Tanjong (federal constituency)

Tanjong

Penang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Ng Wei Aik DAP
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Tanjong is a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Northam Road, Pykett Avenue, Rangoon Road, Nagore Road, Wellesley School, Farquhar Street, Lorong Argus, Muntri Street, Kampong Malabar, Lorong Seck Chuan, Lorong Pasar, Esplanade, Leboh Pasar, Leboh Ah Quee, Leboh Presgrave, Jalan Magazine, Jalan Prangin, Leboh Victoria, Pengkalan Weld, Gat Leboh Noordin, Jalan C. Y. Choy, Macallum Street, Leboh Cecil, Dickens Street, Leboh Cintra, Kampong Kolam, Leboh Acheh, Leboh Melayu, Hong Kong Street, Komtar, Madras Lane, Jalan Timah, Jalan Lines, Jalan Dato' Keramat, Irving Road, Jalan Pahang, Jalan Kim Bian Aik.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Tanjong
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Tan Phock Kin	Socialist Front
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Tan Phock Kin	Socialist Front
2nd	1964-1968	Lim Chong Eu	UDP
	1968-1969		Gerakan
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Lim Chong Eu	Gerakan
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978
5th	1978-1982	Wong Hoong Keat	DAP
6th	1982-1986	Koh Tsu Koon	BN
7th	1986-1990	Lim Kit Siang	DAP
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Chow Kon Yeow
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present	Ng Wei Aik

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Ng Wei Aik	35,510	83.80
	BN	Ng Song Kheng	6,865	16.20
Total valid votes			42,375	100.00
Total rejected ballots			495
Unreturned ballots			33
Turnout			42,903	83.33
Registered electors			51,487
Majority			28,645
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chow Kon Yeow	28,248	74.32
	BN	Khaw Veon Szu	9,759	25.68
Total valid votes			38,007	100.00
Total rejected ballots			631
Unreturned ballots			96
Turnout			38,734	72.82
Registered electors			53,188
Majority			18,489
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chow Kon Yeow	21,652	55.41
	BN	Ooi Swee Hing	17,424	44.59
Total valid votes			39,076	100.00
Total rejected ballots			717
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			39,793	68.72
Registered electors
Majority			4,228
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chow Kon Yeow	23,437	55.28
	BN	Cheang Chee Gooi	18,960	44.72
Total valid votes			42,397	100.00
Total rejected ballots			993
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			43,403	70.85
Registered electors
Majority			4,477
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Kit Siang	25,622	56.75
	BN	Oh Keng Seng	18,727	41.48
	PBS	Khor Ngak Seng @ Khor Gark Kim	800	1.77
Total valid votes			45,149	100.00
Total rejected ballots			822
Unreturned ballots			234
Turnout			46,205	72.94
Registered electors
Majority			6,895
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Kit Siang	30,954	69.66
	BN	Boey Weng Keat	13,485	30.34
Total valid votes			44,439	100.00
Total rejected ballots			953
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			45,392	74.55
Registered electors
Majority			17,469
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Kit Siang	27,611	63.43
	BN	Koh Tsu Koon	15,921	36.57
Total valid votes			43,532	100.00
Total rejected ballots			931
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			44,463	73.32
Registered electors			60,640
Majority			11,690
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Koh Tsu Koon
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
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Majority
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Wong Hoong Keat
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
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Majority
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Chong Eu
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
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Majority
	BN gain from GERAKAN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GERAKAN	Lim Chong Eu
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
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Majority
	GERAKAN gain from UDP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	UDP	Lim Chong Eu
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	UDP gain from Socialist Front		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Socialist Front	Tan Phock Kin
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
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Majority
This was a new constituency created.