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Kuantan (federal constituency)

Kuantan (P083)

Pahang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Wan Razali Wan Nor PN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]	128,247
Electors (2022)[2]	87,597
Area (km²)[3]	165
Pop. density (per km²)	777.3

Kuantan is a federal constituency in Kuantan District, in Pahang, 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.

Demographics[edit]

https://live.chinapress.com.my/ge15/parliament/PAHANG

History[edit]

Polling districts[edit]

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Kuantan constituency is divided into 25 polling districts.^[4]

Representation history[edit]

State constituency[edit]

Current state assembly members[edit]

Local governments[edit]

Election results[edit]

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Wan Razali Wan Nor	25,514	37.65	37.65
	PH	Fuziah Salleh	22,648	33.42	11.15
	BN	Ab Hamid Mohd Nazahar	19,114	28.27	1.56
	GTA	Anuar Tajuddin	486	0.72	0.72
Total valid votes			67,762	100.00
Total rejected ballots			631
Unreturned ballots			122
Turnout			68,515	78.22	4.99
Registered electors			87,957
Majority			2,866	4.23	11.62
	PN gain from PH		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753278/PUB611_2022.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Fuziah Salleh	22,807	44.57	44.57
	PAS	Sulaiman Md Derus	14,696	27.72	27.72
	BN	Wong Kean Hwee	13,667	26.71	18.50
Total valid votes			51,170	100.00
Total rejected ballots			798
Unreturned ballots			199
Turnout			52,167	83.21	1.83
Registered electors			62,696
Majority			8,111	15.85	9.27
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Pahang [P.U. (B) 238/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Pahang [P.U. (B) 312/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link]

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Fuziah Salleh	25,834	54.79	2.18
	BN	Mohamed Suffian Awang	21,319	45.21	2.18
Total valid votes			47,153	100.00
Total rejected ballots			570
Unreturned ballots			135
Turnout			47,858	85.04	10.12
Registered electors			56,280
Majority			4,515	9.58	4.36
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Pahang [P.U. (B) 175/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-16.[permanent dead link] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Pahang [P.U. (B) 216/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2016-05-16.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Fuziah Salleh	18,398	52.61	16.26
	BN	Fu Ah Kiow @ Oh (Fu) Soon Guan	16,572	47.39	16.26
Total valid votes			34,970	100.00
Total rejected ballots			623
Unreturned ballots			179
Turnout			35,772	74.92	0.27
Registered electors			47,745
Majority			1,826	5.22	22.08
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fu Ah Kiow @ Oh (Fu) Soon Guan	21,324	63.65	6.25
	PKR	Fuziah Salleh	12,177	36.35	6.25
Total valid votes			33,501	100.00
Total rejected ballots			543
Unreturned ballots			246
Turnout			34,290	74.65	0.39
Registered electors			45,934
Majority			9,147	27.30	12.50
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Khalil Yaakob	28,479	57.40	18.64
	PKR	Fuziah Salleh	21,136	42.60	42.60
Total valid votes			49,615	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,037
Unreturned ballots			1,656
Turnout			52,308	74.26	1.82
Registered electors			70,438
Majority			7,343	14.80	37.28
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fauzi Abdul Rahman	33,718	76.04	19.40
	S46	Noorsiah Tuajib	10,622	23.96	19.40
Total valid votes			44,340	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,784
Unreturned ballots			1,423
Turnout			47,547	72.44	1.20
Registered electors			65,636
Majority			23,096	52.08	38.80
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fauzi Abdul Rahman	25,020	56.64	2.16
	S46	Ahmad Mokhtar Mohamed	19,153	43.36	43.36
Total valid votes			44,173	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,282
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			45,455	71.24	4.48
Registered electors			63,807
Majority			5,867	13.28	19.46
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Adam Abdul Kadir	20,943	58.80	3.41
	DAP	Syed Ali Mohsin	9,283	26.06	1.40
	PAS	Syed Noh Syed Mohamed	5,390	15.13	15.13
Total valid votes			35,616	100.00
Total rejected ballots			832
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			36,448	66.76	4.77
Registered electors			54,595
Majority			11,660	32.74	2.01
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Rahim Abu Bakar	20,444	62.21	2.11
	DAP	Lim Pan Chiang	9,022	27.46	17.82
	PAS	Tengku Ali Shahdan Tengku Endut	3,395	10.33	10.33
Total valid votes			32,861	100.00
Total rejected ballots			856
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			33,717	71.53	2.62
Registered electors			47,137
Majority			11,422	34.75	1.99
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Ali M. Shariff	16,568	60.10	2.74
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Dzulkifli Ismail	6,441	23.36	0.02
	DAP	Jaafar Hussin	2,659	9.64	9.64
	PAS	Zabidin Rahmat	1,901	6.90	6.90
Total valid votes			27,569	100.00
Total rejected ballots			778
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			28,347	74.15	0.26
Registered electors			38,229
Majority			10,127	36.74	2.76
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Ali M. Shariff	12,371	62.84	62.84
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	S. Sivasubramaniam	4,595	23.34	14.63
	Independent	Chin Jeck Soon	2,721	13.82	13.82
Total valid votes			19,687	100.00
Total rejected ballots			998
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			20,685	74.41	5.64
Registered electors			27,800
Majority			7,776	39.50	32.87
	BN gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Party (Malaysia)		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Taib	8,798	44.60	44.60
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Mohd Ramly Ismail @ Dzulkifli Ismail	7,491	37.97	37.97
	PMIP	Tengku Kamarulzaman Tengku Abd. Hamid	3,438	17.43	17.43
Total valid votes			19,727	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,011
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			20,738	68.77
Registered electors			30,154
Majority			1,307	6.63
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Rahman Talib	10,696	69.42	6.83
	Socialist Front	Mohamed Kameil Ibrahim	2,957	19.19	19.19
	PMIP	Jamahir Idris	1,755	11.39	12.36
Total valid votes			15,408	100.00
Total rejected ballots			710
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			16,118	73.64	2.83
Registered electors			21,889
Majority			7,739	50.23	2.27
	Alliance hold		Swing

References[edit]

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-12.