Telok Ayer Tawar (state constituency)

Telok Ayer Tawar
Penang constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Penang State Legislative Assembly
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Constituency created	1986
First contested	1986
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	19,172
Area (km²)[2]	18

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.Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Telok Ayer Tawar is Mustafa Kamal Ahmad from the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).

Definition

The Telok Ayer Tawar constituency contains the polling districts of Telok Ayer Tawar, Permatang Binjai, Pekan Darat, Taman Senangan, Mata Kuching, Jalan Masjid, Taman Wira and Taman Perkasa.[4]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Telok Ayer Tawar's electorate as of 2018[5]

Malay (65.80%)

Chinese (23.21%)

Indian (9.96%)

East Malaysian Bumiputeras (0.39%)

Other ethnicities (0.42%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district	Electors
Telok Ayer Tawar	3,544
Permatang Binjai	1,450
Pekan Darat	1,299
Taman Senangan	1,975
Mata Kuching	3,003
Jalan Masjid	4,603
Taman Wira	1,265
Taman Perkasa	793
Total	17,932
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[6]

History

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Telok Ayer Tawar
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
7th	1986 – 1990	Abd Ro'ni A. Hasan	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990 – 1995	Rokiah Bee Hassan
9th	1995 – 1999	Jahara Hamid
10th	1999 – 2004
11th	2004 – 2008
12th	2008 – 2013
13th	2013 – 2018
14th	2018 –	Mustafa Kamal Ahmad	PH (PKR)

Election results

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

Penang state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PH	Mustafa Kamal Ahmad	7,072	44.4
	BN	Zamri Che Ros	4,869	30.6
	PAS	Mohamad Hanif Haron	3,900	24.5
	PRM	Lee Thian Hong	88	0.5
Total valid votes			15,929	100.0
Total rejected ballots			219
Unreturned ballots			50
Turnout			16,198	84.5
Registered electors			19,172
Majority			2,203
	PH gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 252/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 326/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Penang state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Jahara Hamid	8,040	52.8
	PKR	Norhayati Jaafar	7,200	47.2
Total valid votes			15,240	100.00
Total rejected ballots			231
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,471	86.7
Registered electors			17,835
Majority			840
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 189/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 230/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Penang state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Jahara Hamid	6,478	56.4
	PKR	Norhayati Jaafar	5,008	43.6
Total valid votes			11,486	100.00
Total rejected ballots			199
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			11,705	93.6
Registered electors			12,509
Majority			1,470
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [7]

References

"Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
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 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24.
"Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
"14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Penang". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
"Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018" (PDF). Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018.
https://undi.info/penang/r18/n6

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[1] "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.

[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 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-15.

[3] "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24.

[4] "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.

[star-5] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Penang". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.

[2018report-6] "Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018" (PDF). Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018.

[7] ttps://undi.info/penang/r18/n6