Mengkebang

Mengkebang

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Zubir Abu Bakar PN
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	26,843

Mengkebang 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 Mengkebang's electorate as of 2023 ^[2]

   Malay (95.95%)

   Chinese (2.3%)

   Indian (1.28%)

  Other ethnicities (0.47%)

History

Polling Districts

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

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Mengkebang (N39)	Pasir Kelang	031/39/01	SK Pasir Kelang
	Kuala Nal	031/39/02	SK Kuala Nal
	Bukit Sireh	031/39/03	SK Kampong Bedal
	Batu Jong	031/39/04	SK Batu Jong
	Keroh	031/39/05	SMK Keroh
	Pasir Gajah	031/39/06	SK Pasir Gajah
	Telekong	031/39/07	SK Telkong
	Sungai Durian	031/39/08	SK Sungai Embak
	Chenulang	031/39/09	SK Chenulang
	R.K.Y Mengkebang	031/39/10	SK Batu Mengkebang
	R.P.T Sungai Pas	031/39/11	SK Sungai Pas

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Mengkebang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Temangan
9th	1995–1999	Mek Som Mohamed	S46
10th	1999–2004	Ibrahim Mahmood	PAS
11th	2004–2008	Azizzuddin Hussein	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013	Abdul Latiff Abdul Rahman	PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2020	Muhammad Mat Sulaiman	PAS
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present	Zubir Abu Bakar

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023 : Mengkebang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Zubir Abu Bakar	12,531	78.64	20.79
	PH	Mohd Shukri Ishak	3,404	21.36	16.20
Total valid votes			15,935	100.00
Total rejected ballots			169
Unreturned ballots			31
Turnout			16,135	60.11	20.79
Registered electors			26,843
Majority			9,127	57.28	36.42
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018 : Mengkebang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Muhammad Mat Sulaiman	9,295	57.85	4.37
	BN	Zaki Muhammad	5,944	36.99	9.53
	PH	Wan Mohamad Azlan Ahmad	829	5.16	5.16
Total valid votes			16,068	100.00
Total rejected ballots			240
Unreturned ballots			49
Turnout			16,357	80.90	7.70
Registered electors			20,218
Majority			3,351	20.86	13.90
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013 : Mengkebang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Latiff Abdul Rahman	8,235	53.48	4.38
	BN	Azizzuddin Hussein	7,163	46.52	4.38
Total valid votes			15,398	100.00
Total rejected ballots			221
Unreturned ballots			33
Turnout			15,652	88.60	3.21
Registered electors			17,674
Majority			1,072	6.96	8.76
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2008 : Mengkebang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Latiff Abdul Rahman	7,007	57.86	9.39
	BN	Azizzuddin Hussein	5,104	42.14	9.39
Total valid votes			12,111	100.00
Total rejected ballots			183
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			12,315	85.39	2.17
Registered electors			14,422
Majority			1,903	15.72	12.66
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 2004 : Mengkebang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Azizzuddin Hussein	5,315	51.53	9.13
	PAS	Abdul Latiff Abdul Rahman	4,999	48.47	9.13
Total valid votes			10,314	100.00
Total rejected ballots			131
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			10,457	83.22	2.92
Registered electors			12,566
Majority			316	3.06	12.14
	BN gain from National Trust Party (Malaysia)-Malaysian Islamic Party		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1999 : Mengkebang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ibrahim Mahmood	6,457	57.60	57.60
	BN	Kelthum Mohamed	4,754	42.40	2.53
Total valid votes			11,211	100.00
Total rejected ballots			316
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			11,530	80.30	0.14
Registered electors			14,359
Majority			1,703	15.20	5.06
	PAS gain from S46		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1995 : Mengkebang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Mek Som Mohamed	6,231	60.13
	BN	Nik Sapeia Nik Yusof	4,132	39.87
Total valid votes			10,363	100.00
Total rejected ballots			289
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			10,669	80.16
Registered electors			13,310
Majority			2,099	20.26
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 ]}