Paya Terubong (state constituency)

Paya Terubong

Penang constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Penang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Yeoh Soon Hin DAP
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Paya Terubong is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly since 1974.

The state constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Penang State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Paya Terubong Mukim 14, Sungai Dondang, Paya Terubong Mukim 13, Taman Paya Terubong, Relau.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Paya Terubong Mukim 14, Sungai Dondang, Paya Terubong Mukim 13, Taman Paya Terubong, Relau, Desa Baiduri, Desa Intan, Semarak Api 1, Jalan Semarak Api, Bukit Awana, Terubong Jaya.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Paya Terubong
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Khoo Teng Chye	BN
5th	1978-1982	Chin Nyok Soo	DAP
6th	1982-1986		BN
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	Teoh Teik Huat	DAP
9th	1995-1999	Loh Hock Hun	BN
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Yeoh Soon Hin	DAP
13th	2013-present

Election results

Penang state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Yeoh Soon Hin	30,295	86.88	+ 12.25
	BN	Koh Wan Leong	4,576	13.12	- 12.25
Total valid votes			34,871	100.00
Total rejected ballots			305
Unreturned ballots			39
Turnout			35,215	88.82
Registered electors			39,649
Majority			25,719
	DAP hold		Swing
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.

Penang state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Yeoh Soon Hin	16,848	74.63	+ 28.46
	BN	Koh Wan Leong	5,727	25.37	- 28.46
Total valid votes			22,575	100.00
Total rejected ballots			250
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			22,832	80.44
Registered electors			28,383
Majority			11,121
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Penang state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Loh Hock Hun	9,772	53.83	- 8.97
	DAP	Yeoh Soon Hin	8,380	46.17	+ 8.97
Total valid votes			18,152	100.00
Total rejected ballots			260
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			18,418	78.41
Registered electors			23,490
Majority			1,392
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Loh Hock Hun	15,298	62.80	+ 4.11
	DAP	Fong Kam Cheong	9,062	37.20	- 4.11
Total valid votes			24,360	100.00
Total rejected ballots			467
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			24,845	77.06
Registered electors			32,240
Majority			6,236
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Loh Hock Hun	13,097	58.69	+ 11.40
	DAP	Teoh Teik Huat	9,081	40.69	- 12.02
	PBS	Selvaraja Somiah David Somiah	138	0.62	+ 0.62
Total valid votes			22,316	100.00
Total rejected ballots			318
Unreturned ballots			69
Turnout			22,703	79.25
Registered electors			28,648
Majority			4,016
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Penang state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Teoh Teik Huat	8,921	52.71	+ 5.38
	BN	Chin Nyok Soo	8,003	47.29	- 5.38
Total valid votes			16,924	100.00
Total rejected ballots			312
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,236	77.45
Registered electors			22,254
Majority			918
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Penang state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chin Nyok Soo	7,558	52.67
	DAP	Chong Neng Hua	6,793	47.33
Total valid votes			14,351	100.00
Total rejected ballots			327
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,678	74.03
Registered electors			19,828
Majority			765
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chin Nyok Soo
	DAP	Wong Hang Yoke
	Independent	R. Rajasingam
	Independent	Lee Chee Liang
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			21,588
Majority
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Penang state election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chin Nyok Soo
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			17,803
Majority			270
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Penang state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khoo Teng Chye	4,143	41.24
	DAP	Lim Cheng Teik	3,049	30.35
	PSRM	Tan Ee Hwa	1,947	19.38
	PEKEMAS	Tan Kok Ping	906	9.02
Total valid votes			10,045	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			12,892
Majority			1,094
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

1. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.