Tanjong Bunga

Tanjong Bunga (N22)
Penang constituency
	Tanjong Bunga (olive) on Penang
State constituency
Legislature	Penang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Zairil Khir Johari; PH
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Constituency created	1959 (as Tanjong Bungah)
First contested	1959
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	29,477
Area (km²)	19

Tanjong Bunga is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly since 1959. It covers the suburbs of George Town along the northern coast of Penang Island, including Batu Ferringhi, Tanjung Bungah and parts of Tanjung Tokong.

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Penang State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Tanjong Bunga is Zairil Khir Johari from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).

Definition

Polling districts

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

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Tanjong Bunga (N22)	Batu Feringgi	048/22/01	SJK (C) Pai Chai
	Jalan Vale Of Tempe	048/22/02	SK Tanjung Bunga
	Kampong Tanjong Bunga	048/22/03	SMK Pendidikan Khas Persekutuan (P) Jalan Lembah Permai
	Seaview Park	048/22/04	SMK Tanjong Bunga
	Jalan Gajah	048/22/05	SJK (C) Hun Bin
	Tanjong Tokong	048/22/06	SK Tanjong Tokong
	Sungai Kelian	048/22/07	SJK (C) Poay Wah

Thus, the northernmost suburbs of George Town - Batu Ferringhi, Tanjung Bungah and the northern part of Tanjung Tokong (up to Jalan Gajah and Tanjung Tokong Road) - fall under this state seat.^[4] It also encompasses the newly created neighbourhood of Seri Tanjung Pinang at Tanjung Tokong, which was reclaimed from the sea in the early 2000s.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Tanjong Bunga's electorate as of 2023^[5]

Chinese (59.5%)
Malay (25.9%)
Indian (12.1%)
Other ethnicities (2.55%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district	Electors
Batu Ferringhi	3,855
Jalan Gajah	2,185
Kampong Tanjong Bunga	2,506
Seaview Park	4,095
Sungai Kelian	1,233
Tanjung Tokong	3,593
Vale of Tempe	2,659
Total	20,126
Source: Malaysian Election Commission^[6]

History

The Tanjong Bunga state constituency was originally named Tanjong Bungah when it was created prior to the 1959 State Election. It was then renamed in time for the 1974 State Election.

Tanjong Bungah was one of the first state seats in Penang to be captured by the then fledgling DAP in 1969.

Koh Tsu Koon, a Gerakan politician, first won the Tanjong Bunga constituency in 1990 and was subsequently appointed as the Chief Minister of Penang. Koh held the seat until 2008, when he announced his intention to step down from his position as the Chief Minister.^[7]

During the State Election later that year, the constituency was wrested from the Barisan Nasional (BN) federal ruling coalition by Teh Yee Cheu, then a DAP politician. Teh held Tanjong Bunga until the 2018 State Election, when DAP's Zairil Khir Johari, who was selected to replace the former, won the constituency.

Representation history

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Tanjong Bunga
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Tanjong Bungah
1st	N10	1959 – 1964	Cheah Seng Khim (谢成金)	Alliance (MCA)
2nd	N10	1964 – 1969	Cheah Seng Khim (谢成金)	Alliance (MCA)
		1969- 1971	Assembly was dissolved
3rd	N10	1971 – 1974	Khoo Soo Giap (邱思业)	DAP
Tanjong Bunga
4th	N19	1974 – 1978	Khor Gark Kim (许岳金)	BN (GERAKAN)
5th		1978 – 1982
6th		1982 – 1986
7th		1986 – 1990	Khoo Boo Yeang (邱武扬)
8th		1990 – 1995	Koh Tsu Koon (许子根)
9th		1995 – 1999
10th		1999 – 2004
11th	N22	2004 – 2008
12th		2008 – 2013	Teh Yee Cheu (鄭雨周)	PR (DAP)
13th		2013 – 2015		PR (DAP)
13th		2015 – 2018		PH (DAP)
14th		2018 – 2023	Zairil Khir Johari
15th		2023–present	Zairil Khir Johari

Election results

The electoral results for the Tanjong Bunga state constituency are as follows.

Penang state election, 2023: Tanjong Bunga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Zairil Khir Johari	13,257	72.82	3.55
	PN	Hng Chee Wey	4,430	24.33	24.33
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Lee Chui Wah	518	2.85	2.15
Total valid votes			18,205	100.00
Total rejected ballots			126
Unreturned ballots			59
Turnout			18,390	62.39	18.33
Registered electors			29,477
Majority			8,827	48.49	5.38
	PH hold		Swing

Penang state election, 2018: Tanjong Bunga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Zairil Khir Johari	13,245	76.37	76.37
	BN	Teng Chang Yeow	3,902	22.50	10.78
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Chua Cheong Wee	122	0.70	0.70
	BERSAMA	Lee Zheng Yong	74	0.43	0.43
Total valid votes			17,343	100.00
Total rejected ballots			163
Unreturned ballots			65
Turnout			17,571	80.72	2.88
Registered electors			21,768
Majority			9,343	53.87	20.62
	PKR hold		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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Penang state election, 2013: Tanjong Bunga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Teh Yee Cheu	11,033	66.53	8.54
	BN	Chia Kwang Chye	5,518	33.28	8.73
	Independent	Beh Seong Leng	33	0.20	0.20
Total valid votes			16,584	100.00
Total rejected ballots			193
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			16,777	83.60	10.51
Registered electors			20,068
Majority			5,515	33.25	17.27
	DAP hold		Swing

Penang state election, 2008: Tanjong Bunga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Teh Yee Cheu	7,021	57.99	34.48
	BN	Chia Loong Thye	5,086	42.01	34.48
Total valid votes			12,107	100.00
Total rejected ballots			220
Unreturned ballots			32
Turnout			12,359	73.09	0.24
Registered electors			16,910
Majority			1,935	15.98	37.00
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Penang state election, 2004: Tanjong Bunga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Koh Tsu Koon	8,985	76.49	8.97
	DAP	Lim Cheng Heo	2,761	23.51	5.76
Total valid votes			11,746	100.00
Total rejected ballots			286
Unreturned ballots			274
Turnout			12,306	73.33	0.13
Registered electors			16,782
Majority			6,224	52.98	14.73
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1999: Tanjong Bunga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Koh Tsu Koon	12,111	67.52	1.09
	DAP	Wong Hang Yoke	5,250	29.27	1.09
Total valid votes			17,361	100.00
Total rejected ballots			390
Unreturned ballots			186
Turnout			17,937	73.20	4.59
Registered electors			24,504
Majority			6,861	39.52	2.18
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1995: Tanjong Bunga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Koh Tsu Koon	13,087	70.85	17.28
	DAP	Lim Kit Siang	5,384	29.15	17.28
Total valid votes			18,471	100.00
Total rejected ballots			344
Unreturned ballots			27
Turnout			18,842	77.79	2.95
Registered electors			24,222
Majority			7,703	41.70	34.56
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1990: Tanjong Bunga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Koh Tsu Koon	7,585	53.57	2.98
	DAP	Gooi Hock Seng	6,573	46.43	2.98
Total valid votes			14,158	100.00
Total rejected ballots			316
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			14,490	74.84	3.19
Registered electors			19,362
Majority			1,012	7.15	5.96
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1986: Tanjong Bunga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khoo Boo Yeang	7,127	56.55	3.29
	DAP	Peter Dason Muthu Jaha Dason	5,475	43.45	6.39
Total valid votes			12,602	100.00
Total rejected ballots			416
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			13,018	71.65	4.23
Registered electors			18,170
Majority			1,652	13.11	9.68
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1982: Tanjong Bunga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khor Ngak Seng @ Khor Gark Kim	10,250	59.84	6.98
	DAP	Peter Dason Muthu Jaha Dason	6,347	37.05	6.10
	BEBAS	Soosai Savarimuthu	532	3.11	3.11
Total valid votes			17,129	100.00
Total rejected ballots			366
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,495	75.87	1.66
Registered electors			23,058
Majority			3,903	22.79	13.08
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1978: Tanjong Bunga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khor Ngak Seng @ Khor Gark Kim	9,637	66.82	9.30
	DAP	Khoo Soo Hoe	4,464	30.95	1.91
	SDP	Gopal Nair	322	2.23	2.23
Total valid votes			14,423	100.00
Total rejected ballots			427
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,850	77.53	0.96
Registered electors			19,154
Majority			5,173	35.87	11.21
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1974: Tanjong Bunga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khor Ngak Seng @ Khor Gark Kim	6,226	57.52	57.52
	DAP	Khoo Soo Hoe	3,557	32.86	18.29
	PEKEMAS	James Ronald Pedley	624	5.76	5.76
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia	Low Ko Chin	418	3.86	3.86
Total valid votes			10,825	100.00
Total rejected ballots			210
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,035	78.49	4.57
Registered electors			14,060
Majority			2,669	24.66	22.35
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		-

Penang state election, 1969: Tanjong Bungah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Khoo Soo Giap	4,855	51.15	51.15
	Alliance	Choong Ewe Leong	4,636	48.85	9.54
Total valid votes			9,491	100.00
Total rejected ballots			635
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,126	73.92	9.31
Registered electors			13,699
Majority			219	2.31	23.15
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		-

Penang state election, 1964: Tanjong Bungah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Cheah Seng Khim	5,669	58.38	5.20
	Socialist Front	Othman Salleh	3,197	32.92	14.33
	UDP	Mohd. Said Salleh	844	8.69	8.69
Total valid votes			9,710	100.00
Total rejected ballots			270
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,980	83.23	9.75
Registered electors			11,991
Majority			2,472	25.46	5.37
	Alliance hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1959: Tanjong Bungah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Cheah Seng Khim	3,538	53.18
	PMIP	Abdul Hamid	1,487	22.35
	Socialist Front	Harun Puteh	1,237	18.59
	PPP	Foo Ah Soo	391	5.88
Total valid votes			6,653	100.00
Total rejected ballots			128
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,781	73.48
Registered electors			9,228
Majority			2,051	30.83
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 2016-05-21.

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