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 Johor constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Johor State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Vacant | ||
| Constituency created | 2003 | ||
| First contested | 2004 | ||
| Last contested | 2026 | ||
| 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]
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
[edit]As of 2020, Penawar has a population of 40,534 people.[2]
Ethnic breakdown of Penawar's electorate as of 2022
- Malay (98.1%)
- Indian (0.74%)
- Other ethnicities (0.56%)
- Chinese (0.33%)
- Sabah Bumiputera (0.12%)
- Sarawak Bumiputera (0.10%)
History
[edit]Polling districts
[edit]According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Penawar constituency has a total of 10 polling districts.[3]
| State constituency | Polling districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penawar（N38） | Air Tawar 1 | 157/38/01 | SK (FELDA) Air Tawar 1 |
| Air Tawar 4 | 157/38/02 | SK (FELDA) Air Tawar 4 | |
| Papan Timor | 157/38/03 | SMK Bandar Mas | |
| Penawar | 157/38/04 | SK Bandar Penawar | |
| Sungai Mas | 157/38/05 | SK LKTP Sungai Mas | |
| Bandar Mas | 157/38/06 | SK Bandar Mas | |
| Air Tawar 5 | 157/38/07 | SK (FELDA) Air Tawar 5 | |
| Semenchu | 157/38/08 | SK (FELDA) Semenchu | |
| Sungai Layau | 157/38/09 | SK Kampong Layau | |
| Tanjong Buai | 157/38/10 | SK Tanjong Buai |
Representation history
[edit]| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Penawar | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Pengerang and Sedili | |||
| 11th | 2004–2008 | Mohd 'Azam Razuan | BN (UMNO) |
| 12th | 2008–2013 | Hamimah Mansor | |
| 13th | 2013–2018 | ||
| 14th | 2018–2022 | Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain | |
| 15th | 2022–2026 | Fauziah Misri | |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total valid votes | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| Majority | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Fauziah Misri | 12,409 | 66.98 | |||
| PN | Mohd Faizal Asmar | 4,904 | 26.47 |  26.47 | ||
| PH | Norazila Sanip | 693 | 3.74 | |||
| PEJUANG | Rahmattullah Kamilin | 521 | 2.81 | 2.81 | ||
| Total valid votes | 18,527 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 300 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 70 | |||||
| Turnout | 18,897 | 63.13 | ||||
| Registered electors | 29,933 | |||||
| Majority | 7,505 | 40.51 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "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".)
- ↑ Malaysia, Department of Statistics. "N.38 Penawar Kawasanku | OpenDOSM". open.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
- ↑ "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]
- ↑ "Keputusan #PRNJOHORBERNAMA #PRNJOHOR". prn.bernama.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ↑ "Dashboard SPR".
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