Bukit Tambun (state constituency)

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Bukit Tambun
Penang constituency
State constituency
LegislaturePenang State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Goh Choon Aik
PH
Constituency created1974
First contested1974
Last contested2018
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, 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

Ethnic breakdown of Bukit Tambun's electorate as of 2018[4]

  Malay (14.61%)
  Chinese (66.07%)
  Indian (19.08%)
  Other ethnicities (0.14%)
Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district Electors
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
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.

Penang state election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
[[|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.
Penang state election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
[[|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
Penang state election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
[[|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

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