Manek Urai (state constituency)

Manek Urai

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Fauzi Abdullah PN
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	22,611

Manek Urai 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 Manek Urai's electorate as of 2023 ^[2]

   Malay (98.91%)

  Other ethnicities (0.6%)

   Indian (0.25%)

   Chinese (0.24%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Manek Urai constituency has a total of 9 polling districts. ^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Manek Urai (N41)	Temalir	031/41/01	SK Temalir
	Sungai Perial	031/41/02	SK Peria
	Manek Urai Lama	031/41/03	SK Manek Urai
	Manek Urai Baru	031/41/04	SK Manek Urai Baru
	Sungai Sok	031/41/05	SK Sungai Sok
	Chuchoh Puteri	031/41/06	SK Chuchoh Puteri
	Lata Rek	031/41/07	SK Lata Rek
	Manjor	031/41/08	SK Kampong Karangan
	Laloh	031/41/09	SMK Laloh

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Manek Urai
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Ulu Kelantan Timor
4th	1974–1978	Hussein Sulaiman	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978–1982	Wan Abdullah Wan Su	PAS
6th	1982–1986	Ariffin Said	BN (UMNO)
7th	1986–1990	Ismail Yaacob	PAS
8th	1990–1995
9th	1995–1999
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008	Mohamed Zulkepli Omar	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2009	Ismail Yaacob	PR (PAS)
	2009–2013	Mohd Fauzi Abdullah
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2020		PAS
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Fauzi Abdullah	10,355	78.33	17.07
	BN	Suzaini Adlina Sukri	2,865	21.67	13.24
Total valid votes			13,220	100.00
Total rejected ballots			113
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			13,346	59.02	23.10
Registered electors			22,611
Majority			7,490	56.66	30.31
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Fauzi Abdullah	8,683	61.26	5.42
	BN	Suzaini Adlina Sukri	4,948	34.91	9.25
	PH	Mohamed Dahan Mat Jali	503	3.55	3.55
	Independent	Deraman Mamat	41	0.29	0.29
Total valid votes			14,175	100.00
Total rejected ballots			267
Unreturned ballots			112
Turnout			14,554	82.12	7.08
Registered electors			17,722
Majority			3,735	26.35	14.67
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Fauzi Abdullah	7,802	55.84	5.53
	BN	Che Jalal Muda	6,169	44.16	5.53
Total valid votes			13,971	100.00
Total rejected ballots			160
Unreturned ballots			38
Turnout			14,169	89.20	1.72
Registered electors			15,879
Majority			1,633	11.68	11.06
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state by-election, 14 July 2009
The by-election was called due to the death of incumbent, Ismail Yaacob.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Fauzi Abdullah	5,348	50.31	6.36
	BN	Tuan Aziz Tuan Hamat	5,283	49.69	6.36
Total valid votes			10,631	100.00
Total rejected ballots			117
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			10,754	87.48	3.25
Registered electors			12,293
Majority			65	0.62	12.72
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) "Pilihan Raya Kecil N.41 Manek Urai". Election Commission of Malaysia . Retrieved 2018-09-19.

Kelantan state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ismail Yaacob	5,746	56.67	6.98
	BN	Mohamed Zulkepli Omar	4,394	43.33	6.98
Total valid votes			10,140	100.00
Total rejected ballots			192
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			10,353	84.23	2.14
Registered electors			12,292
Majority			1,352	13.34	12.72
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Zulkepli Omar	4,362	50.31	9.12
	PAS	Mohd Zamzuri Mat Lazim	4,309	49.69	9.12
Total valid votes			8,671	100.00
Total rejected ballots			105
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			8,788	82.09	3.46
Registered electors			10,705
Majority			53	0.62	17.00
	BN gain from National Trust Party (Malaysia)-Malaysian Islamic Party		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ismail Yaacob	5,066	58.81	3.30
	BN	Wan Zaid Wan Abdullah	3,548	41.19	3.30
Total valid votes			8,614	100.00
Total rejected ballots			233
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			8,850	78.63	3.93
Registered electors			11,255
Majority			1,518	17.62	6.60
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ismail Yaacob	4,691	62.11	8.60
	BN	Ahmad Yusoff	2,862	37.89	8.60
Total valid votes			7,553	100.00
Total rejected ballots			212
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			7,778	74.70	4.23
Registered electors			10,412
Majority			1,829	24.22	18.51
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ismail Yaacob	5,970	70.71	16.28
	BN	Wan Zaid Wan Abdullah	2,362	27.98	17.59
	Independent	Zakaria Awang	111	1.31	1.31
Total valid votes			8,443	100.00
Total rejected ballots			245
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,688	78.93	0.12
Registered electors			11,007
Majority			3,608	42.73	33.87
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ismail Yaacob	3,650	54.43
	BN	Wan Zaid Wan Abdullah	3,056	45.57
Total valid votes			6,706	100.00
Total rejected ballots			275
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,981	78.81
Registered electors			8,858
Majority			594	8.86
	PAS gain from BN		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 ]}