Temerloh (federal constituency)

Temerloh (P088)

Pahang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Salamiah Mohd Nor PN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]	141,781
Electors (2022)[2]	106,829
Area (km²)[3]	1,181
Pop. density (per km²)	120.1

Temerloh is a federal constituency in Temerloh District, Pahang, 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

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

Ethnic breakdown of Temerloh's electorate as of 2022

1. Malay 66.3 (66.2%)
2. Chinese 21 (21.0%)
3. Indian 8.1 (8.09%)
4. Other ethnicities 4.7 (4.70%)

Age breakdown of Temerloh's electorate as of 2022

1. 18-20 (6.72%)
2. 21-29 (23.82%)
3. 30-39 (24.21%)
4. 40-49 (16.12%)
5. 50-59 (13.11%)
6. 60-69 (9.96%)
7. 70-79 (4.31%)
8. 80-89 (1.46%)
9. above 90 (0.29%)

Gender breakdown of Temerloh's electorate as of 2022

1. Male (50.18%)
2. Female (49.82%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Temerloh constituency is divided into 44 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling district	Code	Location
Mentakab (N30）	Taman Rimba	088/30/01	Kawasan Lapang Jalan Bendera Puteri Taman Bukit Bendera Mentakab
	Bukit Bendera	088/30/02	SMJK Hwa Lian
	Bandar Mentakab	088/30/03	SJK (T) Mentakab
	Sungai Semantan	088/30/04	Dewan Seri Mentakab
	Tanjung Kerayong	088/30/05	SK Abu Bakar
	Kampung Baharu	088/30/06	SJK (C) Mentakab 1
	Kampung Sungai Ara	088/30/07	SK Bandar Mentakab
	Mentakab Tengah	088/30/08	SJK (C) Mentakab 2
	Taman Ksm	088/30/09	SMK Mentakab
	Kampung Chatin	088/30/10	SMK Bukit Cermin
	Sri Kemuning	088/30/11	SK Tanjong Lalang
	Temerloh Jaya	088/30/12	SK Temerloh Jaya
Lanchang (N31）	Tanjung Belengu	088/31/01	SK Lebak SK Belengu
	Pangsenam	088/31/02	Madrasah Ad-Diniah Kg Pangsenam
	Buntut Pulau	088/31/03	SK Kampung Tengah
	Ladang Yeow Cheng Luan	088/31/04	SJK (C) Yeow Cheng Luan
	Desa Bakti	088/31/05	SK Desa Bakti
	Sri Layang	088/31/06	SMK Seri Semantan
	Batu Kapur	088/31/07	SK Batu Kapor
	Ladang Edensor	088/31/08	SJK (T) Ladang Edensor
	Sungai Kepong	088/31/09	Balai Raya Sungai Kepong
	Rantau Panjang	088/31/10	SK Rantau Panjang
	Kampung Dala	088/31/11	Balai Raya Kampung Dala
	Kuala Kawang	088/31/12	SK Kuala Kaung
	Bandar Lanchang	088/31/13	SMK Lanchang
	Mempatih	088/31/14	SK Lubok Terua
	Bolok	088/31/15	SK Bolok
	FELDA Bukit Damar	088/31/16	SK LKTP Bukit Damar
	FELDA Lakum	088/31/17	SK LKTP Lakum
Kuala Semantan (N32）	Sri Semantan	088/32/01	SK Mentakab Jaya
	Sanggang	088/32/02	SK Sanggang
	Songsang	088/32/03	Kolej Vokesional Temerloh
	Sanggang Seberang	088/32/04	SK Sanggang Seberang
	Kampung Gau	088/32/05	SK Sungai Gau
	Teluk Ira	088/32/06	SK Telok Ira
	Bangau	088/32/07	SK Bangau
	Bandar Temerloh	088/32/08	SJK (C) Khee Chee
	Kampung Batu	088/32/09	SMK Temerloh
	Jalan Bahagia	088/32/10	SK Jalan Bahagia
	Sri Bahagia	088/32/11	SMK Seri Bahagia
	Lubuk Pasu	088/32/12	SK Bandar Temerloh
	Tanjung Batu	088/32/13	SMK Seberang Temerloh SK Tanjung Batu
	Paya Pulai	088/32/14	SK Paya Pulai
	Lebak Seberang	088/32/15	Balai Raya JKKK Kampung Lebak Seberang

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Temerloh
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Semantan
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P063	1959–1963	Mohamed Yusof Mahmud (محمد يوسف مهمود)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P063	1963–1964	Mohamed Yusof Mahmud (محمد يوسف مهمود)	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd		1964–1969
		1969–1971	Parliament was suspended[5][6]
3rd	P063	1971–1973	Mohamed Yusof Mahmud (محمد يوسف مهمود)	Alliance (UMNO)
		1973–1974		BN (UMNO)
4th	P072	1974–1978	Hamzah Abu Samah (حمزه ابو سمح)
5th		1978–1982
6th		1982–1986	Sabbaruddin Chik (صبار الدين چئ)
7th	P080	1986–1990
8th		1990–1995
9th	P084	1995–1999
10th		1999–2004	Mohd. Sarit Yusoh (محمد. ساريت يوسوه)
11th	P088	2004–2008¹
12th		2008–2013	Saifuddin Abdullah (سيف الدين عبدالله)
13th		2013–2018	Nasrudin Hassan (نصرالدين حسن)	PR (PAS)
14th		2018–2022	Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir (محمد انوار بن محمد طاهر)	PH (AMANAH)
15th		2022–present	Salamiah Mohd Nor (سلامايه محمد نوه)	PN (PAS)

Note: ¹Noted that in 2003 redelineation exercise this Temerloh constituency is now shifted north to Temerloh city centre from former Mentakab constituency, not Bera, Pahang in Bera District where now renamed as Bera.

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Temerloh			Bandar Temerloh
			Bera
		Chenor
					Guai
		Jenderak
		Kuala Semantan				Kuala Semantan
						Lanchang
			Mentekab			Mentakab
		Sanggang
				Semantan
				Teriang
		Triang

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N30	Mentakab	Woo Chee Wan	PH (DAP)
N31	Lanchang	Hassan Omar	PN (PAS)
N32	Kuala Semantan	Hassanudin Salim

Local governments & postcodes

No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N30	Mentakab	Temerloh Municipal Council	28000, 28010, 28020, 28030, 28040 Temerloh 28330 Triang 28400 Mentakab 28500 Lanchang 28800 Bentong
N31	Lanchang
N32	Kuala Semantan

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Salamiah Mohd Nor	30,929	37.43	37.43
	PH	Hasbie Muda	25,409	30.75	8.56
	BN	Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin	25,191	30.48	5.71
	GTA	Aminudin Yahya	1,108	1.34	1.34
Total valid votes			82,637	100.00
Total rejected ballots			759
Unreturned ballots			216
Turnout			83,612	77.35	5.50
Registered electors			106,829
Majority			5,520	6.68	3.56
	PN gain from PH		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753278/PUB611_2022.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir	23,998	39.31	39.31
	BN	Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin	22,094	36.19	12.85
	PAS	Md Jusoh Darus	14,734	24.13	26.83
	Independent	Mohd Khaidir Ahmad	178	0.29	0.29
	Independent	Muhamad Fakhrudin Abu Hanipah	46	0.08	0.08
Total valid votes			61,050	100.00
Total rejected ballots			865
Unreturned ballots			289
Turnout			62,204	82.85	2.76
Registered electors			75,081
Majority			1,904	3.12	1.20
	PH gain from PAS		Swing		?
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Pahang [P.U. (B) 238/2018]" (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 Pahang [P.U. (B) 312/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nasrudin Hassan	28,267	50.96	50.96
	BN	Saifuddin Abdullah	27,197	49.04	3.99
Total valid votes			55,464	100.00
Total rejected ballots			977
Unreturned ballots			154
Turnout			56,595	85.61	8.84
Registered electors			66,105
Majority			1,070	1.92	4.14
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Pahang [P.U. (B) 175/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-16. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Pahang [P.U. (B) 216/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-16.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Saifuddin Abdullah	21,381	53.03	14.16
	PKR	Ahmad Nizam Hamid	18,940	46.97	46.97
Total valid votes			40,321	100.00
Total rejected ballots			924
Unreturned ballots			218
Turnout			41,463	76.77	1.66
Registered electors			54,010
Majority			2,441	6.06	28.32
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd. Sarit Yusoh	24,633	67.19	16.91
	PAS	Idris Omar	12,026	32.81	16.91
Total valid votes			36,659	100.00
Total rejected ballots			884
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			37,543	75.11	1.07
Registered electors			49,984
Majority			12,607	34.38	33.82
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd. Sarit Yusoh	19,379	50.28	10.89
	PAS	Abdul Wahab Ismail	19,166	49.72	49.72
Total valid votes			38,545	100.00
Total rejected ballots			915
Unreturned ballots			292
Turnout			39,752	74.04	2.66
Registered electors			53,689
Majority			213	0.56	21.78
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sabbaruddin Chik	22,078	61.17	4.45
	S46	Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar	14,012	38.83	4.45
Total valid votes			36,090	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,448
Unreturned ballots			1,896
Turnout			39,434	76.70	0.31
Registered electors			51,413
Majority			8,066	22.34	8.90
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sabbaruddin Chik	20,128	56.72	1.72
	S46	Kamarazman Yacob	15,358	43.28	43.28
Total valid votes			35,486	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,084
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			36,570	77.01	3.74
Registered electors			47,490
Majority			4,770	13.44	3.44
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sabbaruddin Chik	16,194	58.44	4.95
	PAS	Suhaimi Said	11,515	41.56	21.28
Total valid votes			27,709	100.00
Total rejected ballots			930
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,639	73.27	2.22
Registered electors			39,089
Majority			4,779	16.88	10.38
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sabbaruddin Chik	18,162	53.49	16.81
	DAP	Lim Ong Hang	8,906	26.23	26.23
	PAS	Ishak Abdullah	6,885	20.28	9.42
Total valid votes			33,953	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,443
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			35,396	75.49	0.37
Registered electors			46,891
Majority			9,256	27.26	13.34
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hamzah Abu Samah	18,753	70.30	5.26
	PAS	Ahmad Sulaiman	7,922	29.70	29.70
Total valid votes			26,675	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,969
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			28,644	75.86	2.00
Registered electors			37,758
Majority			10,831	40.60	10.43
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hamzah Abu Samah	14,251	75.56	20.30
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Kamarulzaman Teh	4,609	24.44	24.44
Total valid votes			18,860	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,440
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			20,300	73.86	2.28
Registered electors			28,790
Majority			9,624	51.03	21.16
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Yusof Mahmud	12,206	55.26	6.24
	PMIP	Mohamed Din Sandang	5,608	25.39	8.66
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Satar Dahan	4,273	19.35	19.35
Total valid votes			22,087	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,581
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,668	71.58	6.62
Registered electors			33,066
Majority			6,598	29.87	9.87
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Yusof Mahmud	12,311	61.50	6.89
	Socialist Front	Ja'afar Hussin	4,357	21.77	23.62
	PMIP	Abu Samah Ali	3,350	16.73	16.73
Total valid votes			20,018	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,017
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			21,035	78.20	6.73
Registered electors			26,899
Majority			7,954	39.73	30.51
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Mohamed Yusof Mahmud	8,018	54.61
	Socialist Front	Ishak Muhammad	6,665	45.39
Total valid votes			14,683	100.00
Total rejected ballots			125
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,808	71.47
Registered electors			20,718
Majority			1,353	9.22
This was a new constituency created.

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