Tawang (state constituency)

Tawang (N20)
Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Harun Ismail; PN
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Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Population (2020)	55,758
Electors (2023)	43,441

Tawang is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 1974 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

As of 2020, Tawang has a population of 55,758 people.^[2]

Ethnic breakdown of Tawang's electorate as of 2023^[3]

Malay (98.8%)
Chinese (0.84%)
Other ethnicities (0.37%)
Indian (0.03%)

History

Polling districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Tawang constituency has a total of 16 polling districts.^[4]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Tawang (N20）	Senak	025/20/01	SK Pantai Senak
	Wakaf Alik	025/20/02	SMU (A) Muhammadiah
	Tawang	025/20/03	SK Tawang
	Beris Gajah Mati	025/20/04	SK Beris Panchor
	Anak Tembesu	025/20/05	SMK Beris Panchor
	Kampung Tok Jawa	025/20/06	SK Kota Jembal
	Telok Mesira	025/20/07	SK Kota Jembal
	Pauh Sembilan	025/20/08	SK Pauh Sembilan
	Tok Belian	025/20/09	SK Pengkalan Chengal
	Tanjong Jering	025/20/10	SK Tanjong Jenara
	Beris	025/20/11	SMK Long Yunus
	Tanjong Pauh	025/20/12	SK Pa' Pura
	Chap	025/20/13	SK Kampong Chap
	Bukit Marak	025/20/14	SK Bukit Marak
	Paya Teratai	025/20/15	SK Chantum
	Bekelam	025/20/16	SK Bekelam

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tawang
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bachok Utara
4th	N13	1974–1978	Mohamed Nor Yusoff	BN (PAS)
5th		1978–1982	Tuan Haji Mohd Ali	BERJASA
6th		1982–1986	Idris Ahmad	PAS
7th	N19	1986–1990
8th		1990–1995
9th		1995–1999	Hasan Mohamood
10th		1999–2004
11th	N20	2004–2008
12th		2008–2013		PR (PAS)
13th		2013–2018		PR (PAS)
14th		2018–2020		PAS
14th		2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th		2023–present	Harun Ismail	PN (PAS)

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Harun Ismail	21,665	79.22	20.20
	PH	Che Mat Isa Che Dir	5,683	20.78	20.78
Total valid votes			27,348	100.00
Total rejected ballots			215
Unreturned ballots			60
Turnout			27,623	63.59	19.57
Registered electors			43,441
Majority			15,982	58.44	40.40
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hasan Mohamood	14,991	59.02	2.54
	BN	Muhamad Radzuan Abdullah	10,408	40.98	2.54
Total valid votes			25,399	100.00
Total rejected ballots			450
Unreturned ballots			290
Turnout			26,139	83.16	5.20
Registered electors			31,434
Majority			4,583	18.04	5.08
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hasan Mohamood	13,563	56.48	2.21
	BN	Mohd Zain Yasim	10,451	43.52	2.21
Total valid votes			24,014	100.00
Total rejected ballots			289
Unreturned ballots			71
Turnout			24,374	88.36	2.27
Registered electors			27,585
Majority			3,112	12.96	4.42
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hassan Mohamood	11,068	58.69	3.13
	BN	Ibrahim Mat Din	7,790	41.31	3.13
Total valid votes			18,858	100.00
Total rejected ballots			245
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			19,129	86.29	1.52
Registered electors			22,167
Majority			3,278	17.38	6.25
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hassan Mohamood	8,478	55.56	9.34
	BN	Mohd Zulkifli Zakaria	6,780	44.44	9.34
Total valid votes			15,258	100.00
Total rejected ballots			209
Unreturned ballots			116
Turnout			15,583	84.77	5.48
Registered electors			18,382
Majority			1,698	11.13	18.69
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hassan Mohamood	8,177	64.91	5.20
	BN	Mohd Zin Yassin	4,421	35.09	4.31
Total valid votes			12,598	100.00
Total rejected ballots			296
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			12,915	79.30	0.45
Registered electors			16,287
Majority			3,756	29.81	9.51
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hassan Mohamood	7,191	59.71	11.13
	BN	Azaki Ishak	4,746	39.41	10.24
	AKIM	Raja Harun R. Ismail	107	0.89	0.89
Total valid votes			12,044	100.00
Total rejected ballots			271
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			12,335	78.84	3.63
Registered electors			15,645
Majority			2,445	20.30	21.38
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Idris Ahmad	8,808	70.84	19.79
	BN	Zainal Abidin Che Wail	3,626	29.16	19.79
Total valid votes			12,434	100.00
Total rejected ballots			358
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			12,792	82.47	1.29
Registered electors			15,511
Majority			5,182	41.68	39.58
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Idris Ahmad	5,641	51.05	1.43
	BN	Mohamad Hassan	5,409	48.95	1.43
Total valid votes			11,050	100.00
Total rejected ballots			367
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,417	81.18	3.86
Registered electors			14,064
Majority			232	2.10	2.86
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Idris Ahmad	5,784	52.48	9.49
	BN	Hassan Abdullah	5,237	47.52	47.52
Total valid votes			11,021	100.00
Total rejected ballots			265
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,286	85.04	6.18
Registered electors			13,272
Majority			547	4.96	9.06
	PAS gain from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front		Swing		-

Kelantan state election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front	Mohd. Daud Mohd. Ali	4,733	57.01	57.01
	PAS	Mohd Zain Abdullah	3,569	42.99	40.53
Total valid votes			8,302	100.00
Total rejected ballots			200
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,502	78.86	4.60
Registered electors			10,781
Majority			1,164	14.02	61.57
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front gain from BN		Swing		-

Kelantan state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohd. Nor Yusoff	6,087	83.52
	Independent	Zarawi Mohammad	578	7.93
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Ismail Awang	353	4.84
	Independent	Abd. Ghani Kundor	270	3.70
Total valid votes			7,288	100.00
Total rejected ballots			162
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			7,450	74.26
Registered electors			10,032
Majority			5,509	75.59
This was a new constituency created.

References

↑ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Kelantan".
↑ Malaysia, Department of Statistics. "N.20 Tawang Kawasanku | OpenDOSM". open.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
↑ "15th Kelantan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
↑ "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.

[1] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Kelantan".

[2] Malaysia, Department of Statistics. "N.20 Tawang Kawasanku | OpenDOSM". open.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2025-11-27.

[3] "15th Kelantan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.

[4] "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.

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