Pulai Chondong

Pulai Chondong

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Azhar Salleh PN
Constituency created	1973
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	28,169

Pulai Chondong 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 Pulai Chondong's electorate as of 2023 ^[2]

   Malay (96.96%)

   Chinese (2.67%)

  Other ethnicities (0.33%)

   Indian (0.04%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Pulai Chondong constituency has a total of 12 polling districts. ^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Pulai Chondong (N33）	Kampung Bandar	029/33/01	SK Bandar
	Alor Melaka	029/33/02	Maahad Syamsul Maarif (P)
	Merbau Chondong	029/33/03	SJK (C) Poey Sit
	Kedai Pulai Chondong	029/33/04	SK Pulai Chondong
	Pangkal Gong	029/33/05	SK Pangkal Gong
	Kerawang	029/33/06	SK Pangkal Nering
	Bagan	029/33/07	SK Mata Ayer
	Kampung Tok Bok	029/33/08	SMK Abdul Samad
	Joh	029/33/09	Maahad Syamsul Maarif (L)
	Labok	029/33/10	SK Tok Bok
	Kampung Binjal	029/33/11	SK Labok
	Dewan	029/33/12	SK Dewan Besar

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Pulai Chondong
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Machang Utara
4th	1974–1978	Abdullah Mohamed	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978–1982
6th	1982–1986
7th	1986–1990
8th	1990–1995	Mohamad Noor Ahmad	S46
9th	1995–1997
	1997–1999	Zulkifli Mamat	PAS
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008–2013		PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2020	Azhar Salleh	PAS
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023 : Pulai Chondong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Azhar Salleh	11,636	67.51	15.25
	BN	Muhammad Fakhran Che Jusoh	5,599	32.49	7.66
Total valid votes			17,235	100.00
Total rejected ballots			88
Unreturned ballots			33
Turnout			17,356	61.61	21.04
Registered electors			28,169
Majority			6,037	35.02	22.90
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018 : Pulai Chondong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Azhar Salleh	9,140	52.26	0.58
	BN	Ahmad Tarmizi Ismail	7,021	40.15	7.01
	PH	Ab Halim @ Kamaruddin Ab Kadir	1,328	7.59	7.59
Total valid votes			17,489	100.00
Total rejected ballots			226
Unreturned ballots			173
Turnout			17,888	82.65	4.25
Registered electors			21,644
Majority			2,119	12.12	6.44
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013 : Pulai Chondong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Zulkifli Mamat	8,546	52.84	3.12
	BN	Ab Halim Ismail	7,627	47.16	3.12
Total valid votes			16,173	100.00
Total rejected ballots			179
Unreturned ballots			51
Turnout			16,403	86.90	2.32
Registered electors			18,875
Majority			919	5.68	6.24
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2008 : Pulai Chondong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Zulkifli Mamat	7,205	55.96	5.51
	BN	Mohd Asri Meiah	5,670	44.04	5.51
Total valid votes			12,875	100.00
Total rejected ballots			133
Unreturned ballots			38
Turnout			13,046	84.58	2.43
Registered electors			15,425
Majority			1,535	11.92	11.02
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2004 : Pulai Chondong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Zulkifli Mamat	5,866	50.45	10.23
	BN	Ab Halim Ismail	5,761	49.55	10.23
Total valid votes			11,627	100.00
Total rejected ballots			131
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,758	82.15	3.10
Registered electors			14,312
Majority			105	0.90	20.46
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1999 : Pulai Chondong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Zulkifli Mamat	6,583	60.68	60.68
	BN	Arifin Mamat	4,265	39.32	2.88
Total valid votes			10,848	100.00
Total rejected ballots			229
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			11,089	79.05	3.16
Registered electors			14,027
Majority			2,318	21.36	5.76
	PAS gain from S46		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1995 : Pulai Chondong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Mohamad Noor Ahmad	5,415	57.80	9.09
	BN	Nooruddin Hassan	3,954	42.20	9.29
Total valid votes			9,369	100.00
Total rejected ballots			200
Unreturned ballots			27
Turnout			9,596	75.89	3.89
Registered electors			12,645
Majority			1,461	15.60	18.58
	S46 hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1990 : Pulai Chondong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Mohamad Noor Ahmad	5,083	67.09	67.09
	BN	Abdullah Mohamed	2,493	32.91	27.31
Total valid votes			7,576	100.00
Total rejected ballots			232
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			7,808	79.78	0.25
Registered electors			9,787
Majority			2,590	34.18	13.74
	S46 gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1986 : Pulai Chondong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdullah Mohamed	4,249	60.22
	PAS	Mustapha Yahya	2,807	39.78
Total valid votes			7,056	100.00
Total rejected ballots			171
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			7,227	79.53
Registered electors			9,087
Majority			1,442	20.44
	BN hold		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 Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.^{[ permanent dead link ]}