Cukai (Terengganu state constituency)
State electoral division in Malaysia
Malaysian electoral constituency
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State constituency | |||
Legislature | Terengganu State Legislative Assembly | ||
MLA |
PN | ||
Constituency created | 1959 | ||
First contested | 1959 | ||
Last contested | 2023 | ||
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 |
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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 | |||
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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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 | |||||
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