Tanjong Dawai (state constituency)

Tanjong Dawai

Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Hanif Ghazali PN
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2018

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

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Tanjong Dawai's electorate as of 2018 ^[1]

   Malay (80.86%)

   Chinese (12.26%)

   Indian (5.50%)

  Other ethnicities (0.66%)

History

Polling districts

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

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Tanjong 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 Tanjong Dawai
	Tanjong 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 Tanjong	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

Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Tanjong 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	PAS
13th	2013 – 2018	Tajul Urus Mat Zain	BN (UMNO)
14th	2018 – 2020	Hamdan Mohamed Khalib	PAS
	2020 – present		PN (PAS)

Election results

Kedah state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Hanif Ghazali	11,444	35.37	9.70
	PH	Annuar Abdul Hamid	10,492	32.43	32.43
	BN	Annuar Ahmad	10,421	32.20	23.73
Total valid votes			32,357	100.00
Total rejected ballots			645
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			33,123	84.00
Registered electors			39,415
Majority			952
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tajul Urus Mat Zain	17,818	55.93	5.10
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhurazi	14,038	45.07	5.10
Total valid votes			31,856	100.00
Total rejected ballots			546
Unreturned ballots			95
Turnout			32,497	88.30
Registered electors			36,821
Majority			3,780
	BN gain from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Hamdan Mohamed Khalib	11,497	50.17	12.39
	BN	Arzmi Hamid	11,418	49.83	12.39
Total valid votes			22,915	100.00
Total rejected ballots			618
Unreturned ballots			351
Turnout			23,884	81.06
Registered electors			29,466
Majority			79
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Arzmi Hamid	13,111	62.22	5.82
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Hamdan Mohamed Khalib	7,960	37.78	5.82
Total valid votes			21,071	100.00
Total rejected ballots			643
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			21,715	78.68
Registered electors			27,600
Majority			5,151
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hajah Rosnah Majid	8,285	56.40	10.82
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohd Yusof Omar	6,404	43.60	10.82
Total valid votes			14,689	100.00
Total rejected ballots			440
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			15,141	75.28
Registered electors			20,113
Majority			1,881
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Badri Hj Yunus	8,931	67.22	2.74
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohd Yusof Omar	4,356	32.78	2.74
Total valid votes			13,287	100.00
Total rejected ballots			415
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			13,706	71.71
Registered electors			19,113
Majority			4,575
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rokiah Haji Hashim	14,399	69.96	0.35
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ghazali Hj Din	6,183	31.04	0.35
Total valid votes			20,582	100.00
Total rejected ballots			870
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			21,452	73.73
Registered electors			29,095
Majority			8,216
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rokiah Haji Hashim	10,321	69.61
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	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
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia . Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

1. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
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 ]}