Bukit Bunga (state constituency)

Bukit Bunga

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Almidi Jaafar PN
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	21,722

Bukit Bunga is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly. ^[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 2004 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Bukit Bunga's electorate as of 2023 ^[2]

   Malay (98.29%)

  Other ethnicities (1.45%)

   Chinese (0.17%)

   Indian (0.1%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Bukit Bunga constituency has a total of 10 polling districts. ^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bukit Bunga (N36）	Bukit Bunga	030/36/01	SMK Bukit Bunga
	Jakar	030/36/02	SK Nik Daud
	Nibong	030/36/03	SK Nik Daud
	Jedok Tua	030/36/04	SMU (A) Arab Darul Naim
	Lalang Pepuyu	030/36/05	SK Lalang Pepuyu
	Batu Gajah	030/36/06	SK Batu Gajah
	Asahan	030/36/07	SMK Tan Sri Mohamed Yaacob
	Lawang	030/36/08	SK Lawang
	Gual Jedok	030/36/09	SK Gual Jedok
	Air Canal	030/36/10	SK Ayer Chanal

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bukit Bunga
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kemahang
11th	2004–2008	Mohd Adhan Kechik	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2023
15th	2023–present	Mohd Almidi Jaafar	PN (BERSATU)

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Almidi Jaafar	8,540	66.06	22.40
	BN	Mohd Adhan Kechik	4,388	33.94	17.60
Total valid votes			12,928	100.00
Total rejected ballots			133
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			13,078	60.21	20.73
Registered electors			21,722
Majority			4,152	32.12	24.24
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Adhan Kechik	7,068	51.54	3.99
	PAS	Ramzi Mohd Yusoff	5,987	43.66	0.81
	PH	Asran Alias	659	4.81	4.81
Total valid votes			13,714	100.00
Total rejected ballots			144
Unreturned ballots			186
Turnout			14,044	80.94	3.66
Registered electors			17,352
Majority			1,081	7.88	3.18
	BN hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Adhan Kechik	7,692	55.53	3.96
	PAS	Sufely Abd Razak	6,159	44.47	3.96
Total valid votes			13,851	100.00
Total rejected ballots			176
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			14,053	84.60	2.75
Registered electors			16,609
Majority			1,533	11.06	7.92
	BN hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Adhan Kechik	5,731	51.57	12.86
	PAS	Sufely Abd Razak	5,383	48.43	12.86
Total valid votes			11,114	100.00
Total rejected ballots			239
Unreturned ballots			53
Turnout			11,406	81.85	2.22
Registered electors			13,935
Majority			348	3.14	25.72
	BN hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Adhan Kechik	6,397	64.43
	PAS	Sufely Abd Razak	3,531	35.57
Total valid votes			9,928	100.00
Total rejected ballots			158
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,086	79.63
Registered electors			12,666
Majority			2,866	28.86
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Kelantan".
2. "15th Kelantan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
3. Federal Gazette ^{[ dead link ]}