Bukit Tambun (state constituency)

Bukit Tambun is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly.^[3]

Bukit Tambun

Penang constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Penang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Goh Choon Aik PH
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)[1]	37,496
Area (km²)[2]	66

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

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023 the Bukit Tambun constituency is divided into 9 polling districts.^[5]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bukit Tambun（N18）	Pulau Aman	046/18/01	Dewan Serbaguna Pulau Aman
	Batu Kawan	046/18/02	SMK Batu Kawan
	Bukit Tambun	046/18/03	SK Bkt Tambun
	Taman Merak	046/18/04	SK Taman Merak SJK (C) Keng Koon
	Kampong Baharu	046/18/05	SMK Simpang Empat
	Ladang Valdor	046/18/06	SJK (T) Ladang Valdor
	Perkampungan Valdor	046/18/07	SMK Valdor
	Badak Mati	046/18/08	SK Bakap Indah
	Rumah Murah Valdor	046/18/09	SJK (C) Kampung Valdor

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Bukit Tambun's electorate as of 2023^[6]

1. Chinese (62.5%)
2. Indian (19.3%)
3. Malay (17.7%)
4. Other ethnicities (0.48%)

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[7]

History

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Bukit Tambun
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Nibong Tebal
4th	1974 – 1978	Ng Swee Ching	DAP
5th	1978 – 1982		BN (MCA)
6th	1982 – 1986	Khoo Soo Kheng
Constituency renamed to Jawi
Constituency split from Jawi
11th	2004 – 2008	Lai Chew Hock	BN (GERAKAN)
12th	2008 – 2013	Law Choo Kiang	PR (PKR)
13th	2013 – 2015
	2015 – 2018		PH (PKR)
14th	2018 – 2023	Goh Choon Aik
15th	2023–present

Election results

The electoral results for the Bukit Tambun state constituency are as follows.

Penang state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Goh Choon Aik	21,985	80.60	0.90
	PN	Tan Gia Wei	4,810	17.60	17.60
	Independent	Somoganathan Muniandy	468	1.70	1.70
Total valid votes			27,263	100.00
Total rejected ballots			173
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			27,459	73.23	12.97
Registered electors			37,496
Majority			17,175	63.00	4.10
	PH hold		Swing

Penang state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Goh Choon Aik	18,064	81.50	81.50
	BN	Hartini Tan Abdullah	3,184	14.40	6.90
	PAS	Kumaravelu Arumugam	735	3.40	3.40
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Goh Bee Koon	117	0.50	0.50
	Penang Front Party	Ong Seong Lu	54	0.20	0.20
Total valid votes			22,154	100.00
Total rejected ballots			253
Unreturned ballots			48
Turnout			22,455	86.20	2.40
Registered electors			26,086
Majority			14,880	67.10	10.90
	PH hold		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.[permanent dead link] "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Penang state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Law Choo Kiang	15,217	77.50	9.80
	BN	Lai Chew Hock	4,197	21.30	11.10
	Independent	A'ziss Zainal Abiddin	142	0.70	0.70
	Independent	Loganathan Ayyayu	91	0.50	0.50
Total valid votes			19,647	100.00
Total rejected ballots			303
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			19,950	88.60	7.20
Registered electors			22,514
Majority			11,020	56.20	20.90
	PKR 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.[permanent dead link] "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Penang state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Law Choo Kiang	9,855	67.70	26.51
	BN	Huan Cheng Guan	4,726	32.40	17.36
Total valid votes			14,581	100.00
Total rejected ballots			235
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			14,826	81.40	2.82
Registered electors			18,208
Majority			5,129	35.30	26.73
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) [8]

Penang state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lai Chew Hock	6,030	49.76	8.60
	PKR	Goh Kheng Huat	4,992	41.19	41.19
	DAP	Ng Yeow Chong	1,097	9.05	32.59
Total valid votes			12,119	100.00
Total rejected ballots			270
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			12,393	78.58	2.29
Registered electors			15,772
Majority			5,129	8.57	8.15
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [8]

Penang state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khoo Soo Kheng	4,506	58.36	0.24
	DAP	Tan Yam Soon	3,215	41.64	0.24
Total valid votes			7,721	100.00
Total rejected ballots			342
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,063	80.87	0.99
Registered electors			9,970
Majority			1,291	16.72	0.48
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ng Swee Ching	3,815	58.12	17.74
	DAP	Koay Boon Seng	2,749	41.88	0.85
Total valid votes			6,564	100.00
Total rejected ballots			354
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,918	81.86	1.94
Registered electors			8,451
Majority			1,066	16.24	13.89
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Penang state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DAP	Ng Swee Ching	2,367	42.73
	BN	Teoh Kooi Sneah	2,237	40.38
	PEKEMAS	V. Veerappen	936	16.90
Total valid votes			5,540	100.00
Total rejected ballots			296
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,836	83.80
Registered electors			7,017
Majority			130	2.35
This was a new constituency created.

See also

• Constituencies of Penang