Penawar
Johor constituency
State constituency
LegislatureJohor State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Fauziah Misri
BN
Constituency created2003
First contested2004
Last contested2022
Demographics
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

Ethnic breakdown of Penawar's electorate as of 2018[2]

  Malay (98.36%)
  Indian (0.74%)
  Other ethnicities (0.62%)
  Chinese (0.28%)

History

Polling districts

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Penawar
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Pengerang
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–present Fauziah Misri

Election results

Johor state election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNFauziah Misri12,40966.98
PNMohd Faizal Asmar4,90426.47Increase 26.47
PHNorazila Sanip6933.74
Homeland Fighters' PartyRahmattullah Kamilin5212.81Increase 2.81
Total valid votes 18,527100.00
Total rejected ballots 300
Unreturned ballots 70
Turnout 18,89763.13
Registered electors 29,933
Majority 7,50540.51
BN hold Swing
Source(s)

References

  1. "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".)
  2. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  3. "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.
  4. "Keputusan #PRNJOHORBERNAMA #PRNJOHOR". prn.bernama.com. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  5. "Dashboard SPR".


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