Tanjong is a federal constituency in

Northeast Penang Island District The Northeast District is a district in George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. The district covers the northeastern half of Penang Island, including downtown George Town, and borders the Southwest District. Both districts fall unde ...

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, that has been represented in the

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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

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voting system. At 6 km², it is the smallest parliamentary constituency in Malaysia.

Demographics

While this Malaysian parliamentary constituency has the third highest proportion of predominantly Chinese voters (behind Bandar Kuching and

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), Tanjong parliamentary area may be considered as the constituency area with the lowest proportion of Malay-Muslim voters in

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where it forms only less than 4% of the overall voters in the parliamentary area.

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Tanjong constituency is divided into 37 polling districts.

Demographics

History

Polling districts

Representation history

State constituency

Current state assembly members

Local governments and postcodes

Election results

References