Burong165/56/01SK Jeram Batu
Jalan Rimba Terjun165/56/02SJK (C) Bin Chong
Kampong Duku165/56/03SJK (C) Cheow Min
Kampong Rimba Terjun165/56/04SK Rimba Terjun
Parit Hj. Ismail165/56/05SK Sungai Bunyi
Rambah165/56/06SK Rambah
Parit Rambai165/56/07SK Parit Rambai
Peradin165/56/08SK Belokok
Telok Kerang165/56/09SK Telok Kerang
Penerok165/56/10SK Penerok
Sungai Boh165/56/11SK Sungai Boh
Bandar Permas Kechil165/56/12SJK (C) Pei Chiao
Permas Kechil165/56/13SMK Sri Kukup
Sungai Durian165/56/14SK Sungai Durian
Serkat165/56/15SK Serkat
Andek Mori165/56/16SK Andek Mori

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Tanjung Piai
Parliament NoYears Member Party
Constituency created from Pontian
Tanjong Piai
P1652004–2008 Ong Ka Ting
(黄家定)
2008–2013 Wee Jeck Seng
(黄日昇)
2013–2018
Tanjung Piai
P1652018–2019 Mohamed Farid Md Rafik
(محمد فريد بن مد رفيق)
2019–2022Wee Jeck Seng
(黄日昇)
2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituencyState constituency
1954–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
Tanjong PiaiKukup
Pekan Nenas
Tanjung PiaiKukup
Pekan Nanas

Current state assembly members

No.State ConstituencyMemberCoalition (Party)
N55Pekan NanasTan Eng Meng
N56KukupJefridin Atan

Local governments

!No.!State Constituency!Local Government
N55Pekan Nanas
  • Iskandar Puteri City Council (Ulu Pulai area)
  • Pontian Municipal Council
N56KukupPontian Municipal Council

Election results

Note: 1Nordin Othman was a candidate of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front (BERJASA), who had contested under the PAS banner through the Gagasan Sejahtera pact.[5]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kawasanku. Department of Statistics Malaysia. 2023-09-24. 2023-09-24. en.
  2. Web site: Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. 2020-01-29. 37. ms.
  3. Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1. Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. 2020-01-29. ms.
  4. Web site: Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election . Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.
  5. News: PAS Announces Candidates In 11 States. Malaysia Today. 20 April 2018. 31 October 2019.