Telok Bahang

This article is about the state constituency. For the suburb, see Teluk Bahang.

Telok Bahang is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly since 1974. It covers the northwestern corner of Penang Island, including the town of Teluk Bahang.

Telok Bahang

Penang constituency
Telok Bahang (olive) on Penang Island
State constituency
Legislature	Penang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Muhamad Kasim PN
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)[1]	17,927
Area (km²)[2]	65

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.

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Telok Bahang constituency is divided into 7 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Telok Bahang (N40)	Telok Awak	053/40/01	SJK (C) Eok Hua
	Telok Bahang	053/40/02	SK Telok Bahang
	Sungai Pinang	053/40/03	SK Sungai Pinang
	Pantai Acheh	053/40/04	SJK (C) Chin Hwa (Pantai Acheh)
	Kuala Sungai Pinang	053/40/05	SJK (C) Yu Chye
	Sungai Rusa	053/40/06	SK Sungai Rusa
	Jalan Bahru	053/40/07	SK Sungai Korok

It encompasses the entire northwestern corner of Penang Island, including the eponymous town of Teluk Bahang near the island's northwestern tip, and much of the sparsely populated rural west coast of Penang Island.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Telok Bahang's electorate as of 2023^[4]

1. Malay (68.1%)
2. Chinese (27.6%)
3. Indian (3.64%)
4. Other ethnicities (0.65%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016

Polling district	Electors
Jalan Bahru	1,989
Kuala Sungai Pinang	1,811
Pantai Acheh	648
Sungai Pinang	2,343
Sungai Rusa	1,943
Telok Awak	779
Telok Bahang	3,782
Total	13,295
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[5]

History

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Telok Bahang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Balik Pulau
4th	1974 – 1978	Yahaya Mohd. Yusoff	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978 – 1982	Ahmad Radhi Pachee
6th	1982 – 1986	Yahaya Ahmad
[[|7th	1986 – 1990
8th	1990 – 1995	Hilmi Yahaya
9th	1995 – 1999
10th	1999 – 2004
11th	2004 – 2008	Siti Faridah Arshad
12th	2008 – 2013	Hilmi Yahaya
13th	2013 – 2018	Shah Haedan Ayoob Hussain Shah
14th	2018 – 2020	Zolkifly Mohd Lazim	PH (BERSATU)
	2020 - 2023		PN (BERSATU)
	2023	Vacant[N 1]
15th	2023–present	Muhamad Kasim	PN (BERSATU)

Election results

The electoral results for the Telok Bahang state constituency in 2008, 2013 and 2018 are as follows.

Penang state election, 2023: Telok Bahang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Muhamad Kasim	7,245	53.50	53.50
	BN	Ahmad Zaki Shah Shah Headan	6,301	46.50	4.40
Total valid votes			13,546	100.00
Total rejected ballots			80
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			13,648	76.13	9.17
Registered electors			17,927
Majority			944	7.00	3.40
	PN gain from PH		Swing		?

Penang state election, 2018: Telok Bahang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Zolkifly Mohd Lazim	5,482	45.70	45.70
	BN	Shah Haedan Ayoob Hussain Shah	5,057	42.10	11.50
	PAS	Mohd Ali Othman	1,469	12.20	12.20
Total valid votes			12,008	100.00
Total rejected ballots			179
Unreturned ballots			44
Turnout			12,231	85.30	2.50
Registered electors			14,339
Majority			425	3.60	3.60
	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 Bahang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shah Haedan Ayoob Hussain Shah	6,034	53.60	0.80
	PKR	Abdul Halim Hussain	5,233	46.40	0.80
Total valid votes			11,267	100.00
Total rejected ballots			167
Unreturned ballots			19
Turnout			11,453	87.80	9.00
Registered electors			13,048
Majority			801	7.20	1.60
	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 Bahang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Hilmi Yahaya	4,434	52.80
	PKR	Abdul Halim Hussain	3,969	47.20
Total valid votes			8,403	100.00
Total rejected ballots			152
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			8,565	78.80
Registered electors			10,866
Majority			465	5.60
	BN hold		Swing

See also

• Constituencies of Penang

Notes

1. Vacant from 6 March 2023 until the 2023 state election due to the incumbent was vacated from his seat in an approved motion in the Penang State Assembly along with 3 other BERSATU assemblymen.