Pasir Puteh (Kelantan federal constituency)

Pasir Puteh (P028)
Kelantan constituency

Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh PN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)^[1]	135,823
Electors (2023)^[2]	113,570
Area (km²)^[3]	423
Pop. density (per km²)	321.1

Pasir Puteh is a federal constituency in Pasir Puteh District, Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Pasir Puteh's electorate as of 2022

Malay (99.1%)
Chinese (0.50%)
Other ethnicities (0.30%)
Indian (0.10%)

As of 2020, Pasir Puteh has a population of 135,823 people.^[4]

Age breakdown of Pasir Puteh's electorate as of 2022

18-20 (7.22%)
21-29 (23.9%)
30-39 (24.1%)
40-49 (17.4%)
50-59 (12.9%)
60-69 (9.57%)
70-79 (3.97%)
80-89 (1.03%)
above 90 (0.19%)

Gender breakdown of Pasir Puteh's electorate as of 2022

Male (48.6%)
Female (51.4%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Pasir Puteh constituency is divided into 48 polling districts.^[5]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Selising (N29)	Kedai Menanti	028/29/01	SK Tualang Tinggi
	Danan	028/29/02	SK Danan
	Bukit Merbau	028/29/03	SK Bukit Merbau
	Tualang	028/29/04	SK Tasek Pauh
	Tasik Pauh	028/29/05	SK Tasek Pauh
	Selising	028/29/06	SK Bukit Jawa
	Padang Pak Omar	028/29/07	SMK Bukit Jawa
	Banir Belikong	028/29/08	SK Bukit Abal
	Bukit Abal	028/29/09	SMK Sri Maharaja
	Berangan	028/29/10	SK Kampong Berangan
	Alor Geliong	028/29/11	SK Banggol Pa' Esah
	Bukit Bidang	028/29/12	SK Bukit Jawa (2)
	Kampung Seligi	028/29/13	SK Seligi
Limbongan (N30)	Jelor	028/30/01	SK Jelor
	Kampung Nara	028/30/02	SK Kampong Nara
	Kampung Merkang	028/30/03	SK Padang Pa' Amat
	Padang Pak Amat	028/30/04	SM Sains Pasir Puteh
	Panggong	028/30/05	SK Panggong
	Permatang Sungkai	028/30/06	SMU (A) Diniah Permatang Ramabi
	Cherang Tuli	028/30/07	SMK Seri Aman
	Saring	028/30/08	SMU (A) Nurul Ittifaq Nering
	Alor Pasir	028/30/09	SMK Tok Janggut
	Gong Serapat	028/30/10	SK Pasir Puteh
	Bandar Pasir Puteh	028/30/11	SK Pasir Puteh (L)
	Dalam Kemuning	028/30/12	SK Seri Aman
	Kampung Raja	028/30/13	SK Kampong Raja
Semerak (N31)	Tok Bali	028/31/01	SK To'Bali
	Kampung Lembah	028/31/02	SK Kg Sepulau
	Gong Kulim	028/31/03	SK Kulim
	Bukit Tanah	028/31/04	SK Bukit Tanah
	Gong Manok	028/31/05	SK Gong Manak
	Pekan Cherang Ruku	028/31/06	SK Cherang Raku
	Dalam Rhu	028/31/07	SK Dalam Ru
	Gong Tapang	028/31/08	SMA Dato' Ismail
	Pulau Lima	028/31/09	SMK Sungai Petai
	Sungai Petai	028/31/10	SK Sungai Petai
Gaal (N32)	Temila	028/32/01	Maahad Saniah Pasir Puteh
	Jeram	028/32/02	SK Jeram
	Telipok	028/32/03	SMK Jeram
	Telosan	028/32/04	SK Telosan
	Gong Garu	028/32/05	SK Gong Garu
	Batu Hitam	028/32/06	SK Changgai
	Gaal	028/32/07	SMK Gaal
	Gong Datuk	028/32/08	SK Gaal
	Kandis	028/32/09	SK Kampong Kandis
	Bukit Yong	028/32/10	SMU (A) Nurul Huda Bukit Yong
	Gong Nangka	028/32/11	SK Wakaf Raja
	Bukit Awang	028/32/12	SK Bukit Awang

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Pasir Puteh
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party	Vote
Constituency created from Kelantan Timor
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P022	1959–1963	Mohamad Asri Muda (محمد عصري مودا)	PMIP	12,284 64.95%
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P022	1963–1964	Mohamed Asri Muda (محمد عصري مودا)	PMIP	12,284 64.95%
2nd	P022	1964–1969	Mohamed Asri Muda (محمد عصري مودا)	PMIP	11,798 53.17%
		1969–1971	Parliament was suspended^[6]^[7]
3rd	P022	1971–1973	Wan Sulaiman Ibrahim (وان سليمان إبراهيم)	PMIP	13,294 50.50%
3rd	P022	1973–1974		BN (PMIP)	13,294 50.50%
4th	P025	1974–1978		BN (PAS)	14,342 69.96%
5th		1978–1982	Wan Mohd. Najib Wan Mohamad (وان محمد نجيب وان محمد)	BN (UMNO)	12,018 55.64%
6th		1982–1986	Wan Mohd. Najib Wan Mohamad (وان محمد نجيب وان محمد)		14,844 55.15%
7th	P024	1986–1990	Wan Omar Wan Majid (وان عمر وان مجيد)		13,724 55.61%
8th	P024	1990–1995	Wan Omar Wan Majid (وان عمر وان مجيد)	S46	17,824 63.12%
9th	P028	1995–1999	Mohamed Abdullah (محمد عبدالله)	S46	21,837 54.56%
10th		1999–2004	Alwi Jusoh (علوي جوسوه)	BA (PAS)	25,373 59.55%
11th		2004	Kalthom Othman (كلثوم عثمان)	PAS	27,018 53.79%
11th		2004–2008	Che Min Che Ahmad (چئ مين چئ أحمد)	BN (UMNO)	27,018 53.79%
12th		2008–2013	Muhammad Husain (محمّد حسين)	PR (PAS)	28,365 53.76%
13th		2013–2018	Nik Mazian Nik Mohamad (نئ مذيان نئ محمد)	PR (PAS)	33,579 51.45%
14th		2018–2020	Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh (نئ محمّد زواوي صالح)	PAS	32,307 47.41%
14th		2020–2022		PN (PAS)	32,307 47.41%
15th		2022–present		PN (PAS)	53,108 65.37%

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–1959*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Pasir Puteh			Bandar Pasir Puteh
			Cherang Ruku
				Gaal
				Limbongan
		Pasir Puteh Utara
		Pasir Puteh Tengah
		Pasir Puteh Tenggara
			Selising		Selising
					Semerak

Historical boundaries

State Constituency	Area
State Constituency	1959	1974	1984	1994	2003	2018
Bandar Pasir Puteh		Dalam Kemunting Jeram Pasu Kampung Merkang Padang Pak Amat Wakaf Lanas
Cherang Raku		Bukit Awang Gong Kulim Semerak Sungai Petai Tok Bali
Gaal			Bukit Awang Gaal Jeram Kampung Kandis Kampung Temila		Bukit Awang Gaal Jeram Kampung Kandis Kampung Pagar Raja	Bukit Awang Gaal Jeram Kampung Kandis Kampung Temila
Limbongan			Jelor Kampung Gong Sopa Pasir Puteh Padang Pak Amat Wakaf Lanas		Jelor Kampung Temila Padang Pak Amat Seligi Wakaf Lanas	Jelor Kampung Gong Sopa Pasir Puteh Padang Pak Amat Wakaf Lanas
Pasir Puteh Utara	Bukit Abal Bukit Jawa Danan Kampung Seligi Kampung Temila
Pasir Puteh Tengah	Dalam Kemunting Jeram Pasu Kampung Gong Kelih Padang Pak Amat Wakaf Lanas
Pasir Puteh Tenggara	Bukit Awang Gong Kulim Kampung Tok Kamis Sungai Petai Tok Bali
Selising		Bukit Abal Bukit Jawa Danan Kampung Seligi Kampung Temila		Bukit Abal Bukit Jawa Bukit Merbau Danan Kampung Seligi	Bukit Abal Bukit Jawa Bukit Merbau Danan Selising	Bukit Abal Bukit Jawa Bukit Merbau Danan Kampung Seligi
Semerak				Cherang Raku Gong Kulim Semerak Sungai Petai Tok Bali

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N29	Selising	Tuan Mohd Saripuddin Tuan Ismail	PN (PAS)
N30	Limbongan	Nor Asilah Mohamed Zin
N31	Semerak	Norsham Sulaiman
N32	Gaal	Mohd Rodzi Ja'afar

Local governments & postcodes

No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N29	Selinsing	Pasir Puteh District Council	16700 Cherang Raku 16800, 16810 Pasir Puteh
N30	Limbongan
N31	Semerak
N32	Gaal

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh	53,108	65.37	17.96
	BN	Zawawi Othman	23,988	29.43	15.98
	PH	Muhammad Husain	3,873	4.77	4.77
	PEJUANG	Wan Marzudi Wan Umar	350	0.43	0.43
Total valid votes			81,319	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,020
Unreturned ballots			237
Turnout			82,228	73.03	8.63
Registered electors			113,070
Majority			29,120	35.94	33.94
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753266/PUB%20607%20(2022).pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh	32,307	47.41	4.04
	BN	Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki	30,947	45.41	3.14
	PKR	Kamarudin Md Nor	4,896	7.18	7.18
Total valid votes			68,150	100.00
Total rejected ballots			923
Unreturned ballots			672
Turnout			69,745	81.66	5.19
Registered electors			85,411
Majority			1,360	2.00	0.90
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 234/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 308/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nik Mazian Nik Mohamad	33,579	51.45	2.31
	BN	Tuan Mustaffa Tuan Mat	31,691	48.55	2.31
Total valid votes			65,270	100.00
Total rejected ballots			770
Unreturned ballots			192
Turnout			66,232	86.85	3.33
Registered electors			76,259
Majority			1,888	2.90	4.62
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 171/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-18. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 212/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2016-05-18.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Muhammad Husin	28,365	53.76	7.55
	BN	Amran Mat Nor	24,397	46.24	7.55
Total valid votes			52,762	100.00
Total rejected ballots			886
Unreturned ballots			130
Turnout			53,778	83.52	6.65
Registered electors			64,393
Majority			3,968	7.52	0.06
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
Initially, the Returning Officer had declared Kalthom Othman as the elected MP for Pasir Puteh at the night of 21 March 2004. However, BN candidate Che Min Che Ahmad filed his petition to nullify the election due to inconsistent figure in the vote counting documents. The Election Court had made such a shocked decision to declare him as the rightful winner in June 2004, 3 months after the 11th General Election. No by-election was held by the Election Commission of Malaysia.^[8]
	BN	Che Min Che Ahmad	27,018	53.79	13.98
	PAS	Kalthom Othman	23,208	46.21	13.34
Total valid votes			50,226	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,184
Unreturned ballots			266
Turnout			51,676	90.17	13.58
Registered electors			57,309
Majority			3,810	7.58	12.16
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Alwi Jusoh	25,373	59.55	59.55
	BN	Kamarudin Md. Nor	16,962	39.81	5.63
	KITA	Hasim Othman	274	0.64	0.64
Total valid votes			42,609	100.00
Total rejected ballots			821
Unreturned ballots			55
Turnout			43,485	76.59	0.26
Registered electors			56,776
Majority			8,411	19.74	10.62
	PAS gain from S46		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Mohamed Abdullah	21,837	54.56	8.56
	BN	Kamarudin Md. Nor	18,185	45.44	9.65
Total valid votes			40,022	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,177
Unreturned ballots			130
Turnout			41,329	76.33	4.28
Registered electors			54,145
Majority			3,652	9.12	18.21
	S46 hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Wan Omar Wan Majid	17,824	63.12	63.12
	BN	Kamaruddin Md. Nor	10,104	35.79	19.82
	Independent	Tengku Sihar Tengku Abdul Kadir	309	1.09	1.09
Total valid votes			28,237	100.00
Total rejected ballots			590
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			28,827	80.61	3.43
Registered electors			35,760
Majority			7,720	27.33	16.11
	S46 gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Omar Wan Majid	13,724	55.61	0.46
	PAS	Wan Mustaffa Rusydi	10,955	44.39	0.83
Total valid votes			24,679	100.00
Total rejected ballots			669
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			25,348	77.18	3.18
Registered electors			32,842
Majority			2,769	11.22	0.37
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Mohd. Najib Wan Mohamad	14,844	55.15	0.49
	PAS	Wan Ismail Wan Ibrahim	11,723	43.56	0.80
	Independent	Mohamad Nor Mohamad	348	1.29	1.29
Total valid votes			26,915	100.00
Total rejected ballots			474
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			27,389	80.36	4.91
Registered electors			34,084
Majority			3,121	11.59	0.31
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Mohd. Najib Wan Mohamad	12,018	55.64	14.32
	PAS	Yahya Othman	9,580	44.36	44.36
Total valid votes			21,598	100.00
Total rejected ballots			285
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			21,883	75.45	0.00
Registered electors			29,002
Majority			2,438	11.28	28.64
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Sulaiman Ibrahim	14,342	69.96	69.96
	Independent	Musa Salleh	6,159	30.04	30.04
Total valid votes			20,501	100.00
Total rejected ballots			688
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			21,189	75.45	4.84
Registered electors			28,084
Majority			8,183	39.92	38.92
	BN gain from National Trust Party (Malaysia)-Malayan Islamic Party		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Wan Sulaiman Ibrahim	13,294	50.50	2.67
	Alliance	Abdullah Mahmood	13,029	49.50	2.67
Total valid votes			26,323	100.00
Total rejected ballots			656
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			26,979	80.29	5.53
Registered electors			33,603
Majority			265	1.00	5.34
	PMIP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Mohamad Asri Muda	11,798	53.17	11.78
	Alliance	Idris Ismail	10,393	46.83	11.78
Total valid votes			22,191	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,017
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,208	85.82	13.53
Registered electors			27,042
Majority			1,405	6.34	23.56
	PMIP hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMIP	Mohamad Asri Muda	12,284	64.95
	Alliance	Idris Ismail	6,630	35.05
Total valid votes			18,914	100.00
Total rejected ballots			117
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			19,031	72.29
Registered electors			26,326
Majority			5,654	29.9
This was a new constituency created.

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