Kuala Berang (state constituency)

Kuala Berang

Terengganu constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mamad Puteh PN
Constituency created	1973
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	21,428

Kuala Berang 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 Kuala Berang's electorate as of 2018^[2]

  Malay (99.03%)

  Chinese (0.72%)

  Other ethnicities (0.21%)

  Indian (0.05%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Kuala Berang constituency has a total of 13 polling districts.^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Kuala Berang (N23)	Getang	038/23/01	SK Getang
	Pasir Tinggi	038/23/02	SK Pasir Tinggi
	Sungai Ular	038/23/03	SK Binjai Kertas
	Tanggul	038/23/04	SK Tanggol
	Bandar Kuala Berang	038/23/05	SK Kuala Berang
	Bukit Tok Bat	038/23/06	SK Tengku Ampuan Intan
	Telaga	038/28/07	SMK Telaga
	Tanjung Putat	038/23/08	SMK Tengku Ampuan Intan
	Langgar	038/23/09	SK Langgar
	Kampung Buluh	038/23/10	SK Seri Buluh
	Tapu	038/23/11	SK Tapu
	Sungai Petai	038/23/12	SK Seri Berang
	Tajin	038/23/13	SM Sains Hulu Terengganu

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kuala Berang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Ulu Trengganu Timor
Kuala Brang
4th	1974–1978	Abdul Rashid Su	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978–1982	Mohamed Nor Abdullah
6th	1982–1986	Wan Muda Mohamed
Kuala Berang
7th	1986–1990	Wan Muda Mohamed	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990–1995
9th	1995–1999	Ibrahim Yusof
10th	1999–2004	Mamad Puteh	PAS
11th	2004–2008	Komaruddin Ab. Rahman	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013	Mohamad Zawawi Ismail
13th	2013–2018	Tengku Putera Tengku Awang
14th	2018–2020	Mamad Puteh	PAS
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Terengganu state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mamad Puteh	11,270	67.80	17.47
	BN	Jalaludin Ismail	5,353	32.20	11.14
Total valid votes			16,623	100.00
Total rejected ballots			88
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			16,725	78.05	8.86
Registered electors			21,428
Majority			5,917	35.60	28.61
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mamad Puteh	7,707	50.33	2.01
	BN	Tengku Putera Tengku Awang	6,637	43.34	8.34
	Pakatan Harapan (2018)	Mohd Nor Othman	969	6.33	6.33
Total valid votes			15,313	100.00
Total rejected ballots			199
Unreturned ballots			?
Turnout			15,512	86.91	2.39
Registered electors			17,848
Majority			1,070	6.99	3.63
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Terengganu state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tengku Putera Tengku Awang	6,917	51.68	5.37
	PAS	Muhyidin Abdul Rashid	6,468	48.32	5.37
Total valid votes			13,385	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout				89.30	1.29
Registered electors
Majority			449	3.36	10.74
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Zawawi Ismail	6,444	57.05	3.20
	PAS	Muhyidin Abdul Rashid	4,852	42.95	3.20
Total valid votes			11,296	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout				88.01
Registered electors
Majority			1,592	14.10	6.40
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2004
Upon the death of the incumbent, Komarudin Abdul Rahman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Zawawi Ismail	6,051	60.25	1.91
	PAS	Muhyidin Abdul Rashid	3,992	39.75	1.91
Total valid votes			10,043	100.00
Total rejected ballots			103
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority			2,059	20.50	3.82
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Komarudin Abdul Rahman	5,926	58.34	19.74
	PAS	Mamad Puteh	4,231	41.66	19.74
Total valid votes			10,157	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority			1,695	16.68	6.12
	BN gain from National Trust Party (Malaysia)-Malaysian Islamic Party		Swing		?

Terengganu state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mamad Puteh	4,968	61.40
	BN	Abdullah Ismail	3,124	38.60
Total valid votes			8,092	100.00
Total rejected ballots			204
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			8,313	85.37
Registered electors			9,738
Majority			1,844	22.80
	PAS gain from BN		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]}