Penawar

Penawar
Johor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Johor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Fauziah Misri; BN
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Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)	40,534
Electors (2022)	29,933
Area (km²)	468

Penawar is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 2004 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Penawar's electorate as of 2022

Malay (98.14%)

Indian (0.74%)

Other ethnicities (0.56%)

Chinese (0.33%)

Sabah Bumiputera (0.12%)

Sarawak Bumiputera (0.1%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Penawar constituency has a total of 10 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Penawar（N38）	Air Tawar 1	157/38/01	SK (FELDA) Air Tawar 1
	Air Tawar 4	157/38/02	SK (FELDA) Air Tawar 4
	Papan Timor	157/38/03	SMK Bandar Mas
	Penawar	157/38/04	SK Bandar Penawar
	Sungai Mas	157/38/05	SK LKTP Sungai Mas
	Bandar Mas	157/38/06	SK Bandar Mas
	Air Tawar 5	157/38/07	SK (FELDA) Air Tawar 5
	Semenchu	157/38/08	SK (FELDA) Semenchu
	Sungai Layau	157/38/09	SK Kampong Layau
	Tanjong Buai	157/38/10	SK Tanjong Buai

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Penawar
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Pengerang
11th	2004–2008	Mohd 'Azam Razuan	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013	Hamimah Mansor
13th	2013–2018	Hamimah Mansor
14th	2018–2022	Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain
15th	2022–present	Fauziah Misri

Election results

Johor state election, 2022: Penawar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fauziah Misri	12,409	66.98
	PN	Mohd Faizal Asmar	4,904	26.47	26.47
	PH	Norazila Sanip	693	3.74
	Homeland Fighters' Party	Rahmattullah Kamilin	521	2.81	2.81
Total valid votes			18,527	100.00
Total rejected ballots			300
Unreturned ballots			70
Turnout			18,897	63.13
Registered electors			29,933
Majority			7,505	40.51
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) ^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14)". The Star. Petaling Jaya. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019. (Note: Under the "Candidates & Results" heading, click on "State".)
^ "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Keputusan #PRNJOHORBERNAMA #PRNJOHOR". prn.bernama.com. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
^ "Dashboard SPR".

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[GE14-1] "Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14)". The Star. Petaling Jaya. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019. (Note: Under the "Candidates & Results" heading, click on "State".)

[2] "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "Keputusan #PRNJOHORBERNAMA #PRNJOHOR". prn.bernama.com. Retrieved 2022-03-29.

[4] "Dashboard SPR".

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