Cukai (Terengganu state constituency)

Cukai
Terengganu constituency
State constituency
LegislatureTerengganu State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Hanafiah Mat
PN
Constituency created1959
First contested1959
Last contested2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)39,153

Cukai 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 1959 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 Cukai's electorate as of 2023[2]

  Malay (86.8%)
  Chinese (11.4%)
  Other ethnicities (0.98%)
  Indian (0.82%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Cukai constituency has a total of 14 polling districts.[3]

State Constituency Polling Districts Code Location
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

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Cukai
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created
Chukai
1st 1959–1964 Yeo Eng Cho Alliance (MCA)
2nd 1964–1969 Mohd Taha Embong Alliance (UMNO)
1969–1971 Assembly dissolved
3rd 1971–1974 Teh Hassan Alliance (UMNO)
4th 1974–1978 Wan Mokhtar Ahmad BN (UMNO)
5th 1978–1982
6th 1982–1986
Cukai
7th 1986–1990 Wan Mokhtar Ahmad BN (UMNO)
8th 1990–1995
9th 1995–1999
10th 1999–2004 Awang Jusoh PAS
11th 2004–2008 Mohamad Awang Tera BN (UMNO)
12th 2008–2013
13th 2013–2018 Hanafiah Mat PR (PAS)
14th 2018–2020 PAS
2020–2023 PN (PAS)
15th 2023–present

Election results

Terengganu state election, 2023: Cukai
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PAS Hanafiah Mat 18,394 64.13
BN Mohamed Rahim Hussin 10,288 35.87
Total valid votes 28,682 100.00
Total rejected ballots 120
Unreturned ballots 21
Turnout 28,823 73.63
Registered electors 39,153
Majority 8,106 28.26
PAS hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Terengganu".
  2. ^ "15th Kedah State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  3. ^ Federal Gazette [dead link‍]


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