Wakaf Mempelam (state constituency)

Wakaf Mempelam

Terengganu constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Wan Sukairi Wan Abdullah PN
Constituency created	1973
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	34,509

Wakaf Mempelam 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 Wakaf Mempelam's electorate as of 2018^[2]

1. Malay (99.43%)
2. Chinese (0.39%)
3. Other ethnicities (0.11%)
4. Indian (0.06%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Wakaf Mempelam constituency has a total of 12 polling districts.^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Wakaf Mempelam (N13)	Pulau Rusa	036/13/01	SK Pulau Rusa
	Paluh	036/13/02	SK Paloh
	Losong Datok Amar	036/13/03	SK Bukit Lasong
	Losong Penglima Perang	036/13/04	SK Bukit Lasong
	Losong Haji Mat Shafie	036/13/05	SMK Sultan Ahmad
	Seberang Baruh	036/13/06	SK Pusat Chabang Tiga
	Wakaf Beruas	036/13/07	SMK Bukit Besar
	Merbau Patah	036/13/08	SMK Seri Nilam
	Durian Burung	036/13/09	SK Durian Burung
	Sungai Rengas	036/13/10	SMK Seri Nilam
	Wakaf Mempelam	036/13/11	SK Wakaf Mempelam
	Kuala Bekah	036/13/12	SK Rengas Bekah

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Wakaf Mempelam
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bukit Besar
4th	1974–1978	Mohamed @ Harun Jusoh	BN (PAS)
5th	1978–1982	Shafie Abdul Rahman	BN (UMNO)
6th	1982–1986	Mustafa @ Hassan Ali	PAS
7th	1986–1990
8th	1990–1995	Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut
9th	1995–1999
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008–2013		PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2020	Wan Sukairi Wan Abdullah	PAS
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Terengganu state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Wan Sukairi Wan Abdullah	22,345	85.73
	PH	Wan Mohd Haikal Wan Ghazali	3,718	14.27
Total valid votes			26,063	100.00
Total rejected ballots			196
Unreturned ballots			27
Turnout			26,286	76.17
Registered electors			34,509
Majority			18,627	71.46
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) Astro Awani[4]

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]}
4. "Pilihan Raya Negeri (PRN) 2023". Astro Awani. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

External links

• PenyuSukan.com - Terengganu Peroleh Exco Sukan Baharu