State Constituency Telok Bahang

It covers the northwestern corner of Penang Island, including the town of Teluk Bahang.

Telok Bahang

Penang constituency
Telok Bahang (olive) on Penang Island
State constituency
Legislature	Penang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Muhamad Kasim PN
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	17,927
Area (km²)	65

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.

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Telok Bahang constituency is divided into 7 polling districts.

It encompasses the entire northwestern corner of Penang Island, including the eponymous town of Teluk Bahang near the island's northwestern tip, and much of the sparsely-populated rural west coast of Penang Island.

The electoral results for the Telok Bahang state constituency in 2008, 2013 and 2018 are as follows.

Penang state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Muhamad Kasim	7,245	53.50	53.50
	BN	Ahmad Zaki Shah Shah Headan	6,301	46.50	4.40
Total valid votes			13,546	100.00
Total rejected ballots			80
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			13,648	76.13	9.17
Registered electors			17,927
Majority			944	7.00	3.40
	PN gain from PH		Swing		?

Penang state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pakatan Harapan (2018)	Zolkifly Mohd Lazim	5,482	45.70	45.70
	BN	Shah Haedan Ayoob Hussain Shah	5,057	42.10	11.50
	PAS	Mohd Ali Othman	1,469	12.20	12.20
Total valid votes			12,008	100.00
Total rejected ballots			179
Unreturned ballots			44
Turnout			12,231	85.30	2.50
Registered electors			14,339
Majority			425	3.60	3.60
	Telok Bahang gain from Pakatan Harapan (2018)		Swing		BN
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 252/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 326/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Penang state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shah Haedan Ayoob Hussain Shah	6,034	53.60	0.80
	PKR	Abdul Halim Hussain	5,233	46.40	0.80
Total valid votes			11,267	100.00
Total rejected ballots			167
Unreturned ballots			19
Turnout			11,453	87.80	9.00
Registered electors			13,048
Majority			801	7.20	1.60
	Telok Bahang hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 189/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 230/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

• Constituencies of Penang

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21.