Telok Ayer Tawar

Telok Ayer Tawar
Penang constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Penang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Azmi Alang; PN
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Constituency created	1986
First contested	1986
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	24,784
Area (km²)	18

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

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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.

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Telok Ayer Tawar (N06)	Telok Ayer Tawar	042/06/01	SK Telok Ayer Tawar
	Permatang Binjai	042/06/02	SK Permatang Binjai
	Pekan Darat	042/06/03	SK Permatang To'Jaya
	Taman Senangan	042/06/04	SK Taman Senangan
	Mata Kuching	042/06/05	SMK Datuk Onn
	Jalan Masjid	042/06/06	SMK St Mark
	Taman Wira	042/06/07	SMK Telok Air Tawar
	Taman Perkasa	042/06/08	SJK (C) Li Hwa

Polling district	Electors
Telok Ayer Tawar	3,544
Permatang Binjai	1,450
Pekan Darat	1,299
Taman Senangan	1,975
Mata Kuching	3,003
Jalan Masjid	4,603
Taman Wira	1,265
Taman Perkasa	793
Total	17,932
Source: Malaysian Election Commission^[6]

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Telok Ayer Tawar
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Tasek Gelugor
7th	1986–1990	Abd Ro'ni A. Hasan	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990–1995	Rokiah Bee Hassan
9th	1995–1999	Jahara Hamid
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008–2013
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2023	Mustafa Kamal Ahmad	PH (PKR)
15th	2023–present	Azmi Alang	PN (BERSATU)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Mustafa Kamal Ahmad	7,072	44.40	44.40
	BN	Zamri Che Ros	4,869	30.60	22.20
	PAS	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.^{[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 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Definition

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