Kok Lanas (state constituency)

Kok Lanas

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohamed Farid Mohamed Zawawi PN
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	35,679

Kok Lanas 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 Kok Lanas's electorate as of 2023 ^[2]

   Malay (95.34%)

   Chinese (2.47%)

  Other ethnicities (2.06%)

   Indian (0.012%)

History

Polling Districts

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

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Kok Lanas (N25)	Kampung Gondang	026/25/01	SK Gondang
	Padang Tengah	026/25/02	SMU (A) Ittihadiah Tanjung Pagar
	Ketereh	026/25/03	SK Seri Ketereh
	Padang Lembek	026/25/04	SK Ketereh
	Hutan Pasir	026/25/05	SMK Ketereh
	Kampung Guntong	026/25/06	SMK Kok Lanas
	Pangkal Kalong	026/25/07	SK Pangkal Kalong
	Kedai Kok Lanas	026/25/08	SK Kok Lanas
	Setek	026/25/09	SM Persendirian Cina Chung Hwa
	Kampung Batu Tinggi	026/25/10	SK Banggol Saman
	Kampung Sokor	026/25/11	SK Desa Pahlawan

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kok Lanas
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Ketereh
11th	2004–2008	Annuar Musa	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013	Md Alwi Che Ahmad
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2023
15th	2023–present	Mohamed Farid Mohamed Zawawi	PN (BERSATU)

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohamed Farid Mohamed Zawawi	15,478	68.07	24.52
	BN	Ahmad Deraman	7,259	31.93	16.61
Total valid votes			22,737	100.00
Total rejected ballots			645
Unreturned ballots			37
Turnout			23,419	65.64	18.36
Registered electors			35,679
Majority			8,219	36.14	31.15
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Md Alwi Che Ahmad	10,921	48.54	1.88
	PAS	Nik Mahadi Nik Mahmood	9,799	43.55	6.03
	PH	Mohd Hanapi Ismail	1,779	7.91	7.91
Total valid votes			22,499	100.00
Total rejected ballots			318
Unreturned ballots			212
Turnout			23,029	84.00	3.70
Registered electors			27,415
Majority			1,122	4.99	4.15
	BN hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Md Alwi Che Ahmad	10,040	50.42	1.39
	PAS	Nik Mahadi Mahmood	9,871	49.58	1.39
Total valid votes			19,911	100.00
Total rejected ballots			198
Unreturned ballots			70
Turnout			20,185	87.70	0.96
Registered electors			23,016
Majority			169	0.84	2.78
	BN hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Md Alwi Che Ahmad	8,319	51.81	8.23
	PAS	Ahmad Rusli Iberahim	7,739	48.19	8.23
Total valid votes			16,058	100.00
Total rejected ballots			340
Unreturned ballots			254
Turnout			16,651	86.74	1.58
Registered electors			19,197
Majority			580	3.62	16.46
	BN hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Annuar Musa	8,509	60.04
	PAS	Mokhtar Salleh	5,663	39.96
Total valid votes			14,172	100.00
Total rejected ballots			318
Unreturned ballots			217
Turnout			14,706	85.16
Registered electors			17,269
Majority			2,846	20.08
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 ]}