Bukit Panau

Bukit Panau

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Abdul Fattah Mahmood PN
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	50,237

Bukit Panau 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 1974 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 Panau's electorate as of 2023 ^[2]

   Malay (90.87%)

   Chinese (7.57%)

  Other ethnicities (1.41%)

   Indian (0.16%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Bukit Panau constituency has a total of 13 polling districts. ^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bukit Panau (N26）	Bukit Panau	027/26/01	SK Bukit Panau
	Kampung Paloh	027/26/02	SMU (A) Rahmaniah Paloh
	Kampung Belimbing	027/26/03	SK Belimbing
	Padang Siam	027/26/04	Maahad Ahmadi Tanah Merah
	Kelewek	027/26/05	SK Sri Kelewek
	Kampung Sat	027/26/06	SJK (C) Yuk Cheng
	Banggol	027/26/07	SMK Dato' Mahmud Paduka Raja (1)
	Pondok	027/26/08	SK Sri Suria (1)
	Tanah Merah Pekan	027/26/09	SK Tanah Merah (1)
	Tepi Sungai	027/26/10	SMK Dato' Mahmud Paduka Raja (2)
	Batu Hitam	027/26/11	SK Tanah Merah (2)
	Banggol Kemunting	027/26/12	SK Sri Suria (3)
	Manal	027/26/13	SMK Tanah Merah (2)

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bukit Panau
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created Tanah Merah Timor
4th	1974–1978	Omar Muhamed @ Mamat	BN (PAS)
5th	1978–1982	Abdul Latif Abdul Rahman	BN (UMNO)
6th	1982–1986
7th	1986–1990
8th	1990–1995	Mat Yusof Mat Sah	PAS
9th	1995–1999
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008	Abdul Fattah Mahmood
12th	2008–2013		PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2020		PAS
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023 : Bukit Panau

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Fattah Mahmood	22,582	79.14	26.74
	PH	Samsu Adabi Mamat	5,954	20.86	10.16
Total valid votes			28,536	100.00
Total rejected ballots			168
Unreturned ballots			76
Turnout			28,780	57.29	23.59
Registered electors			50,237
Majority			16,628	58.28	42.78
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018 : Bukit Panau

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Fattah Mahmood	14,506	52.40	5.79
	BN	Dayang Saniah Awang Hamid	10,215	36.90	4.91
	PH	Hisham Fauzi	2,963	10.70	10.70
Total valid votes			27,684	100.00
Total rejected ballots			487
Unreturned ballots			245
Turnout			28,416	80.88	3.72
Registered electors			35,135
Majority			4,291	15.50	0.88
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013 : Bukit Panau

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Fattah Mahmood	13,292	58.19
	BN	Baharudin Yusof	9,552	41.81
Total valid votes			22,844	100.00
Total rejected ballots			259
Unreturned ballots			82
Turnout			23,185	84.60
Registered electors			27,405
Majority			3,740	16.38
	PAS hold		Swing

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 ]}