Paloh (Kelantan state constituency)

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Paloh
Flag of Kelantan.svg Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Shaari Mat Hussain
PN
Constituency created1984
First contested1986
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)21,162

Paloh is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly. [1]

Contents

The state constituency was first contested in 1986 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 Paloh's electorate as of 2023 [2]

   Malay (97.25%)
  Other ethnicities (2.67%)
   Chinese (0.08%)
   Indian (0.01%)

History

Polling Districts

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

State ConstituencyPolling DistrictsCodeLocation
Paloh (N44)FELDA Sungai Chiku 3032/44/01SMK Bandar Chiku
Pasir Limggi032/44/02SK Pasir Linggi
KESEDAR Paloh032/44/03SMK Paloh
KESEDAR Sungai Chalil032/44/04SK Chalil
Lebir032/44/05SK Lebir
KESEDAR Paloh 3032/44/06SK Paloh 3
Aring032/44/07SK Aring
FELDA Sungai Chiku 1032/44/08SMK Chiku 2
FELDA Sungai Chiku 7032/44/09SK Chiku 7
FELDA Sungai Chiku 2032/44/10SK Sri Chiku 2
KESEDAR Paloh 2032/44/11
  • SK Paloh 1
  • SK Paloh 2

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Paloh
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Gua Musang
7th 1986–1990Ariffin SaidBN (UMNO)
8th 1990–1995Nozula Mat Diah S46
9th 1995–1999
10th 1999–2004BN (UMNO)
11th 2004–2008
12th 2008–2013
13th 2013–2018
14th 2018–2023Amran Arifin
15th2023–presentShaari Mat HussainPN (BERSATU)

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PAS Shaari Mat Hussain7,40758.74Increase2.svg 15.92
BN Amran Arifin5,20241.26Decrease2.svg 12.69
Total valid votes12,609 100.00
Total rejected ballots92
Unreturned ballots13
Turnout12,71460.08Decrease2.svg 17.41
Registered electors21,162
Majority2,20517.48Increase2.svg 6.35
PAS gain from BN Swing ?
Kelantan state election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Amran Arifin6,97453.95Decrease2.svg 12.79
PAS Azman Ahmad5,53542.82Increase2.svg 42.82
PH Noraini Husain4173.23Decrease2.svg 30.03
Total valid votes12,926 100.00
Total rejected ballots218
Unreturned ballots118
Turnout13,26277.49Decrease2.svg 10.71
Registered electors17,115
Majority1,43911.13Decrease2.svg 22.35
BN hold Swing
Kelantan state election, 2013
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Nozula Mat Diah7,84766.74Increase2.svg 0.19
PKR Amran Ab Ghani3,91033.26Decrease2.svg 0.19
Total valid votes11,757 100.00
Total rejected ballots260
Unreturned ballots19
Turnout12,03288.20Increase2.svg 1.46
Registered electors13,642
Majority3,93733.48Increase2.svg 0.38
BN hold Swing
Kelantan state election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Nozula Mat Diah5,69766.55Decrease2.svg 2.38
PKR Reizal Abdul Rahim2,86433.45Increase2.svg 2.38
Total valid votes8,561 100.00
Total rejected ballots135
Unreturned ballots19
Turnout8,71386.74Increase2.svg 1.48
Registered electors10,045
Majority2,83333.10Decrease2.svg 4.76
BN hold Swing
Kelantan state election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Nozula Mat Diah5,24468.93Increase2.svg 9.13
PKR Norazman Mat Amin2,36431.07Decrease2.svg 9.13
Total valid votes7,608 100.00
Total rejected ballots0
Unreturned ballots144
Turnout7,75285.26Increase2.svg 1.12
Registered electors9,092
Majority2,88037.86Increase2.svg 18.26
BN hold Swing
Kelantan state election, 1999
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Nozula Mat Diah4,98459.80Increase2.svg 31.50
PKR Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Hassan3,35040.20Increase2.svg 40.20
Total valid votes8,334 100.00
Total rejected ballots180
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout8,51484.14Increase2.svg 0.37
Registered electors10,119
Majority1,63419.60Decrease2.svg 22.77
BN gain from S46 Swing ?
Kelantan state election, 1995
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
S46 Nozula Mat Diah5,42270.67Decrease2.svg 4.77
BN Mohd. Akram Khan Awang Shaikh2,17128.30Increase2.svg 3.74
KITA Mohamad Yusof791.03Increase2.svg 1.03
Total valid votes7,672 100.00
Total rejected ballots355
Unreturned ballots7
Turnout8,03483.77Decrease2.svg 0.84
Registered electors9,591
Majority3,25142.37Decrease2.svg 8.51
S46 hold Swing
Kelantan state election, 1990
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
S46 Nozula Mat Diah8,40875.44Increase2.svg 75.44
BN Ariffin Said2,73724.56Decrease2.svg 51.59
Total valid votes11,145 100.00
Total rejected ballots210
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout11,35584.61Increase2.svg 7.74
Registered electors13,420
Majority5,67150.88Decrease2.svg 1.42
S46 gain from BN Swing ?
Kelantan state election, 1986
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Ariffin Said5,32976.15
PAS Mokhtar Salleh1,66923.85
Total valid votes6,998 100.00
Total rejected ballots232
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout7,23076.87
Registered electors9,406
Majority3,66052.30
This was a new constituency created.

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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 ]


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