Seberang Takir (state constituency)

Seberang Takir

Terengganu constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Khazan Che Mat PN
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	27,733

Seberang Takir is a state constituency in Terengganu, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly. ^[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 1974 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Seberang Takir's electorate as of 2018 ^[2]

   Malay (99.24%)

  Other ethnicities (0.47%)

   Chinese (0.18%)

   Indian (0.11%)

History

Polling Districts

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

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Seberang Takir (N11)	Tok Jembal	035/11/01	SK Tok Jembal
	Bukit Tok Beng	035/11/02	SK Bukit Tok Beng
	Kampung Batin	035/11/03	SK Kompleks Seberang Takir
	Kampung Baru Seberang Takir	035/11/04	SMK Kompleks Seberang Takir
	Seberang Takir Pantai	035/11/05	SK Seberang Takir
	Teluk Ketapang	035/11/06	SK Teluk Ketapang
	Telaga Daing	035/11/07	SMK Ibrahim Fikri
	Telaga Batin	035/11/08	Kem Pengakap Tengku Muhammad Ismail
	Kubang Badak	035/11/09	Dewan Serbaguna Tok Jemal

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Seberang Takir
Assembly	Years	Members	Party
Constituency created from Kuala Nerus
4th	1974–1978	Abdul Rashid Ngah	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978–1982
6th	1982–1986
7th	1986–1990
8th	1990–1995
9th	1995–1999
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008	Mohd Shapian Ali
12th	2008–2013	Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2023
15th	2023–present	Khazan Che Mat	PN (BERSATU)

Election results

Terengganu state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Khazan Che Mat	12,156	56.65	14.60
	BN	Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman	9,359	43.35	9.31
Total valid votes			21,515	100.00
Total rejected ballots			121
Unreturned ballots			19
Turnout			21,655	78.08	9.22
Registered electors			27,733
Majority			2,797	13.30	2.69
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN		Swing		?

Terengganu state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman	9,340	52.66	2.18
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohd Fazil Wahab	7,456	42.05	2.08
	Pakatan Harapan (2018)	Abu Bakar Abdullah	939	5.29	5.29
Total valid votes			17,735	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout				87.30	0.92
Registered electors
Majority			1,884	10.61	0.10
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman	7,731	54.84	6.40
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Zakaria Dagang	6,221	44.13	44.13
	Independent	Ahmad Nazri Mohd Yusoff	73	0.52	0.52
Total valid votes			14,025	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout				88.22	4.16
Registered electors
Majority			1,510	10.71	12.40
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman	6,440	61.24
	PKR	Muzafeq Assyulzaifuzan Muhammad	4,010	38.13
Total valid votes			10,450	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout				84.06
Registered electors
Majority			2,430	23.11
	BN hold		Swing

References

1. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Terengganu".
2. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
3. Federal Gazette ^{[ dead link ]}