Tawang (state constituency)

Tawang
Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Harun Ismail; PN
;
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
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

Ethnic breakdown of Tawang's electorate as of 2023^[2]

Malay (98.76%)

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.^[3]

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	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bachok Utara
4th	1974–1978	Mohamed Nor Yusoff	BN (PAS)
5th	1978–1982	Tuan Haji Mohd Ali	BERJASA
6th	1982–1986	Idris Ahmad	PAS
7th	1986–1990
8th	1990–1995
9th	1995–1999	Hasan Mohamood
10th	1999–2004
11th	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	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	Hassan Mohamood	14,991	59.02	2.54
	BN	Mohd 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	Hassan Mohamood	13,563	56.48
	BN	Mohd Zain Yasim	10,451	43.52
Total valid votes			24,014	100.00
Total rejected ballots			289
Unreturned ballots			71
Turnout			24,374	88.36
Registered electors			27,585
Majority			3,112	12.96
	PAS hold		Swing