Jawi (state constituency)
Jawi is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly.
| Penang constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Penang State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
PH | ||
| Constituency created | 1986 | ||
| First contested | 1986 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2023) | 36,601 | ||
| Area (km²) | 56 | ||
The state constituency was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Penang State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Jawi is H’ng Mooi Lye from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).
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