Telok Ayer Tawar Explained

Telok Ayer Tawar
State:Penang
State-Rep:Azmi Alang
State-Rep-Party:Perikatan Nasional
State-Status:active
State-Created:1986
State-Election-First:1986
State-Election-Last:2023
Demo-Electors:24,784
Demo-Electors-Date:2023
Demo-Electors-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area:18
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]

Telok Ayer Tawar is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly.[3]

The state constituency was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Penang State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Telok Ayer Tawar constituency is divided into 8 polling districts.[4]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Telok Ayer Tawar (N06)Telok Ayer Tawar042/06/01SK Telok Ayer Tawar
Permatang Binjai042/06/02SK Permatang Binjai
Pekan Darat042/06/03SK Permatang To'Jaya
Taman Senangan042/06/04SK Taman Senangan
Mata Kuching042/06/05SMK Datuk Onn
Jalan Masjid042/06/06SMK St Mark
Taman Wira042/06/07SMK Telok Air Tawar
Taman Perkasa042/06/08SJK (C) Li Hwa

Demographics

Total electors by polling district in 2016!Polling district!Electors
Telok Ayer Tawar3,544
Permatang Binjai1,450
Pekan Darat1,299
Taman Senangan1,975
Mata Kuching3,003
Jalan Masjid4,603
Taman Wira1,265
Taman Perkasa793
Total17,932
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[5]

History

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Telok Ayer Tawar
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Tasek Gelugor
7th1986–1990Abd Ro'ni A. Hasan
8th1990–1995Rokiah Bee Hassan
9th1995–1999Jahara Hamid
10th1999–2004
11th2004–2008
12th2008–2013
13th2013–2018
14th2018–2023Mustafa Kamal Ahmad
15th2023–presentAzmi Alang

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. 2018-04-25. 12. ms.
  2. 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. 2018-04-15. ms.
  3. Web site: Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160424120924/http://www.spr.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=74= . 2016-04-24 .
  4. 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.
  5. 2018. Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 1.