Penawar

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Penawar
Flag of Johor.svg Johor constituency
State constituency
Legislature Johor State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Fauziah Misri
BN
Constituency created2003
First contested2004
Last contested 2022
Demographics
Population (2020)40,534
Electors (2022)29,933
Area (km²)468

Penawar is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly. [1]

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The state constituency was first contested in 2004 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Penawar's electorate as of 2022
  1. Malay (98.1%)
  2. Indian (0.74%)
  3. Other ethnicities (0.56%)
  4. Chinese (0.33%)
  5. Sabah Bumiputera (0.12%)
  6. Sarawak Bumiputera (0.10%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Penawar constituency has a total of 10 polling districts. [2]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Penawar(N38)Air Tawar 1157/38/01SK (FELDA) Air Tawar 1
Air Tawar 4157/38/02SK (FELDA) Air Tawar 4
Papan Timor157/38/03SMK Bandar Mas
Penawar157/38/04SK Bandar Penawar
Sungai Mas157/38/05SK LKTP Sungai Mas
Bandar Mas157/38/06SK Bandar Mas
Air Tawar 5157/38/07SK (FELDA) Air Tawar 5
Semenchu157/38/08SK (FELDA) Semenchu
Sungai Layau157/38/09SK Kampong Layau
Tanjong Buai157/38/10SK Tanjong Buai

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Penawar
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Pengerang and Sedili
11th2004–2008Mohd 'Azam RazuanBN (UMNO)
12th2008–2013Hamimah Mansor
13th2013–2018
14th2018–2022 Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain
15th2022–presentFauziah Misri

Election results

Johor state election, 2022 : Penawar
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Fauziah Misri12,40966.98
PN Mohd Faizal Asmar4,90426.47Increase2.svg 26.47
PH Norazila Sanip6933.74
PEJUANG Rahmattullah Kamilin5212.81Increase2.svg 2.81
Total valid votes18,527100.00
Total rejected ballots300
Unreturned ballots70
Turnout18,89763.13
Registered electors29,933
Majority7,50540.51
BN hold Swing
Source(s)

References

  1. "Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14)". The Star . Petaling Jaya. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019.(Note: Under the "Candidates & Results" heading, click on "State".)
  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 ]
  3. "Keputusan #PRNJOHORBERNAMA #PRNJOHOR". prn.bernama.com. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  4. "Dashboard SPR".