Kota Putera

Not to be confused with Kota Puteri.

Kota Putera

Terengganu constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Nur Khuzaini Abdul Rahman PN
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	32,792

Kota Putera is a state constituency in Terengganu, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly. ^[1]

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

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Kota Putera's electorate as of 2018 ^[2]

   Malay (98.78%)

   Chinese (0.62%)

  Other ethnicities (0.54%)

   Indian (0.06%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Kota Putera constituency has a total of 12 polling districts. ^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Kota Putera (N02)	Pekan Seberang Kastam	033/02/01	SK Pengkalan Nyireh
	Pengkalan Nyireh	033/02/02	SMK Permaisuri Nur Zahirah
	Kampung Raja Utara	033/02/03	SMK Kampong Raja
	Kampung Raja Selatan	033/02/04	SMA Maarif
	Keluang	033/02/05	SK Keluang
	Batu Tumbuh	033/02/06	SK Tengku Mahmud
	Amir	033/02/07	SK Amer
	Gong Bayur	033/02/08	SK Tengku Mahmud 2
	Tembila	033/02/09	SK Tembila
	Beting Lintang	033/02/10	SK Beting Linang
	Alur Lintang	033/02/11	SMK Nasiruddin Shah
	Gelam Mas	033/02/12	Kolej Vokesional Besut

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kota Putera
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kampung Raja
11th	2004–2008	Wan Mohd Wan Hassan	BN ( UMNO )
12th	2008–2013	Muhammad Pehimi Yusof
13th	2013–2018	Mohd Mahdi Musa
14th	2018–2020	Mohd. Nurkhuzaini Ab. Rahman	PAS
	2020–2023		PN ( PAS )
15th	2023–present

Election results

Terengganu state election, 2023 : Kota Putera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohd. Nurkhuzaini Ab. Rahman	13,360	58.31	9.13
	BN	Muhammad Pehimi Yusof	9,551	41.69	1.51
Total valid votes			22,911	100.00
Total rejected ballots			130
Unreturned ballots			35
Turnout			23,076	70.37	13.13
Registered electors			32,792
Majority			3,809	16.62	10.64
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2018 : Kota Putera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohd. Nurkhuzaini Ab. Rahman	9,704	49.18
	BN	Mohd Mahdi Musa	8,523	43.20
	PKR	Tengku Roslan Tengku Othman @ Tengku Ramli	1,504	7.62
Total valid votes			19,731	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,180	83.50
Registered electors
Majority			1,181	5.98
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN		Swing		?

Terengganu state election, 2008 : Kota Putera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Muhammad Pehimi Yusof	8,090	62.97
	PKR	Che Mohamad Mohd. Amin	4,758	37.03
Total valid votes			12,848	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,071	84.01
Registered electors
Majority			3,332	25.94
	BN hold		Swing

References

1. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Terengganu".
2. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
3. Federal Gazette ^{[ dead link ]}