Bukit Tengah (state constituency)

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

Bukit Tengah

Penang constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Penang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Gooi Hsiao Leung PH
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)[1]	31,635
Area (km²)[2]	52

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 Tengah is Gooi Hsiao-Leung from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).^[4]

Definition

Polling districts

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

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bukit Tengah（N17）	Kampong Jawa	046/17/01	SJK (T) Ladang Prye
	Jalan Pengkalan	046/17/02	SK Kebun Sireh
	Kebun Sireh	046/17/03	SK Kebun Sireh
	Bukit Tengah	046/17/04	SJK (C) Peng Bin
	Kuala Juru	046/17/05	SK Juru SJK (T) Juru
	Juru	046/17/06	SJK (C) True Light
	Taman Perwira	046/17/07	SMK Taman Perwira
	Taman Sejati	046/17/08	SJK (C) Peng Bin
	Taman Sentul Jaya	046/17/09	SMK Permai Indah

Demographics

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

1. Chinese (46.1%)
2. Malay (36.1%)
3. Indian (16.8%)
4. Other ethnicities (1.09%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016

Polling district	Electors
Kampong Jawa	720
Jalan Pengkalan	1,686
Kebun Sireh	2,537
Bukit Tengah	2,998
Kuala Juru	3,465
Juru	3,626
Taman Perwira	792
Taman Sejati	1,643
Taman Sentul Jaya	2,279
Total	19,746
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[7]

History

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Bukit Tengah
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Alma
4th	1974 – 1978	Harun Sirat	BN (GERAKAN)
5th	1978 – 1982	Liang Thau Sang
6th	1982 – 1986
7th	1986 – 1990
8th	1990 – 1995	Chian Heng Kai	GR (DAP)
9th	1995 – 1999	Liang Thau Sang	BN (GERAKAN)
10th	1999 – 2004	Ng Siew Lai
11th	2004 – 2008
12th	2008 – 2013	Ong Chin Wen	PR (PKR)
13th	2013 – 2015
	2015 – 2018		PH (PKR)
14th	2018 – 2023	Gooi Hsiao Leung
15th	2023–present

Election results

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

Penang state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Gooi Hsiao-Leung	16,050	68.58	2.42
	PN	Baljit Singh Jigiri Singh	7,353	31.42	31.42
Total valid votes			23,403	100.00
Total rejected ballots			208
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			23,629	74.69	11.51
Registered electors			31,635
Majority			8,697	37.16	8.01
	PH hold		Swing

Penang state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Gooi Hsiao-Leung	12,535	66.16	0.94
	BN	Thor Teong Gee	3,977	20.99	12.68
	PAS	Norazman Ishak	2,355	12.43	12.43
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Tan Hiang Lye	53	0.28	0.28
	Penang Front Party	Edward Joseph	27	0.14	0.14
Total valid votes			18,947	100.00
Total rejected ballots			215
Unreturned ballots			30
Turnout			19,192	86.20	2.10
Registered electors			22,276
Majority			8,558	45.17	13.62
	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	Ong Chin Wen	10,730	65.22	6.99
	BN	Teng Chang Yeow	5,540	33.67	8.10
	Independent	Mohan Apparoo	182	1.10	1.10
Total valid votes			16,452	100.00
Total rejected ballots			270
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			16,722	88.30	9.40
Registered electors			18,928
Majority			5,190	31.55	15.09
	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	Ong Chin Wen	6,736	58.23	27.95
	BN	Ng Siew Lai	4,832	41.77	27.95
Total valid votes			11,568	100.00
Total rejected ballots			257
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			11,835	78.90	1.13
Registered electors			14,995
Majority			1,904	16.46	22.98
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) [8]

Penang state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ng Siew Lai	7,116	69.72	10.42
	PKR	Law Choo Kiang	3,090	30.28	30.28
Total valid votes			10,206	100.00
Total rejected ballots			224
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			10,435	77.77	0.44
Registered electors			13,470
Majority			4,026	39.44	20.84
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [9]

Penang state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ng Siew Lai	11,480	59.30	3.08
	DAP	Tan Ah Huat	7,880	40.70	3.08
Total valid votes			19,360	100.00
Total rejected ballots			448
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			19,825	77.33	1.88
Registered electors			25,636
Majority			3,600	18.60	6.16
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Liang Thau Sang	11,790	62.38	11.62
	DAP	Tan Ah Huat	7,111	37.62	11.62
Total valid votes			18,901	100.00
Total rejected ballots			454
Unreturned ballots			39
Turnout			19,394	79.21	0.03
Registered electors			24,485
Majority			4,679	24.76	23.24
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Penang state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chian Heng Kai	6,346	50.76	6.23
	BN	Liang Thau Sang	6,155	49.24	4.16
Total valid votes			12,501	100.00
Total rejected ballots			321
Unreturned ballots			152
Turnout			12,974	79.18	3.12
Registered electors			16,384
Majority			191	1.52	7.51
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Penang state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Liang Thau Sang	5,945	53.40	18.68
	DAP	Tan Yam Soon	4,939	44.37	34.04
	NASMA	Tan Wooi Yin	248	2.23	2.23
Total valid votes			11,132	100.00
Total rejected ballots			394
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,526	76.06	1.83
Registered electors			15,153
Majority			1,006	9.03	45.47
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Liang Thau Sang	9,570	72.08	31.61
	PAS	Jaffar Ahmad	2,334	17.58	7.60
	DAP	Ng Sen Kwei	1,372	10.33	24.02
Total valid votes			13,276	100.00
Total rejected ballots			404
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			13,667	77.89	1.82
Registered electors			17,547
Majority			7,236	54.50	48.38
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Liang Thau Sang	3,728	40.47	8.41
	DAP	Ong Chin Siong	3,164	34.35	12.91
	PAS	Musa Mohd. Yatim	2,319	25.18	25.18
Total valid votes			9,211	100.00
Total rejected ballots			404
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,615	79.71	1.21
Registered electors			12,063
Majority			564	6.12	21.32
This was a new constituency created.

Penang state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Harun bin Sirat	2,961	48.88
	DAP	Ng Chay Tet	1,299	21.44
	PEKEMAS	Ong Chin Siong	1,058	17.46
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Sim Man Le	400	6.60
	Kesatuan Insaf Tanah Air	Sim Man Le	340	5.61
Total valid votes			6,058	100.00
Total rejected ballots			449
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,507	78.50
Registered electors			8,290
Majority			1,662	27.44
This was a new constituency created.

See also

• Constituencies of Penang