Paya Besar (federal constituency)

Paya Besar (P084)

Pahang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Mohd Shahar Abdullah BN
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020) [1]	128,041
Electors (2022) [2]	79,744
Area (km²) [3]	2,218
Pop. density (per km²)	57.7

Paya Besar is a federal constituency in Kuantan District, Pahang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.

The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

https://live.chinapress.com.my/ge15/parliament/PAHANG

Ethnic breakdown of Paya Besar's electorate as of 2022

   Malay (84.0%)

   Chinese (11.1%)

  Other ethnicities (3.1%)

   Indian (1.9%)

Age breakdown of Paya Besar's electorate as of 2022

  18-20 (7.26%)

  21-29 (22.9%)

  30-39 (24.67%)

  40-49 (16.88%)

  50-59 (12.72%)

  60-69 (9.73%)

  70-79 (4.5%)

  80-89 (1.18%)

  above 90 (0.17%)

Gender breakdown of Paya Besar's electorate as of 2022

  Male (49.7%)

  Female (50.3%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 October 2022, the Paya Besar constituency is divided into 24 polling districts. ^[4]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Sungai Lembing (N17)	Kampung Nadak	084/17/01	SK Nadak
	Pekan Sungai Lembing	084/17/02	SMK Sungai Lembing
	Kuala Kenau	084/17/03	SK Sungai Lembing
	FELDA Bukit Sagu	084/17/04	SK LKTP Bukit Sagu 1 SMK Bukit Sagu
	FELDA Bukit Kuantan	084/17/05	SK LKTP Bukit Kuantan
	FELDA Bukit Goh	084/17/06	SMK Bukit Goh SK Bukit Goh
	Bukit Kuin	084/17/07	SK Bukit Kuin
Lepar (N18)	Mahkota Jaya	084/18/01	SK Seri Mahkota SA Rakyat (KAFA) Nurul Aman
	Seri Fajar	084/18/02	SK Gambang
	Gambang	084/18/03	SJK (C) Gambang
	Jalan Besar	084/18/04	Dewan Orang Ramai Gambang
	FELDA Lepar Hilir Satu	084/18/05	SK LKTP Lepar Hilir 1
	FELDA Lepar Hilir Dua	084/18/06	SK LKTP Lepar Hilir 2
	FELDA Lepar Hilir Tiga	084/18/07	SK LKTP Lepar Hilir 3
	Paya Bungor	084/18/08	SK Paya Bungor
	FELDA Lepar Utara Satu	084/18/09	SMK Lepar Utara
Panching (N19)	Bukit Rangin	084/19/01	SMK Bukit Rangin
	Kampung Permatang Badak	084/19/02	SK Permatang Badak
	Pandan Permai	084/19/03	SMK Padang Garuda
	Taman Tas	084/19/04	SMK Pandan
	FELDA Sungai Panching Selatan	084/19/05	SK LKTP Sungai Panching Selatan
	FELDA Sungai Panching Timur	084/19/06	SK LKTP Sungai Panching Timur
	FELDA Sungai Panching Utara	084/19/07	SK LKTP Sungai Panching Utara
	Kampung Panching	084/19/08	SK Panching

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Paya Besar
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kuantan and Pekan
9th	P079	1995–1999	Siti Zaharah Sulaiman (سيتي زهرة سليمان)	BN (UMNO)
10th		1999–2004
11th	P084	2004–2008
12th		2008–2013	Abdul Manan Ismail (عبدالمانن اسماعيل)
13th		2013–2018
		2018	Vacant
14th		2018–2022	Mohd Shahar Abdullah (محمد شاهر عبدﷲ)	BN (UMNO)
15th		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Paya Besar					Lepar
						Panching
					Penur
					Sungai Lembing

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N17	Sungai Lembing	Mohamad Ayub Asri	PN (PAS)
N18	Lepar	Mohd Yazid Mohd Yunus	PN (BERSATU)
N19	Panching	Mohd Tarmizi Yahaya	PN (PAS)

Local governments

No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N17	Sungai Lembing	Kuantan City Council
N18	Lepar
N19	Panching

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Shahar Abdullah	26,899	43.40	0.24
	PN	Aireroshairi Roslan	25,582	41.27	41.27
	PH	Ahmad Azam Mohd Salleh	9,192	14.83	11.87
	GTA	Rosminahar Mohd Amin	310	0.50	0.50
Total valid votes			61,983	100.00
Total rejected ballots			678
Unreturned ballots			107
Turnout			62,768	78.71	2.80
Registered electors			79,744
Majority			1,317	2.13	10.89
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753278/PUB611_2022.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Shahar Abdullah	19,033	43.16	16.13
	PAS	Mohamad Azhar Mohd Noor	13,291	30.14	30.14
	PH	Mohd Ashraf Mustaqim Badrul Munir	11,776	26.70	26.70
Total valid votes			44,100	100.00
Total rejected ballots			671
Unreturned ballots			171
Turnout			44,942	81.51	3.44
Registered electors			55,135
Majority			5,742	13.02	6.24
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Manan Ismail	23,747	59.29	4.78
	PKR	Murnie Hidayah Anuar	16,032	40.03	4.10
	Independent	Zahari Mamat	272	0.68	0.68
Total valid votes			40,051	100.00
Total rejected ballots			643
Unreturned ballots			140
Turnout			40,834	84.95	7.50
Registered electors			48,067
Majority			7,715	19.26	8.88
	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 2016-05-16.[ 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 1 July 2019. Retrieved 2016-05-16.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Manan Ismail	19,355	64.07	7.95
	PKR	Mohd Jafri Ab Rashid	10,852	35.93	7.95
Total valid votes			30,207	100.00
Total rejected ballots			637
Unreturned ballots			44
Turnout			30,888	77.45	0.01
Registered electors			39,882
Majority			8,503	28.14	15.90
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Siti Zaharah Sulaiman	20,474	72.02	17.32
	PKR	Saari Sungib	7,956	27.98	17.32
Total valid votes			28,430	100.00
Total rejected ballots			564
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			29,001	77.46	1.78
Registered electors			37,439
Majority			12,518	44.04	34.64
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Siti Zaharah Sulaiman	20,749	54.70	19.70
	PKR	Wan Jusoh Wan Kolok	17,186	45.30	45.30
Total valid votes			37,935	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,553
Unreturned ballots			2,733
Turnout			42,221	79.24	1.18
Registered electors			53,282
Majority			3,563	9.40	39.40
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Siti Zaharah Sulaiman	25,551	74.40
	S46	Wan Abdul Rahman Wan Yusoff	8,792	25.60
Total valid votes			34,343	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,536
Unreturned ballots			1,342
Turnout			37,221	78.06
Registered electors			47,682
Majority			16,759	48.80
This was a new constituency created.

References

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