Tenggaroh (state constituency)

Tenggaroh
Johor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Johor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Raven Kumar Krishnasamy; BN
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Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)	44,950
Electors (2022)	38,408
Area (km²)	1,745

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

The state constituency was first contested in 1986 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 Tenggaroh's electorate as of 2022

Malay (82.63%)

Chinese (13.71%)

Indian (1.49%)

Sarawak Bumiputera (0.82%)

Sabah Bumiputera (0.79%)

Other ethnicities (0.56%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Tenggaroh constituency has a total of 24 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Tenggaroh（N33）	Bandar Utara	154/33/01	SA Bukit Timbalan
	Jalan Jamaluang	154/33/02	SMK Sri Mersing
	FELDA Nitar 2	154/33/03	SK LKTP Nitar 2
	FELDA Nitar 1	154/33/04	SK LKTP Nitar 1
	Pengkalan Batu	154/33/05	SA Pengkalan Batu
	Jalan Ismail	154/33/06	SJK (C) Pai Chee
	Pejabat Kerajaan	154/33/07	SK Bandar Mersing
	Pekan Mersing Kechil	154/33/08	SK Sri Mersing
	Sri Pantai	154/33/09	SK Seri Pantai
	Bandar Jamaluang Timor	154/33/10	Dewan Seberguna Kampung Baru Jemaluang
	Jamaluang Timor	154/33/11	SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 5
	Jamaluang	154/33/12	SJK (C) Jemaluang
	RISDA Sungai Ambat	154/33/13	Balai Raya Kg. Baru Estet Koperasi Sg. Ambat
	FELDA Tenggaroh 5	154/33/14	SMK Tan Sri Abdul Kadir
	FELDA Tenggaroh 3	154/33/15	SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 3
	FELDA Tenggaroh 6	154/33/16	SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 6
	FELDA Tenggaroh 4	154/33/17	SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 4
	FELDA Tenggaroh 2	154/33/18	SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 2
	FELDA Tenggaroh 1	154/33/19	SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 1
	Pulau Sibu	154/33/20	Balai Raya Pulau Sibu
	Pulau Tinggi	154/33/21	SK Pulau Tinggi
	Pulau Besar	154/33/22	Balai Raya Pulau Besar
	Pulau Aur	154/33/23	Balai Raya Pulau Aur
	Pulau Pemanggil	154/33/24	SK Pulau Pemanggil

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tenggaroh
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Mersing
7th	1986-1990	Arumugam Chettiar Verru Chettiar (ஆறுமுகம் செட்டியார் வெற்று செட்டியார்)	BN (MIC)
8th	1990-1995	Singgatore Achotan (சிங்கத்தோர் அச்சோட்டன்)
9th	1995-1999	Krishnasamy Shiman (ஷி. கிருஷ்ணசாமி)
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Murukasvary Thanarajan (முருகேஸ்வரி தனராஜன்)
13th	2013-2018	Raven Kumar Krishnasamy (ராவன் குமார் கிருஷ்ணசாமி)
14th	2018-2022
15th	2022–present

Election results

Johor state election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Raven Kumar Krishnasamy	10,528	49.10
	PN	Roslan Nikmat	9,172	42.78	42.78
	PH	Zulinah A Johari	1,529	7.13
	Homeland Fighters' Party	Mohd Firdaus Abd Rahman	213	0.99	0.99
Total valid votes			21,442	100.00
Total rejected ballots			117
Unreturned ballots			423
Turnout			21,982	57,23
Registered electors			38,408
Majority			1,356	6.32
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) ^[3]^[4]