Tanjung Dawai (state constituency)

Tanjung Dawai
Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Hanif Ghazali; PN
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Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	54,629

Tanjung Dawai is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Tanjung Dawai's electorate as of 2023^[1]

Malay (81.16%)

Chinese (11.69%)

Indian (5.69%)

Other ethnicities (1.47%)

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Tanjung Dawai constituency has a total of 19 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Tanjung Dawai (N26)	Bujang	014/26/01	MRSM Merbok
	Pekan Sabtu Merbok	014/26/02	SJK (C) Sin Hwa
	Simpang Tiga Pasir	014/26/03	SK Merbok (Pusat)
	Pekan Merbok	014/26/04	SMK Merbok
	Kampung Pasir	014/26/05	SK Kampong Pasir
	Kampung Huma	014/26/06	SK Tanjung Dawai
	Tanjung Dawai	014/26/07	SJK (C) Choong Cheng
	Batu Hampar	014/26/08	SK Batu Hampar
	Pengkalan Bujang	014/26/09	SK Haji Omar Tahir
	Sungai Gelam	014/26/10	SK Sultan Mudzaffar Shah
	Sungai Jagong	014/26/11	SA Daris
	Sungai Layar	014/26/12	SK Sungai Layar
	Semeling Kanan	014/26/13	SK Semeling
	Semeling Kiri	014/26/14	SJK (C) Ching Chong
	Kampung Bedong	014/16/15	SJK (T) Bedong
	Taman Orkid	014/26/16	SMK Sungai Layar
	Taman Sri Tanjung	014/26/17	SK Tun Syes Jan Al-Jaffri
	Bunga Raya	014/26/18	SMK Ibrahim
	Sekolah Ibrahim	014/26/19	SK Ibrahim

Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Tanjung Dawai
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Merbok
7th	1986–1990	Rokiah Haji Hashim	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990–1995	Rokiah Haji Hashim
9th	1995–1999	Badri Hj Yunus
10th	1999–2004	Hajah Rosnah Majid
11th	2004–2008	Arzmi Hamid
12th	2008–2013	Hamdan Mohamed Khalib	PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018	Tajul Urus Mat Zain	BN (UMNO)
14th	2018–2020	Hanif Ghazali	PAS
14th	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present		PN (PAS)

Kedah state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Hanif Ghazali	11,444	35.37	9.70
	PH	Annuar Abdul Hamid	10,492	32.43	32.43
	BN	Annuar Ahmad	10,421	32.20	23.73
Total valid votes			32,357	100.00
Total rejected ballots			645
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			33,123	84.00	4.30
Registered electors			39,415
Majority			952	2.94	7.92
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tajul Urus Mat Zain	17,818	55.93	5.10
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhurazi	14,038	45.07	5.10
Total valid votes			31,856	100.00
Total rejected ballots			546
Unreturned ballots			95
Turnout			32,497	88.30	7.24
Registered electors			36,821
Majority			3,780	10.86	10.52
	BN gain from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Hamdan Mohamed Khalib	11,497	50.17	12.39
	BN	Arzmi Hamid	11,418	49.83	12.39
Total valid votes			22,915	100.00
Total rejected ballots			618
Unreturned ballots			351
Turnout			23,884	81.06	2.38
Registered electors			29,466
Majority			79	0.34	24.10
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Arzmi Hamid	13,111	62.22	5.82
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Hamdan Mohamed Khalib	7,960	37.78	5.82
Total valid votes			21,071	100.00
Total rejected ballots			643
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			21,715	78.68	3.40
Registered electors			27,600
Majority			5,151	24.44	11.64
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hajah Rosnah Majid	8,285	56.40	10.82
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohd Yusof Omar	6,404	43.60	10.82
Total valid votes			14,689	100.00
Total rejected ballots			440
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			15,141	75.28	3.57
Registered electors			20,113
Majority			1,881	12.80	21.64
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Badri Hj Yunus	8,931	67.22	2.74
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohd Yusof Omar	4,356	32.78	2.74
Total valid votes			13,287	100.00
Total rejected ballots			415
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			13,706	71.71	2.02
Registered electors			19,113
Majority			4,575	34.44	4.48
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rokiah Haji Hashim	14,399	69.96	0.35
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ghazali Hj Din	6,183	31.04	0.35
Total valid votes			20,582	100.00
Total rejected ballots			870
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			21,452	73.73	3.04
Registered electors			29,095
Majority			8,216	38.92	0.70
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Rokiah Haji Hashim	10,321	69.61
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mat Akhir Talib	4,505	31.39
Total valid votes			14,826	100.00
Total rejected ballots			421
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,247	70.69
Registered electors			21,570
Majority			5,816	38.22
This was a new constituency created.

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