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 Terengganu constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Terengganu State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
PN | ||
| Constituency created | 1959 | ||
| First contested | 1959 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2023) | 26,992 | ||
Kuala Besut is a state constituency in Terengganu, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly.[1]
The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.
Ethnic breakdown of Kuala Besut's electorate as of 2018[2]
According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Kuala Besut constituency has a total of 9 polling districts.[3]
| State Constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuala Besut (N01) | Pulau Perhentian | 03/01/01 | SK Pulau Perhentian |
| Seberang Berat | 033/01/02 | SK Kuala Besut | |
| Nail | 033/01/03 | SK Kampung Nail | |
| Seberang Barat Luar | 033/01/04 | SMK Kuala Besut | |
| Tok Saboh | 033/01/05 | SK Alor Peroi | |
| Kampung Nangka | 033/01/06 | SK Kampung Nangka | |
| Kampung Baru | 033/01/07 | SMK Seri Bukit Puteri | |
| Bukit Puteri | 033/01/08 | SK Bukit Puteri | |
| Air Terjun | 033/01/09 | SK Ayer Terjun |
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kuala Besut | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1st | 1959–1964 | Wan Said Mohamed Nor | PMIP |
| 2nd | 1964–1969 | Zakariah Muda | BN (UMNO) |
| 1969–1971 | Assembly dissolved | ||
| 3rd | 1971–1974 | Mohamad Said | PAS |
| 4th | 1974–1978 | Hussin Jusoh | BN (PAS) |
| 5th | 1978–1979 | Zakariah Muda | BN (UMNO) |
| 1979–1982 | Wan Zakaria Wan Abd. Rahman | ||
| 6th | 1982–1986 | ||
| 7th | 1986–1990 | ||
| 8th | 1990–1995 | ||
| 9th | 1995–1999 | ||
| 10th | 1999–2004 | Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh | PAS |
| 11th | 2004–2008 | Abdullah Che Muda | BN (UMNO) |
| 12th | 2008–2013 | Abdul Rahman Mokhtar | |
| 13th | 2013 | ||
| 2013–2018 | Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abd Rahman | ||
| 14th | 2018–2023 | ||
| 15th | 2023–present | Azbi Salleh | PN (PAS) |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAS | Azbi Salleh | 11,496 | 60.91 | |||
| BN | Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abd Rahman | 7,377 | 39.09 | |||
| Total valid votes | 18,873 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 172 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 13 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,058 | 70.61 | ||||
| Registered electors | 26,992 | |||||
| Majority | 4,119 | 21.82 | ||||
| PAS gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abdul Rahman | 8,288 | 59.27 | |||
| PAS | Azlan Yusof | 5,696 | 40.73 | |||
| Total valid votes | 13,984 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 125 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 14,109 | 79.79 | ||||
| Registered electors | 17,683 | |||||
| Majority | 2,592 | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "Pilihan Raya Kecil N.01 Kuala Besut". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Rahman Mokhtar | 7,123 | 61.33 |  1.81
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| PAS | Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh | 4,492 | 38.67 |  1.81
| ||
| Total valid votes | 11,615 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 12,140 | 85.61 | 1.99
| |||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| Majority | 2,631 | 22.66 | 3.62
| |||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdullah Che Muda | 6,334 | 59.52 | 12.43
| ||
| PAS | Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh | 4,307 | 40.48 | 12.43
| ||
| Total valid votes | 10,641 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 10,828 | 87.60 | 4.71
| |||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| Majority | 2,027 | 19.04 | 13.22
| |||
| BN gain from National Trust Party (Malaysia)-Malaysian Islamic Party | Swing | ? | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAS | Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh | 4,426 | 52.91 | |||
| BN | Wan Zakaria Wan Abd. Rahman | 3,939 | 47.09 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,365 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,609 | 82.89 | ||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| Majority | 487 | 5.82 | ||||
| PAS gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
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