Pulau Betong

Penang constituency
Pulau Betong (olive) on Penang Island
State constituency
Legislature	Penang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohamad Shukor Zakariah PN
Constituency created	2004
First contested	2004
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)[1]	23,838
Area (km²)[2]	44

Pulau Betong is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly since 2004. It covers a part of the western half of Penang Island that includes the town of Balik Pulau.

The state constituency was first contested in 2004 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Penang State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2023, the State Assemblyman for Pulau Betong is Mohamad Shukor Zakariah from PAS.

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Pulau Betong constituency is divided into 7 polling districts.^[3]

It encompasses a significant portion of the southwestern coast of Penang Island, covering Balik Pulau, the seat of the Southwest Penang Island District, and its surrounding villages.^[4]

The constituency is named after the eponymous Betong Island (under the Pulau Betong polling district), an islet off the southwestern coast of Penang Island.

Demographics

History

Election results

The electoral results for the Pulau Betong state constituency are as follows.

Penang state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Mohamad Shukor Zakariah	9,534	52.90	52.90
	PH	Mohd Tuah Ismail	8,483	47.10	2.50
Total valid votes			18,017	100.00
Total rejected ballots			97
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			18,134	76.07	10.43
Registered electors			23,838
Majority			1,051	5.80	4.50
	PN gain from PH		Swing		?
Source(s) https://undi.info/seat/PN.N.PULAU_BETONG

Penang state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Mohd Tuah Ismail	7,675	49.60	0.24
	BN	Muhamad Farid Saad	6,079	39.30	11.34
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Muhd Taufik Hashim	1,645	10.60	10.60
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Yeoh Cheng Huat	64	0.50	0.50
Total valid votes			15,463	100.00
Total rejected ballots			220
Unreturned ballots			36
Turnout			15,719	86.50	1.90
Registered electors			18,177
Majority			1,596	10.30	9.02
	PH gain from BN		Swing		?
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.[permanent dead link] "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Penang state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Muhamad Farid Saad	6,852	50.64	0.88
	PKR	Mohd Tuah Ismail	6,457	49.36	0.88
Total valid votes			13,309	100.00
Total rejected ballots			200
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			13,532	88.40	7.50
Registered electors			15,316
Majority			395	1.28	1.76
	BN 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.[permanent dead link] "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Penang state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Muhamad Farid Saad	4,990	51.52	20.00
	PKR	Mansor Othman	4,696	48.48	20.00
Total valid votes			9,686	100.00
Total rejected ballots			160
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			9,847	80.90	3.63
Registered electors			12,170
Majority			294	3.04	40.00
	BN hold		Swing