Telok Ayer Tawar

Penang constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Penang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Azmi Alang PN
Constituency created	1986
First contested	1986
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)[1]	24,784
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

Demographics

History

Election results

Penang state election, 2023: Telok Ayer Tawar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Azmi Alang	10,223	55.26	55.26
	PH	Mohsein Md Shariff	8,276	44.74	0.34
Total valid votes			18,499	100.00
Total rejected ballots			109
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			18,630	75.17	9.33
Registered electors			24,784
Majority			1,947	10.52	3.28
	PN gain from PH		Swing		?

Penang state election, 2018: Telok Ayer Tawar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Mustafa Kamal Ahmad	7,072	44.40	2.80
	BN	Zamri Che Ros	4,869	30.60	22.20
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohamad Hanif Haron	3,900	24.50	24.50
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Lee Thian Hong	88	0.50	0.50
Total valid votes			15,929	100.00
Total rejected ballots			219
Unreturned ballots			50
Turnout			16,198	84.50	2.20
Registered electors			19,172
Majority			2,203	13.80	8.20
	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: Telok Ayer Tawar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jahara Hamid	8,040	52.80	3.80
	PKR	Norhayati Jaafar	7,200	47.20	3.80
Total valid votes			15,240	100.00
Total rejected ballots			231
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,471	86.70	6.90
Registered electors			17,835
Majority			840	5.60	7.20
	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: Telok Ayer Tawar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jahara Hamid	6,478	56.40	12.91
	PKR	Norhayati Jaafar	5,008	43.60	12.91
Total valid votes			11,486	100.00
Total rejected ballots			199
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			11,705	93.60	15.09
Registered electors			12,509
Majority			1,470	12.80	25.82
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [7]

Penang state election, 2004: Telok Ayer Tawar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jahara Hamid	7,181	69.31	12.68
	PKR	Johari Kassim	3,179	30.69	12.68
Total valid votes			10,360	100.00
Total rejected ballots			205
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,583	78.51	5.08
Registered electors			13,479
Majority			3,984	38.62	25.36
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1999: Telok Ayer Tawar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jahara Hamid	5,525	56.63	25.06
	PKR	Mohd Ghazali Ibrahim	4,232	43.37	43.37
Total valid votes			9,757	100.00
Total rejected ballots			232
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			9,990	73.43	4.13
Registered electors			13,604
Majority			1,293	13.26	50.12
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1995: Telok Ayer Tawar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jahara Hamid	7,522	81.69	9.20
	S46	Md Sheriff Saad	1,686	18.31	9.20
Total valid votes			9,208	100.00
Total rejected ballots			299
Unreturned ballots			591
Turnout			10,098	77.56	1.69
Registered electors			13,019
Majority			5,836	63.38	18.40
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1990: Telok Ayer Tawar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rokiah Bee Hassan	6,711	72.49	3.62
	S46	Naser Mohd Razi	2,547	27.51	27.51
Total valid votes			9,258	100.00
Total rejected ballots			442
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,700	75.87	5.36
Registered electors			12,785
Majority			4,164	44.98	7.24
	BN hold		Swing

See also

• Constituencies of Penang

References