Kemaman (federal constituency)

Kemaman is a federal constituency in Kemaman District, Terengganu, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.

Kemaman (P040)

Terengganu constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar PN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]	215,582
Electors (2023)[2]	141,790
Area (km²)[3]	2,540
Pop. density (per km²)	84.9

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

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

Ethnic breakdown of Kemaman's electorate as of 2022

  Malay (94.1%)

  Chinese (5%)

  Indian (0.5%)

  Other ethnicities (0.4%)

Age breakdown of Kemaman's electorate as of 2022

  18-20 (7.81%)

  21-29 (24.02%)

  30-39 (25.15%)

  40-49 (17.42%)

  50-59 (12.6%)

  60-69 (8.65%)

  70-79 (3.39%)

  80-89 (0.79%)

  above 90 (0.17%)

Gender breakdown of Kemaman's electorate as of 2022

  Male (50.57%)

  Female (49.43%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Kemaman constituency is divided into 48 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling district	Code	Location
Kemasik (N29)	Batu Putih	040/29/01	SK Pengkalan Ranggon
	FELDA Kertih 6	040/29/02	SK Ketengah Jaya
	Kampung Ranggon	040/29/03	SK Pengkalan Ranggon
	Kuala Kertih	040/29/04	SK Kerteh
	Pekan Kertih	040/29/05	SK Seri Gelugor
	Kemasik	040/29/06	SMK Badrul Alam Shah
	Pekan Air Jernih	040/29/07	SK Ayer Jerneh
	FELDA Kertih 5	040/29/08	SK Kg. Baru Rasau Kertih 5
	Chabang	020/29/09	SK Kg Chabang
	Tok Kaya	040/29/10	SK Kemasik
	Rantau Petronas	040/29/11	SK Kg Baru Kerteh
Kijal (N30)	Padang Kubu	040/30/01	SK Padang Kubu
	Seri Bandi	040/30/02	SK Seri Bandi
	Ibok	040/30/03	SK Ibok
	Bukit Anak Dara	040/30/04	SK Bukit Anak Dara
	Pekan Kijal	040/30/05	SK Kijal
	Teluk Kalung	040/30/06	SK Telok Kalong
	Bukit Kuang	040/30/07	SK Bukit Kuang SMK Bukit Kuang
	Payoh	040/30/08	SK Payoh
	Beris Meraga	040/30/09	SK Meraga Beris
Cukai (N31)	Bakau Tinggi	040/31/01	SMK Sultan Ismail
	Kampung Besut	040/31/02	SK Seri Kemaman
	Kampung Tuan	040/31/03	SK Chukai
	Gong Limau	040/31/04	SK Seri Iman
	Gong Pauh	040/31/05	SMK Bukit Mentok
	Kubang Kurus	040/31/06	SMK Chukai
	Banggul	040/31/07	SMK Chukai
	Kampung Tengah	040/31/08	SK Chukai
	Kuala Kemaman	040/31/09	SK Kuala Kemaman
	Geliga	040/31/10	SMK Geliga
	Jakar	040/31/11	SJK (C) Chukai
	Fikri	040/31/12	SK Mak Lagam
	Paya Berenjut	040/31/13	SMK Banggol
	Geliga Besar	040/31/14	SK Seri Geliga
Air Putih (N32)	Mak Chili	040/32/01	SK Pusat
	Bukit Mentok	040/32/02	SK Bukit Mentok
	Pasir Minal	040/32/03	SK Seri Jaya
	Binjai	040/32/04	SK Binjai Kolej Vokesional Kemaman
	Pasir Gajah	040/32/05	SK Pasir Gajah
	Seberang Tayur	040/32/06	SK RKT Seberang Tayor
	Dadung	040/32/07	SMK Ayer Puteh
	Air Putih	040/32/08	SK Ayer Puteh
	Bandar Cerul	040/32/09	SK (FELDA) Cherul
	Bandar Baru Cenih	040/32/10	SMK Cheneh Baru
	Sungai Peragam	040/32/11	SK Sungai Pergam
	FELDA Neram 1	040/32/12	SK FELDA Neram Satu SK Kampong Baharu FELDA Neram I
	Hulu Jabur	040/32/13	SK Lembah Jabor
	FELDA Neram 2	040/32/14	SK Cheneh Baru

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kemaman
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Trengganu Selatan
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P029	1959–1963	Wan Yahya Wan Mohamed (وان يحي وان محمد)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P029	1963–1964	Wan Yahya Wan Mohamed (وان مختار وان أحمد)	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd		1964–1969	Wan Mokhtar Ahmad (وان مختار وان أحمد)
		1969–1971	Parliament was suspended[5][6]
3rd	P029	1971–1973	Wan Mokhtar Ahmad (وان مختار وان أحمد)	Alliance (UMNO)
		1973–1974		BN (UMNO)
4th	P034	1974–1976	Wan Abdul Kadir Ismail (وان عبدالقادر اسماعيل)
		1976–1978	Abdul Manan Othman (عبدالمانن عثمان)
5th		1978–1982	Ismail @ Mansor Said (اسماعيل منصور سعيد)
6th		1982–1986
7th	P037	1986–1990
8th		1990–1995
9th	P040	1995–1999	Ramli Taib (راملي طائب)
10th		1999–2004	Abd Rahman Yusof (عبد رحمن يوسف)	BA (keADILan)
11th		2004–2008	Ahmad Shabery Cheek (احمد شابيري چيايك)	BN (UMNO)
12th		2008–2013
13th		2013–2018
14th		2018–2020	Che Alias Hamid (چي الياس حميد)	PAS
		2020–2022		PN (PAS)
15th		2022–2023
		2023–present	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar (أحمد سمسوري مختار‎)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kemaman					Air Putih
			Bukit Bandi
		Chukai
				Cukai
		Kemaman Selatan
		Kemaman Utara
			Kemasek
				Kemasik
				Kijal
			Paka
		Paka-Kerteh

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N29	Kemasik	Saiful Azmi Suhaili	PN (PAS)
N30	Kijal	Razali Idris	PN (BERSATU)
N31	Cukai	Hanafiah Mat	PN (PAS)
N32	Air Putih	Mohd Hafiz Adam

Local governments & postcodes

No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N29	Kemasik	Kemaman Municipal Council	24000 Cukai 24050 Ayer Puteh 24060 Ceneh 24100 Kijal 24200 Kemasik 24300 Kerteh
N30	Kijal
N31	Cukai
N32	Air Putih

Election results

Malaysian general by-election, 2 December 2023
Upon the disqualification of the incumbent, Che Alias Hamid

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar	64,998	70.06	11.95
	BN	Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor	27,778	29.94	4.13
Total valid votes			92,776	100.00
Total rejected ballots			478
Unreturned ballots			35
Turnout			93,289	65.76	15.36
Registered electors			141,043
Majority			37,220	40.12	16.08
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1918066/PUB535_2023.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Che Alias Hamid	65,714	58.11	14.05
	BN	Ahmad Said	38,535	34.07	7.60
	PH	Hasuni Sudin	8,340	7.37	6.90
	GTA	Rosli Abd Ghani	506	0.45	0.45
Total valid votes			113,095	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,288
Unreturned ballots			150
Turnout			114,553	81.12	4.39
Registered electors			139,423
Majority			27,179	24.04	21.65
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753269/PUB608%20PARLIMEN%20TERENGGANU.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Che Alias Hamid	39,878	44.06	44.06
	BN	Ahmad Shabery Cheek	37,715	41.67	16.14
	PH	Mohd Huzaifah Md Suhaimi	12,911	14.27	14.27
Total valid votes			90,504	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,126
Unreturned ballots			377
Turnout			92,007	85.51	1.68
Registered electors			107,593
Majority			2,163	2.39	13.23
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Terengganu [P.U. (B) 235/2018]" (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 Terengganu [P.U. (B) 309/2018]" (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	Ahd Shabery Cheek	45,525	57.81	2.47
	PKR	Kamarudin Chik	33,219	42.19	2.47
Total valid votes			78,744	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,227
Unreturned ballots			197
Turnout			80,168	87.19	3.37
Registered electors			91,942
Majority			12,306	15.62	4.94
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Terengganu [P.U. (B) 172/2013]" (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 Terengganu [P.U. (B) 213/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-16.[permanent dead link‍]

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahd Shabery Cheek	37,199	60.28	3.61
	PKR	Mohd. Fariz Abd. Talib @ Musa	24,516	39.72	3.61
Total valid votes			61,715	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,077
Unreturned ballots			76
Turnout			62,868	83.82	4.20
Registered electors			75,006
Majority			12,683	20.56	7.22
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahd Shabery Cheek	36,517	63.89	15.81
	PKR	Abdul Rahman Yusof	20,635	36.11	15.81
Total valid votes			57,152	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,036
Unreturned ballots			273
Turnout			58,461	88.02	7.26
Registered electors			66,417
Majority			15,882	27.78	23.94
	BN gain from PKR		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Abdul Rahman Yusof	20,715	51.92	51.92
	BN	Wan Zaki Wan Muda	19,180	48.08	12.48
Total valid votes			39,895	100.00
Total rejected ballots			902
Unreturned ballots			81
Turnout			40,878	80.76	0.78
Registered electors			50,616
Majority			1,535	3.84	17.28
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ramli Taib	21,999	60.56	3.74
	S46	Alias Abdul Rahman	14,328	39.44	3.74
Total valid votes			36,327	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,367
Unreturned ballots			88
Turnout			37,782	79.98	1.17
Registered electors			47,239
Majority			7,671	21.12	7.48
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ismail @ Mansor Said	21,239	64.30	5.32
	S46	Ahd Shabery Cheek	11,793	35.70	35.70
Total valid votes			33,032	100.00
Total rejected ballots			872
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			33,904	81.15	6.38
Registered electors			41,781
Majority			9,446	28.60	10.64
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ismail @ Mansor Said	16,662	69.62	7.12
	PAS	Mohamad @ Harun Jusoh	7,270	30.38	7.12
Total valid votes			23,932	100.00
Total rejected ballots			692
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			24,623	74.77	1.39
Registered electors			32,931
Majority			9,392	39.24	14.24
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ismail @ Mansor Said	16,582	62.50	2.26
	PAS	Ahmad Subki Abd. Latif @ Subky Abd. Latif	9,950	37.50	2.26
Total valid votes			26,532	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,240
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			27,772	76.16
Registered electors			36,467
Majority			6,632	25.00	4.52
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ismail @ Mansor Said	14,180	64.76	4.17
	PAS	Wan Musa Omar	7,715	35.24	35.24
Total valid votes			21,895	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,074
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			22,969	74.40
Registered electors			30,872
Majority			6,465	29.52	8.34
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 8 May 1976
Upon the death of incumbent, Wan Abdul Kadir Ismail

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Manan Othman	11,204	60.59	9.94
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Kassim @ Osman Ahmad	7,286	39.41	9.94
Total valid votes			18,490	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority			3,918	21.18	19.88
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Abdul Kadir Ismail	12,418	70.53	70.53
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Syed Shafie Tuan Baharu	5,189	29.47	29.47
Total valid votes			17,607	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,168
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			18,775	71.63	1.61
Registered electors			26,373
Majority			7,229	41.06	36.08
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Wan Mokhtar Ahmad	9,428	52.49	11.71
	PMIP	Wan Yahya Wan Mohamed	8,534	47.51	31.14
Total valid votes			17,962	100.00
Total rejected ballots			910
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			18,872	70.02	5.19
Registered electors			26,953
Majority			894	4.98	39.79
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Wan Mokhtar Ahmad	10,153	64.20	64.20
	Socialist Front	Wan Hamid Wan Ibrahim	3,072	19.43	19.43
	PMIP	Syed Noh Alwee	2,589	16.37	16.37
Total valid votes			15,814	100.00
Total rejected ballots			742
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			16,556	75.21
Registered electors			22,013
Majority			7,081	44.77
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Wan Yahya Wan Mohamed won uncontested.
	Alliance	Wan Yahya Wan Mohamed
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			17,734
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

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