Telok Bahang (state constituency) explained

Telok Bahang
State:Penang
State-Rep:Muhamad Kasim
State-Rep-Party:Perikatan Nasional
State-Status:active
State-Created:1974
State-Election-First:1974
State-Election-Last:2023
Demo-Electors:17,927
Demo-Electors-Date:2023
Demo-Electors-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area:65
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]

Telok Bahang is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly since 1974. It covers the northwestern corner of Penang Island, including the town of Teluk Bahang.

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.

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Telok Bahang constituency is divided into 7 polling districts.[3]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Telok Bahang (N40)Telok Awak053/40/01SJK (C) Eok Hua
Telok Bahang053/40/02SK Telok Bahang
Sungai Pinang053/40/03SK Sungai Pinang
Pantai Acheh053/40/04SJK (C) Chin Hwa (Pantai Acheh)
Kuala Sungai Pinang053/40/05SJK (C) Yu Chye
Sungai Rusa053/40/06SK Sungai Rusa
Jalan Bahru053/40/07SK Sungai Korok
It encompasses the entire northwestern corner of Penang Island, including the eponymous town of Teluk Bahang near the island's northwestern tip, and much of the sparsely-populated rural west coast of Penang Island.

Demographics

Total electors by polling district in 2016!Polling district!Electors
Jalan Bahru1,989
Kuala Sungai Pinang1,811
Pantai Acheh648
Sungai Pinang2,343
Sungai Rusa1,943
Telok Awak779
Telok Bahang3,782
Total13,295
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[4]

History

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Telok Bahang
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Balik Pulau
4th1974 – 1978Yahaya Mohd. Yusoff
5th1978 – 1982Ahmad Radhi Pachee
6th1982 – 1986Yahaya Ahmad
7th1986 – 1990
8th1990 – 1995Hilmi Yahaya
9th1995 – 1999
10th1999 – 2004
11th2004 – 2008Siti Faridah Arshad
12th2008 – 2013Hilmi Yahaya
13th2013 – 2018 Shah Haedan Ayoob Hussain Shah
14th2018 – 2020 Zolkifly Mohd Lazim
2020 - 2023
2023Vacant[5]
15th2023–presentMuhamad Kasim

Election results

The electoral results for the Telok Bahang state constituency in 2008, 2013 and 2018 are as follows.

See also

Notes

  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: 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.
  4. 2018. Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 1.
  5. Vacant from 6 March 2023 until the 2023 state election due to the incumbent was vacated from his seat in an approved motion in the Penang State Assembly along with 3 other BERSATU assemblymen.

References

Web site: Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya. Election Commission of Malaysia. 2016-05-21. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160424120924/http://www.spr.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=74=. 2016-04-24.

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