Kuala Krau

Kuala Krau (P087)

Pahang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Kamal Ashaari PN
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020) [1]	68,047
Electors (2022) [2]	60,537
Area (km²) [3]	1,391
Pop. density (per km²)	48.9

Kuala Krau (Pahang Malay: Kole Kgha) is a federal constituency in Temerloh District, Jerantut District and Maran District, Pahang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. ^[4]

Felda Jenderak Utara Pahang.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Kuala Krau's electorate as of 2022

   Malay (88.6%)

  Other ethnicities (6.8%)

   Chinese (2.5%)

   Indian (2.1%)

Age breakdown of Kuala Krau's electorate as of 2022

  18-20 (6.02%)

  21-29 (19.29%)

  30-39 (26.39%)

  40-49 (20.5%)

  50-59 (11.12%)

  60-69 (9.09%)

  70-79 (6.22%)

  80-89 (1.19%)

  above 90 (0.18%)

Gender breakdown of Kuala Krau's electorate as of 2022

  Male (49.45%)

  Female (50.55%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Kuala Krau constituency is divided into 33 polling districts. ^[5]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Jenderak (N27）	Kampung Pian	087/27/01	Dewan Orang Ramai Kampung Pian
	Sungai Mai	087/27/02	Dewan Orang Ramai Kampung Gong Halt dan Balai Raya Kampung Gong Halt
	Kuala Mai	087/27/03	SK Kuala Mai Bharu
	Paya Luas	087/27/04	SK Paya Luas
	Kuala Krau	087/27/05	SJK (C) Kuala Krau
	FELDA Jenderak Utara	087/27/06	SK LKTP Jenderak Utara
	Kampung Jenderak	087/27/07	SK Jenderak
	Kampung Dato Shariff	087/27/08	Dewan Serbaguna Kampung Dato' Sharif Ahmad
	FELDA Jenderak Selatan	087/28/09	SK LKTP Jenderak Selatan
	Paya Pelong	087/27/10	Balai Raya Kampung Paya Pelong
	Penderas	087/27/11	SK Penderas
Kerdau (N28)	Rumpun Makmur	087/28/01	Dewan Puspa Rumpun Makmur
	FELDA Jengka 25	087/28/02	SK LKTP Jengka 25
	FELDA Jengka 22	087/28/03	SK LKTP Jengka 22
	Kampung Batu Sawar	087/28/04	SK Batu Sawar
	FELDA Jengka 23	087/28/05	SK LKTP Jengka 23
	Kuala Tekal	087/28/06	SK Kuala Tekal
	Bukit Lada	087/28/07	SK Pulau Pasir Mandi
	Kerai	087/28/08	Balai Raya Kerai
	Lipat Kajang	087/28/09	SK Lipat Kajang
	Desa Murni	087/28/10	SBPI Temerloh
	Kerdau	087/28/11	SK Paya Taram
	Kuala Kerdau	087/28/12	SK Kerdau
	Teluk Sentang	087/28/13	SK Teluk Sentang
Jengka (N29)	FELDA Jengka 11	087/29/01	SK LKTP Jengka 11
	Bandar Pusat	087/29/02	SK Bandar Pusat Jengka SMK Jengka Pusat
	FELDA Jengka 14	087/29/03	SK LKTP Jengka 14
	FELDA Jengka 21	087/29/04	SK LKTP Jengka 21
	FELDA Jengka 15	087/29/05	SK LKTP Jengka 15
	FELDA Jengka 16	087/29/06	SK LKTP Jengka 16
	FELDA Jengka 20	087/29/07	SK LKTP Jengka 20
	FELDA Jengka 17	087/29/08	SK LKTP Jengka 17
	FELDA Jengka 18	087/29/09	SK LKTP Jengka 18
	FELDA Jengka 19	087/29/10	SK LKTP Jengka 19

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kuala Krau
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Mentakab and Maran
11th	P087	2004–2008	Ismail Mohamed Said (إسماعيل بن محمد سعيد)	BN (UMNO)
12th		2008–2013
13th		2013–2018
14th		2018–2022
15th		2022–present	Kamal Ashaari (كمال اشعري)	PN (PAS)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kuala Krau						Jenderak
						Jengka
						Kerdau

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N27	Jenderak	Rodzuan Zaaba	BN (UMNO)
N28	Kerdau	Syed Ibrahim Syed Ahmad
N29	Jengka	Shahril Azman Abd Halim	PN (PAS)

Local governments

No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N27	Jenderak	Temerloh Municipal Council Jerantut District Council (Sungai Mai area)
N28	Kerdau	Temerloh Municipal Council
N29	Jengka	Maran District Council

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022 : Kuala Krau

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Kamal Ashaari	22,505	47.13	47.13
	BN	Ismail Mohamed Said	21,481	44.98	2.16
	PH	Juhari Osman	3,593	7.52	5.72
	GTA	Shahruddin Mohamed Salleh	174	0.36	0.36
Total valid votes			47,753	100.00
Total rejected ballots			595
Unreturned ballots			100
Turnout			48,448	78.88	3.85
Registered electors			60,537
Majority			1,024	2.15	5.36
	PN gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753278/PUB611_2022.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018 : Kuala Krau

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ismail Mohamed Said	18,058	47.14	11.26
	PAS	Kamal Ashaari	15,182	39.63	1.97
	PH	Mohamad Rafidee Hassim	5,071	13.24	13.24
Total valid votes			38,311	100.00
Total rejected ballots			613
Unreturned ballots			178
Turnout			39,102	82.73	4.85
Registered electors			47,264
Majority			2,876	7.51	9.29
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Pahang [P.U. (B) 238/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[ permanent dead link ] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Pahang [P.U. (B) 312/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[ permanent dead link ]

Malaysian general election, 2013 : Kuala Krau

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ismail Mohamed Said	21,575	58.40	1.33
	PAS	Shahril Azman Abdul Halim	15,370	41.60	1.33
Total valid votes			36,945	100.00
Total rejected ballots			603
Unreturned ballots			115
Turnout			37,663	87.58	6.75
Registered electors			43,003
Majority			6,205	16.80	2.66
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Pahang [P.U. (B) 175/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12.[ permanent dead link ] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Pahang [P.U. (B) 216/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2016-05-12.

Malaysian general election, 2008 : Kuala Krau

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ismail Mohamed Said	16,165	59.73	5.16
	PAS	Kamal Ashaari	10,900	40.27	5.16
Total valid votes			27,065	100.00
Total rejected ballots			479
Unreturned ballots			50
Turnout			27,594	80.83	0.52
Registered electors			34,139
Majority			5,265	19.46	10.32
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004 : Kuala Krau

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Ismail Mohamed Said	16,021	64.89
	PAS	Musaniff Ab Rahman	8,670	35.11
Total valid votes			24,691	100.00
Total rejected ballots			487
Unreturned ballots			42
Turnout			25,220	80.31
Registered electors			31,403
Majority			7,351	29.78
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia . Retrieved 2018-08-12.

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