# Bentayan
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{{short description|Political subdivision in Malaysia}}
{{Infobox Malaysia electoral district
| name = Bentayan (N12)
| state = Johor
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| state-created = 2003
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| state-election-first = 2004
| state-election-last = 2026
| demo-census-date =2020
| demo-pop =35,795
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| demo-electors = 34,728
| demo-electors-date = 2022
| demo-electors-ref = [{{cite web |title=Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018 |url=http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/HargaDPIST42017_PRU14.pdf |publisher=[Election Commission of Malaysia](/source/Election_Commission_of_Malaysia) |date=2018-04-16 |access-date=2018-04-25 |page=12 |language=ms |archive-date=2018-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425183951/http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/HargaDPIST42017_PRU14.pdf |url-status=dead }}]
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'''Bentayan''' is a state constituency in [Johor](/source/Johor), Malaysia, that is represented in the [Johor State Legislative Assembly](/source/Johor_State_Legislative_Assembly).[{{cite news
|title = Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14)
|work = [The Star](/source/The_Star_(Malaysia))
|publication-place = [Petaling Jaya](/source/Petaling_Jaya)
|date = 23 March 2019
|url = https://election.thestar.com.my/johor.html
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081855/https://election.thestar.com.my/johor.html
|archive-date = 11 May 2018
|url-status = live
|access-date = 16 April 2019
}} {{Small|(Note: Under the "Candidates & Results" heading, click on "State".)}}]
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](/source/first-past-the-post_voting) system.
== Demographics ==
As of 2020, Bentayan has a population of 35,795 people.[{{Cite web |last=Malaysia |first=Department of Statistics |title=N.12 Bentayan Kawasanku {{!}} OpenDOSM |url=https://open.dosm.gov.my/ |access-date=2025-11-21 |website=open.dosm.gov.my |language=en-GB}}]{{Pie chart|thumb=left|value1=70.8|value2=26.07|value3=2.38|value4=0.5|color4=yellow|color2=green|color3=orange|color1=red|caption=Ethnic breakdown of Bentayan's electorate as of 2022|label1=[Chinese](/source/Malaysian_Chinese)|label2=[Malay](/source/Malaysian_Malay)|label3=[Indian](/source/Malaysian_Indians)|label4=Other ethnicities|value5=0.14|value6=0.11|color5=pink|color6=blue|label5=[Sarawak](/source/Sarawak) [Bumiputera](/source/Bumiputera_(Malaysia))|label6=[Sabah](/source/Sabah) [Bumiputera](/source/Bumiputera_(Malaysia))}}
== History ==
=== Polling districts ===
According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Bentayan constituency is divided into 13 polling districts.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20180330_PU%20B%20157.pdf|title=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]|access-date=2019-01-03|date=2018-03-30|publisher=Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}]
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%"
!State constituency
!Polling Districts
!Code
!Location
|-
| rowspan="13" |Bentayan（N12）
|Jalan Ismail
|145/12/01
|SMK Bandar Maharani
|-
|Parit Beting
|145/12/02
|SMK Tun Perak
|-
|Sabak Awor
|145/12/03
|SJK (C) Sing Hwa
|-
|Parit Tiram
|145/12/04
|SMK St. Andrew
|-
|Bentayan
|145/12/05
|SRA (Arab) As Saadiah
|-
|Pasar
|145/12/06
|SJK (C) Chung Hwa Prebysterian
|-
|Bandar Timur
|145/12/07
|SJK (C) Chung Hwa 2A
|-
|Jalan Daud Timur
|145/12/08
|SMK Convent
|-
|Jalan Daud Barat
|145/12/09
|SK Bandar Maharani
|-
|Taman Orkid
|145/12/10
|SJK (C) Pei Yang
|-
|Sungai Abong Tengah
|145/12/11
|SK Parit Setongkat
|-
|Sungai Abong Baru
|145/12/12
|SA Sungai Abong
|-
|Bandar Barat
|145/12/13
|SJK (C) Chung Hwa 1A
|}
===Representation history===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bentayan
|-
! Assembly !! Years !! Member !! Party
|-
! colspan="4" |''Constituency renamed from [Maharani](/source/Maharani_(state_constituency))''
|-
| 11th
| 2004–2008
| Lau Yee Wee
| rowspan=1 bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| '''BN''' ('''MCA''')}}
|-
| 12th
| 2008–2013
| Wee Tong Hiang
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Rakyat|PR}}" | {{Font color|white| '''PR''' ('''DAP''')}}
|-
| 13th
| 2013–2018
| Chua Wee Beng
|-
| [14th](/source/2018_Johor_state_election)
| 2018–2022
| rowspan="2" | [Ng Yak Howe](/source/Ng_Yak_Howe)
| rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Harapan|PH}}" | {{Font color|white| '''PH''' ('''DAP''')}}
|-
|[15th](/source/2022_Johor_state_election)
|2022–2026
|}
== Election results ==
{{MASelec/top|Johor|2022|Bentayan (state constituency)|Bentayan|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Pakatan Harapan|[Ng Yak Howe](/source/Ng_Yak_Howe)|10,973|64.53|{{decrease}} 15.19}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Gan Q'I Ru|3,497|20.57|{{increase}} 0.29}}
{{MASelec|Perikatan Nasional|Eddy Tan Kok Hong|2,534|14.90|{{increase}} 14.90}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|17,004|100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|239}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|91}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|17,334|49.91|{{decrease}} 33.50}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|34,728}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|7,476|43.96|{{decrease}} 15.48}}
{{MASelec/hold|Pakatan Harapan||?}}
{{MASelec/source || |hide=[{{Cite web
| url = http://prn.bernama.com/johor/index-bm.php#counts
| title = Keputusan #PRNJOHORBERNAMA #PRNJOHOR
| website = prn.bernama.com
| access-date = 2022-03-29
| archive-date = 2022-05-17
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220517200600/http://prn.bernama.com/johor/index-bm.php#counts
| url-status = dead
}}][{{cite web | url=https://dashboard.spr.gov.my/#!/dun/01/N.12 | title=Dashboard SPR }}]}}
{{end}}
{{MASelec/top|Johor|2018|Bentayan (state constituency)|Bentayan|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Pakatan Harapan|[Ng Yak Howe](/source/Ng_Yak_Howe)|18,278|79.72|{{increase}} 79.72}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Lee Kim Heng|4,649|20.28|{{decrease}} 12.27}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|22,927|100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|253}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|54}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|23,234|83.41|{{decrease}} 1.20}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|27,856}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|13,629|59.44|{{increase}} 24.54}}
{{MASelec/hold|Pakatan Harapan|}}
{{MASelec/source || |hide=[{{Cite web |url=https://election.thestar.com.my/johor.html |title=14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Johor |website=election.thestar.com.my |access-date=2018-05-12}}][{{Cite web |url=https://undi.info/johor/r18/n12 |title=Undi.info - Bentayan (P145-N12) |access-date=2018-05-17 |archive-date=2018-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517152728/https://undi.info/johor/r18/n12 |url-status=dead }}]}}
{{end}}
{{MASelec/top|Johor|2013|Bentayan (state constituency)|Bentayan|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Democratic Action Party|Chua Wee Beng|13,235|67.45|{{increase}} 8.40}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Fong Soh Lan|6,388|32.55|{{decrease}} 8.40}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|19,623|100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|209}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|19,832|84.61|{{increase}} 10.49}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|23,438}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|6,847|34.90|{{increase}} 16.80}}
{{MASelec/hold|Democratic Action Party|}}
{{MASelec/source|hide={{cite web |url=http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20130426_P.U.%20(B)%20192-DUN%20Selangor.pdf |title=Federal Government Gazette – Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 192/2013] |date=26 April 2013 |publisher=Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia |access-date=2016-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229002206/http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20130426_P.U.%20%28B%29%20192-DUN%20Selangor.pdf |archive-date=29 December 2019 |url-status=dead }}
{{cite web |url=http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20130522_P.U.%20(B)%20233-Borang%2016-DUN%20Selangor.pdf |title=Federal Government Gazette – Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 233/2013] |date=22 May 2013 |publisher=Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia |access-date=2016-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002085733/http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20130522_P.U.%20(B)%20233-Borang%2016-DUN%20Selangor.pdf |archive-date=2 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}}}
{{end}}
{{MASelec/top|Johor|2008|Bentayan (state constituency)|Bentayan|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Democratic Action Party|Wee Tong Hiang|9,118|59.05|{{increase}} 10.49}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Lee Ching Yong|6,322|40.95|{{decrease}} 10.49}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|15,440|100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|277}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|20}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|15,737|74.12|{{increase}} 2.15}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|21,233}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|2,796|18.10|{{increase}} 15.22}}
{{MASelec/gain|Democratic Action Party| Barisan Nasional |?}}
{{MASelec/source|hide=