Bukit Tengah is a state constituency in
Penang
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,
Malaysia
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, that has been represented in the
Penang State Legislative Assembly
The Penang State Legislative Assembly is the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 40 elected lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout Penang. The state legis ...
.
The state constituency was first contested in 1974 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the
Penang State Legislative Assembly
The Penang State Legislative Assembly is the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 40 elected lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout Penang. The state legis ...
under the
first-past-the-post voting system
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...
. , the State Assemblyman for Bukit Tengah is
Gooi Hsiao-Leung from
Parti Keadilan Rakyat
The People's Justice Party ( ms, Parti Keadilan Rakyat , often known simply as KEADILAN or PKR) is a reformist political party in Malaysia, formed in 2003 by a merger of the National Justice Party and the older Malaysian People's Party. The ...
(PKR), which is part of the state's ruling coalition,
Pakatan Harapan
The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the r ...
(PH).
Definition
Polling districts
According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023 the Bukit Tengah constituency is divided into 9 polling districts.
Demographics
History
Election results
The electoral results for the Bukit Tengah state constituency are as follows.
See also
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Constituencies of Penang
Constituencies in Penang are electoral divisions within the Malaysian state of Penang, of which there are two types. There are 13 Parliamentary Constituencies within the state, with each Parliamentary Constituency electing a single Member of Parlia ...
References
{{Malaysian state constituencies
Penang state constituencies