Bukit Tengah is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly.
The state constituency was first contested in 1974 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Penang State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. , the State Assemblyman for Bukit Tengah is Gooi Hsiao-Leung from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).
Definition
Polling districts According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023 the Bukit Tengah constituency is divided into 9 polling districts. State constituencyPolling DistrictsCodeLocationBukit Tengah（N17）Kampong Jawa046/17/01SJK (T) Ladang PryeJalan Pengkalan046/17/02SK Kebun SirehKebun Sireh046/17/03SK Kebun SirehBukit Tengah046/17/04SJK (C) Peng BinKuala Juru046/17/05 SK Juru SJK (T) JuruJuru046/17/06SJK (C) True LightTaman Perwira046/17/07SMK Taman PerwiraTaman Sejati046/17/08SJK (C) Peng BinTaman Sentul Jaya046/17/09SMK Permai Indah
Demographics
+Total electors by polling district in 2016Polling districtElectorsKampong Jawa720Jalan Pengkalan1,686Kebun Sireh2,537Bukit Tengah2,998Kuala Juru3,465Juru3,626Taman Perwira792Taman Sejati1,643Taman Sentul Jaya2,279Total19,746Source: Malaysian Election Commission
History Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Bukit TengahAssemblyNoYearsMemberPartyConstituency created from Alma and Permatang Pauh4thN101974 – 1978 Harun Sirat 5th1978 – 1982Liang Thau Sang (梁道生)6th1982 – 19867thN151986 – 19908th1990 – 1995Chian Heng Kai (陈庆佳) GR (DAP)9th1995 – 1999Liang Thau Sang (梁道生) 10th1999 – 2004Ng Siew Lai (吴秀丽)11thN172004 – 200812th2008 – 2013Ong Chin Wen (王敬文) 13th2013 – 20152015 – 2018 14th2018 – 2023Gooi Hsiao Leung (魏晓隆)15th2023–present
Election results The electoral results for the Bukit Tengah state constituency are as follows.
See also Constituencies of Penang
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