Tanjong is a federal constituency in Northeast Penang Island District, Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first-past-the-post voting system.

[4] While this Malaysian parliamentary constituency has the third highest proportion of predominantly Chinese voters (behind Bandar Kuching and Kepong), Tanjong parliamentary area may be considered as the constituency area with the lowest proportion of Malay-Muslim voters in Peninsular Malaysia where it forms only less than 4% of the overall voters in the parliamentary area.

[5] constituency "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Penang [P.U.

"Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Penang [P.U.