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Telok Bahang

Penang constituency
Telok Bahang (olive) on Penang Island
State constituency
Legislature	Penang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Muhamad Kasim PN
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	17,927
Area (km²)	65

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.

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

Ethnic breakdown of Telok Bahang's electorate as of 2023

History

Election results

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

Penang state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Muhamad Kasim	7,245	53.50	53.50
	BN	Ahmad Zaki Shah Shah Headan	6,301	46.50	4.40
Total valid votes			13,546	100.00
Total rejected ballots			80
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			13,648	76.13	9.17
Registered electors			17,927
Majority			944	7.00	3.40
	PN gain from PH		Swing		?

Penang state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Zolkifly Mohd Lazim	5,482	45.70	45.70
	BN	Shah Haedan Ayoob Hussain Shah	5,057	42.10	11.50
	PAS	Mohd Ali Othman	1,469	12.20	12.20
Total valid votes			12,008	100.00
Total rejected ballots			179
Unreturned ballots			44
Turnout			12,231	85.30	2.50
Registered electors			14,339
Majority			425	3.60	3.60
	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	Shah Haedan Ayoob Hussain Shah	6,034	53.60	0.80
	PKR	Abdul Halim Hussain	5,233	46.40	0.80
Total valid votes			11,267	100.00
Total rejected ballots			167
Unreturned ballots			19
Turnout			11,453	87.80	9.00
Registered electors			13,048
Majority			801	7.20	1.60
	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.

See also

• Constituencies of Penang

Notes

1. 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

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

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. "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]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
4. "15th Penang State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
5. "Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018" (PDF). Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018.

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