Tokai (state constituency)

Tokai is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.

Tokai

Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Hayati Othman PN
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	45,374

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Tokai's electorate as of 2023^[1]

  Malay (91.59%)

  Chinese (7.69%)

  Other ethnicities (0.47%)

  Indian (0.24%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Tokai constituency has a total of 21 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Tokai (N18）	Sri Pudak	011/18/01	SK Tanah Merah
	Kepala Bukit	011/18/02	SK Penghulu Jusoh
	Kampung Penyarom	011/18/03	Maktab Mahmud Pendang
	Tanah Merah	011/18/04	SK Tanah Merah
	Kampung Rambai	011/18/05	SK Kg Rambai
	Kubang Jelai	011/18/06	SK Haji Abdul Rahman
	Pekan Tokai	011/18/07	SMK Tokai
	Kampung Pulai	011/18/08	SK Kampung Pulai Tokai
	Alor Besar	011/18/09	SK Alor Besar
	Kobah	011/18/10	SK Bukit Choras
	Tempoyak	011/18/11	SMK Pendang
	Sebrang Pendang	011/18/12	SR Islam Islah
	Pekan Pendang	011/18/13	SJK (C) Yeang Cheng
	Bukit Raya	011/18/14	SK Bukit Raya Dalam
	Banggol Besi	011/18/15	SMK Tanah Merah
	Guar Kepayang	011/18/16	SK Guar Kepayang
	Cherok Kudong	011/18/17	SK Cherok Kudong
	Gajah Mati	011/18/18	SK Kampung Chegar
	Manggol Petai	011/18/19	SMK Tuanku Temenggung
	Paya Kelubi	011/18/20	SK Pendang
	Batu Manunggul	011/18/21	SK Ayer Puteh

Representation history

Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Tokai
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency renamed from Bukit Raya
11th	2004–2008	Mohamed Taulan Mat Rasul	PAS
12th	2008–2013		PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2020	Mohd Hayati Othman	GS (PAS)
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Kedah state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Mohd Hayati Othman	29,329	84.43	84.43
	PH	Zainul Abidin Saad	5,410	15.57	6.40
Total valid votes			34,739	100.00
Total rejected ballots			160
Unreturned ballots			37
Turnout			34,936	77.00	8.19
Registered electors			45,374
Majority			23,919	68.86	42.44
	PN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Hayati Othman	15,941	52.33	6.22
	BN	Ahmad Fatahi Omar	7,892	25.91	13.67
	PH	Mohd Firdaus Jaafar	6,632	21.97	21.97
Total valid votes			30,465	100.00
Total rejected ballots			332
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			30,895	85.19	3.61
Registered electors			36,266
Majority			8,049	26.42	7.45
	PAS hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohamed Taulan Mat Rasul	18,005	58.55	2.47
	BN	Najmuddin Darus	12,172	39.58	2.91
	Independent	Abu Bakar Abdullah	136	0.44	0.44
Total valid votes			30,677	100.00
Total rejected ballots			364
Unreturned ballots			74
Turnout			30,751	88.80	5.12
Registered electors			34,623
Majority			5,833	18.97	6.81
	PAS hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohamed Taulan Mat Rasul	13,871	56.08	2.15
	BN	Suraya Yaacob	10,865	43.92	2.15
Total valid votes			24,736	100.00
Total rejected ballots			560
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			25,296	83.68	3.97
Registered electors			30,229
Majority			3,006	12.16	4.30
	PAS hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohamed Taulan Mat Rasul	14,790	58.23
	BN	Shamsuddin Tahir	10,611	41.77
Total valid votes			25,401	100.00
Total rejected ballots			222
Unreturned ballots			19
Turnout			25,642	87.65
Registered electors			29,254
Majority			4,179	16.46
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

1. "15th Kedah State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
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]}