Tanjung Dawai (state constituency)

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Tanjung Dawai
Kedah constituency
State constituency
LegislatureKedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Hanif Ghazali
PN
Constituency created1984
First contested1986
Last contested2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)54,629

Tanjung Dawai is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.

Demographics

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Ethnic breakdown of Tanjung Dawai's electorate as of 2023[1]

  Malay (81.16%)
  Chinese (11.69%)
  Indian (5.69%)
  Other ethnicities (1.47%)

History

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Polling districts

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According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Tanjung Dawai constituency has a total of 19 polling districts.[2]

State constituency Polling districts Code Location
Tanjung Dawai (N26) Bujang 014/26/01 MRSM Merbok
Pekan Sabtu Merbok 014/26/02 SJK (C) Sin Hwa
Simpang Tiga Pasir 014/26/03 SK Merbok (Pusat)
Pekan Merbok 014/26/04 SMK Merbok
Kampung Pasir 014/26/05 SK Kampong Pasir
Kampung Huma 014/26/06 SK Tanjung Dawai
Tanjung Dawai 014/26/07 SJK (C) Choong Cheng
Batu Hampar 014/26/08 SK Batu Hampar
Pengkalan Bujang 014/26/09 SK Haji Omar Tahir
Sungai Gelam 014/26/10 SK Sultan Mudzaffar Shah
Sungai Jagong 014/26/11 SA Daris
Sungai Layar 014/26/12 SK Sungai Layar
Semeling Kanan 014/26/13 SK Semeling
Semeling Kiri 014/26/14 SJK (C) Ching Chong
Kampung Bedong 014/16/15 SJK (T) Bedong
Taman Orkid 014/26/16 SMK Sungai Layar
Taman Sri Tanjung 014/26/17 SK Tun Syes Jan Al-Jaffri
Bunga Raya 014/26/18 SMK Ibrahim
Sekolah Ibrahim 014/26/19 SK Ibrahim

Representation history

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Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Tanjung Dawai
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created from Merbok
7th 1986–1990 Rokiah Haji Hashim BN (UMNO)
8th 1990–1995
9th 1995–1999 Badri Hj Yunus
10th 1999–2004 Hajah Rosnah Majid
11th 2004–2008 Arzmi Hamid
12th 2008–2013 Hamdan Mohamed Khalib PR (PAS)
13th 2013–2018 Tajul Urus Mat Zain BN (UMNO)
14th 2018–2020 Hanif Ghazali PAS
2020–2023 PN (PAS)
15th 2023–present

Election results

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Kedah state election, 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PN Hanif Ghazali 31,996 76.94 Increase 76.94
BN Shaiful Hazizy Zainol Abidin 9,591 23.06 Decrease 9.14
Total valid votes 41,587 100.00
Total rejected ballots 307
Unreturned ballots 43
Turnout 41,937 76.77 Decrease 7.23
Registered electors 54,629
Majority 22,405 53.88 Increase 50.94
PN hold Swing
Kedah state election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PAS Hanif Ghazali 11,444 35.37 Decrease 9.70
PH Annuar Abdul Hamid 10,492 32.43 Increase 32.43
BN Annuar Ahmad 10,421 32.20 Decrease 23.73
Total valid votes 32,357 100.00
Total rejected ballots 645
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 33,123 84.00 Decrease 4.30
Registered electors 39,415
Majority 952 2.94 Decrease 7.92
PAS gain from BN Swing ?


Kedah state election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Tajul Urus Mat Zain 17,818 55.93 Increase 5.10
PAS Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhurazi 14,038 45.07 Decrease 5.10
Total valid votes 31,856 100.00
Total rejected ballots 546
Unreturned ballots 95
Turnout 32,497 88.30 Increase 7.24
Registered electors 36,821
Majority 3,780 10.86 Increase 10.52
BN gain from PAS Swing ?


Kedah state election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PAS Hamdan Mohamed Khalib 11,497 50.17 Increase 12.39
BN Arzmi Hamid 11,418 49.83 Decrease 12.39
Total valid votes 22,915 100.00
Total rejected ballots 618
Unreturned ballots 351
Turnout 23,884 81.06 Increase 2.38
Registered electors 29,466
Majority 79 0.34 Decrease 24.10
PAS gain from BN Swing ?


Kedah state election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Arzmi Hamid 13,111 62.22 Increase 5.82
PAS Hamdan Mohamed Khalib 7,960 37.78 Decrease 5.82
Total valid votes 21,071 100.00
Total rejected ballots 643
Unreturned ballots 1
Turnout 21,715 78.68 Increase 3.40
Registered electors 27,600
Majority 5,151 24.44 Increase 11.64
BN hold Swing


Kedah state election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Hajah Rosnah Majid 8,285 56.40 Decrease 10.82
PAS Mohd Yusof Omar 6,404 43.60 Increase 10.82
Total valid votes 14,689 100.00
Total rejected ballots 440
Unreturned ballots 12
Turnout 15,141 75.28 Increase 3.57
Registered electors 20,113
Majority 1,881 12.80 Decrease 21.64
BN hold Swing


Kedah state election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Badri Hj Yunus 8,931 67.22 Increase 2.74
PAS Mohd Yusof Omar 4,356 32.78 Decrease 2.74
Total valid votes 13,287 100.00
Total rejected ballots 415
Unreturned ballots 4
Turnout 13,706 71.71 Decrease 2.02
Registered electors 19,113
Majority 4,575 34.44 Decrease 4.48
BN hold Swing


Kedah state election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Rokiah Haji Hashim 14,399 69.96 Increase 0.35
PAS Ghazali Hj Din 6,183 31.04 Decrease 0.35
Total valid votes 20,582 100.00
Total rejected ballots 870
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 21,452 73.73 Increase 3.04
Registered electors 29,095
Majority 8,216 38.92 Increase 0.70
BN hold Swing


Kedah state election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Rokiah Haji Hashim 10,321 69.61
PAS Mat Akhir Talib 4,505 31.39
Total valid votes 14,826 100.00
Total rejected ballots 421
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 15,247 70.69
Registered electors 21,570
Majority 5,816 38.22
This was a new constituency created.

References

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  • "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  1. ^ "15th Kedah State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  2. ^ "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.[permanent dead link]


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