Bukit Tambun (state constituency)
Penang constituency | |||
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State constituency | |||
Legislature | Penang State Legislative Assembly | ||
MLA |
PH | ||
Constituency created | 1974 | ||
First contested | 1974 | ||
Last contested | 2018 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors (2018)[1] | 22,276 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 66 |
Bukit Tambun 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 1974 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Penang State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2018[update], the State Assemblyman for Bukit Tambun is Goh Choon Aik from the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH); and his son's name is Goh Kwan Yang.[4]
Definition
The Bukit Tambun constituency contains the polling districts of Pulau Aman, Batu Kawan, Bukit Tambun, Taman Merak, Kampong Baharu, Ladang Valdor, Perkampungan Valdor, Badak Mati and Rumah Murah Valdor.[5]
Demographics
Polling district | Electors |
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Pulau Aman | 194 |
Batu Kawan | 1,679 |
Bukit Tambun | 2,811 |
Taman Merak | 5,254 |
Kampong Baharu | 4,479 |
Ladang Valdor | 809 |
Perkampungan Valdor | 2,615 |
Badak Mati | 3,597 |
Rumah Murah Valdor | 1,896 |
Total | 23,334 |
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[6] |
History
Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Bukit Tambun | |||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created | |||
4th | 1974 – 1978 | Ng Swee Ching | DAP |
5th | 1978 – 1982 | BN (MCA) | |
6th | 1982 – 1986 | Khoo Soo Kheng | |
11th | 2004 – 2008 | Lai Chew Hock | BN (Gerakan) |
12th | 2008 – 2013 | Law Choo Kiang | PR (PKR) |
13th | 2013 – 2018 | ||
14th | 2018 – | Goh Choon Aik | PH (PKR) |
Election results
The electoral results for the Bukit Tambun state constituency in 2008, 2013 and 2018 are as follows.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PH (2018) | Goh Choon Aik | 18,064 | 81.5 | ||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Hartini Tan Abdullah | 3,184 | 14.4 | ||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PAS | Kumaravelu Arumugam | 735 | 3.4 | ||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PRM | Goh Bee Koon | 117 | 0.5 | ||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PFP | Ong Seong Lu | 54 | 0.2 | ||
Total valid votes | 22,154 | 100.0 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 253 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 48 | |||||
Turnout | 22,455 | 86.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 26,086 | |||||
Majority | 14,880 | |||||
Bukit Tambun hold | Swing | PH (2018) | ||||
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. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PKR | Law Choo Kiang | 15,217 | 77.5 | ||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Lai Chew Hock | 4,197 | 21.3 | ||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | IND | A'ziss Zainal Abiddin | 142 | 0.7 | ||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | IND | Loganathan Ayyayu | 91 | 0.5 | ||
Total valid votes | 19,647 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 303 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 19,950 | 88.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 22,514 | |||||
Majority | 11,020 | |||||
Bukit Tambun hold | Swing | PKR | ||||
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. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PKR | Law Choo Kiang | 9,855 | 67.7 | ||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Huan Cheng Guan | 4,726 | 32.4 | ||
Total valid votes | 14,581 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 235 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 10 | |||||
Turnout | 14,826 | 81.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 18,208 | |||||
Majority | 5,129 | |||||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[|PKR]] | Swing | BN | ||||
Source(s) |
See also
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.
- ^ a b "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Penang". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018" (PDF). Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018.
- ^ https://undi.info/penang/r18/n18