Tanjung Piai (federal constituency)

Tanjung Piai (P165)

Johor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Wee Jeck Seng BN
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020) [1]	91,540
Electors (2022) [2]	70,679
Area (km²) [3]	486
Pop. density (per km²)	188.4

Tanjung Piai (formerly Tanjong Piai) is a federal constituency in Pontian District and Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to elect a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Tanjung Piai's electorate as of 2022 ^[4]

   Malay (58.6%)

   Chinese (40.2%)

   Indian (1%)

  Other ethnicities (0.3%)

Age breakdown of Tanjung Piai's electorate as of 2022

  18-20 (5.84%)

  21-29 (20.39%)

  30-39 (20.86%)

  40-49 (17.21%)

  50-59 (15.29%)

  60-69 (11.39%)

  70-79 (6.22%)

  80-89 (2.27%)

  above 90 (0.54%)

Gender breakdown of Tanjung Piai's electorate as of 2022

  Male (50.74%)

  Female (49.26%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Tanjung Piai constituency has a total of 27 polling districts. ^[5]

State constituency	Poling Districts	Code	Location
Pekan Nanas (N55)	Parit Kudus	165/55/01	SK Parit Kudus
	Tanjong Ayer Hitam	165/55/02	SK Tanjong Ayer Hitam
	Ladang South Malaya	165/55/03	SK Parit Haji Adnan
	Melayu Raya	165/55/04	SK Melayu Raya
	Kampong Lubok Sawah	165/55/05	SK Kampung Sawah
	Tenggayon	165/55/06	SK Seri Bunian
	Pengkalan Raja Pontian	165/55/07	SK Pengkalan Raja
	Bandar Pekan Nenas Barat	165/55/08	SMK Dato' Mohd. Yunos Sulaiman
	Bandar Pekan Nenas Timor	165/55/09	SMK Pekan Nanas
	Bandar Pekan Nenas Tengah	165/55/10	SK Pekan Nanas SA Pekan Nanas
	Bandar Pekan Nenas Selatan	165/55/11	SJK (C) Yu Ming (1)
Kukup (N56)	Ladang Sungai Burong	165/56/01	SK Jeram Batu
	Jalan Rimba Terjun	165/56/02	SJK (C) Bin Chong
	Kampong Duku	165/56/03	SJK (C) Cheow Min
	Kampong Rimba Terjun	165/56/04	SK Rimba Terjun
	Parit Hj. Ismail	165/56/05	SK Sungai Bunyi
	Rambah	165/56/06	SK Rambah
	Parit Rambai	165/56/07	SK Parit Rambai
	Peradin	165/56/08	SK Belokok
	Telok Kerang	165/56/09	SK Telok Kerang
	Penerok	165/56/10	SK Penerok
	Sungai Boh	165/56/11	SK Sungai Boh
	Bandar Permas Kechil	165/56/12	SJK (C) Pei Chiao
	Permas Kechil	165/56/13	SMK Sri Kukup
	Sungai Durian	165/56/14	SK Sungai Durian
	Serkat	165/56/15	SK Serkat
	Andek Mori	165/56/16	SK Andek Mori

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Tanjung Piai
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Pontian
Tanjong Piai
11th	P165	2004–2008	Ong Ka Ting (黄家定)	BN (MCA)
12th		2008–2013	Wee Jeck Seng (黄日昇)
13th		2013–2018
Tanjung Piai
14th	P165	2018–2019	Mohamed Farid Md Rafik (محمد فريد بن مد رفيق)	PH (BERSATU)
		2019–2022	Wee Jeck Seng (黄日昇)	BN (MCA)
15th		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Tanjong Piai						Kukup
						Pekan Nenas
Tanjung Piai							Kukup
							Pekan Nanas

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N55	Pekan Nanas	Tan Eng Meng	BN (MCA)
N56	Kukup	Jefridin Atan	BN (UMNO)

Local governments

No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N55	Pekan Nanas	Iskandar Puteri City Council (Ulu Pulai area) Pontian Municipal Council
N56	Kukup	Pontian Municipal Council

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wee Jeck Seng	23,593	43.22	22.38
	MUDA	Lim Wei Jiet	17,233	31.57	31.57
	PN	Najwah Halimah Ab Alim	13,762	25.21	25.21
Total valid votes			54,588	100.00
Total rejected ballots			395
Unreturned ballots			123
Turnout			55,106	77.23	2.80
Registered electors			70,679
Majority			6,360	11.65	27.21
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753254/PUB%20617%20PARLIMEN%20JOHOR.pdf

Malaysian general by-election, 2019
Upon the death of the incumbent, Mohamed Farid Md Rafik

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wee Jeck Seng	25,466	65.60	19.48
	PH	Karmaine Sardini	10,380	26.74	20.55
	GERAKAN	Wendy Subramaniam	1,707	4.40	4.40
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front	Badhrulhisham Abd Aziz	850	2.19	4.40
	Independent	Ang Chuan Lock	380	0.98	0.98
	Independent	Faridah Aryani Abd Ghaffar	32	0.08	0.08
Total valid votes			38,815	100.00
Total rejected ballots			595
Unreturned ballots			30
Turnout			39,435	74.43	11.24
Registered electors			52,986
Majority			15,086	38.86	37.69
	BN gain from PH		Swing		.

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Mohamed Farid Md Rafik	21,255	47.29	47.29
	BN	Wee Jeck Seng	20,731	46.12	10.00
	PAS	Nordin Othman¹	2,962	6.59	6.59
Total valid votes			44,948	100.00
Total rejected ballots			841
Unreturned ballots			69
Turnout			45,858	85.67	2.28
Registered electors			53,528
Majority			524	1.17	11.07
	PH gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 244/2018]" (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, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 318/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Note:¹Nordin Othman was a candidate of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front (BERJASA), who had contested under the PAS banner through the Gagasan Sejahtera pact. ^[6]

Malaysian general election, 2013 : Tanjong Piai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wee Jeck Seng	25,038	56.12	11.95
	DAP	Mahdzir Ibrahim	19,581	43.88	11.95
Total valid votes			44,619	100.00
Total rejected ballots			918
Unreturned ballots			85
Turnout			45,622	87.95	10.13
Registered electors			51,875
Majority			5,457	12.24	23.90
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 181/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 222/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12.

Malaysian general election, 2008 : Tanjong Piai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wee Jeck Seng	23,302	68.07	18.29
	DAP	Ahmad Ton	10,931	31.93	18.29
Total valid votes			34,233	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,117
Unreturned ballots			214
Turnout			35,564	77.82	1.68
Registered electors			45,701
Majority			12,371	36.14	36.58
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004 : Tanjong Piai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Ong Ka Ting	28,046	86.36
	DAP	Tan Hang Meng	4,431	13.64
Total valid votes			32,477	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,461
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			33,938	76.14
Registered electors
Majority			23,615	72.72
This was a new constituency created.

References

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