Chempaka (Kelantan state constituency)

Chempaka

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Nik Asma' Bahrum Nik Abdullah PN
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	34,641

Chempaka 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 1995 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 Chempaka's electorate as of 2023 ^[2]

   Malay (98.61%)

   Chinese (0.76%)

  Other ethnicities (0.57%)

   Indian (0.06%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Chempaka constituency has a total of 11 polling districts. ^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Chempaka (N06)	Sabak	020/06/01	SK Sabak
	Tebing Tinggi	020/06/02	SK Parang Puting
	Telok Kitang	020/06/03	SK Parang Puting
	Kampung Pulau Panjang	020/06/04	SK Kem
	Tanjong Bahru	020/06/05	SMK Badang
	Che Deris	020/06/06	SK Che Deris
	Baung	020/06/07	SMK Pengkalan Chepa
	Pengkalan Nangka	020/06/08	SMA Tengku Amalin A'ishah Putri
	Chempaka	020/06/09	SK Seri Chempaka
	Simpang Tiga Pengkalan Chepa	020/06/10	Kolej Vokesional Pengkalan Chepa
	Pulau Gajah	020/06/11	SK Pulau Gajah

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Chempaka
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Semut Api
9th	1995–1999	Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat	PAS
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008–2013		PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2015
	2015–2018	Ahmad Fathan Mahmood
14th	2018–2020		PAS
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present	Nik Asma' Bahrum Nik Abdullah

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nik Asma' Bahrum Nik Abdullah	16,728	74.46	21.83
	BN	Nik Normi Nik Ayub	5,504	24.50	10.80
	Independent	Ibrahim Sulong	234	1.04	1.04
Total valid votes			22,466	100.00
Total rejected ballots			197
Unreturned ballots			28
Turnout			22,691	65.50	17.46
Registered electors			34,641
Majority			11,224	49.96	32.63
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Fathan Mahamad	10,549	52.63	39.17
	BN	Mohamad Fareez Nor Amran	7,075	35.30	35.30
	PH	Nik Omar Nik Ab Aziz	2,418	12.06	12.06
Total valid votes			20,042	100.00
Total rejected ballots			232
Unreturned ballots			219
Turnout			20,493	82.96	28.05
Registered electors			24,702
Majority			3,474	17.33	67.67
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state by-election, 22 March 2015
The by-election was called due to the death of incumbent, Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Fathan Mahmood	10,899	91.80	39.17
	Independent	Sharif Mahmood	807	6.80	6.80
	Independent	Fadzillah Hussin	89	0.75	0.75
	Independent	Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary	51	0.43	0.43
	Independent	Aslah Mamat	27	0.23	0.23
Total valid votes			11,873	100.00
Total rejected ballots			140
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			12,020	54.91	31.26
Registered electors			21,890
Majority			10,092	85.00	49.12
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) "Pilihan Raya Kecil N.06 Chempaka". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2018-09-19. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election - By-election of the State Legislative Assembly of N.06 Chempaka for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 88/2015]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 2018-09-19.[ permanent dead link ] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statement of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes for the By-election of N.06 Chempaka [P.U. (B) 150/2015]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2018-09-19.

Kelantan state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat	12,310	67.94	3.56
	BN	Nik Mohd Zain Omar	5,810	32.06	3.56
Total valid votes			18,120	100.00
Total rejected ballots			237
Unreturned ballots			56
Turnout			18,413	86.17	1.55
Registered electors			21,364
Majority			6,500	35.88	7.12
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat	9,514	64.38
	BN	Nik Mohd Zain Omar	5,265	35.62
Total valid votes			14,779	100.00
Total rejected ballots			242
Unreturned ballots			56
Turnout			15,077	84.62
Registered electors			17,818
Majority			4,249	28.76
	PAS hold		Swing

References

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