Kuala Krai (federal constituency)

Kuala Krai (P031)
Kelantan constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Abdul Latiff Abdul Rahman; PN
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)	105,007
Electors (2023)	92,494
Area (km²)	2,288
Pop. density (per km²)	45.9

Kuala Krai is a federal constituency in Kuala Krai District, Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 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/KELANTAN

Ethnic breakdown of Kuala Krai's electorate as of 2022

Malay (94.12%)

Chinese (4.09%)

Indian (1.12%)

Other ethnicities (0.67%)

Age breakdown of Kuala Krai's electorate as of 2022

18-20 (7.07%)

21-29 (23.98%)

30-39 (25.1%)

40-49 (17.16%)

50-59 (12.42%)

60-69 (8.85%)

70-79 (3.97%)

80-89 (1.21%)

above 90 (0.24%)

Gender breakdown of Kuala Krai's electorate as of 2022

Male (50.13%)

Female (49.87%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Kuala Krai constituency is divided into 43 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Mengkebang (N39)	Pasir Kelang	031/39/01	SK Pasir Kelang
	Kuala Nal	031/39/02	SK Kuala Nal
	Bukit Sireh	031/39/03	SK Kampong Bedal
	Batu Jong	031/39/04	SK Batu Jong
	Keroh	031/39/05	SMK Keroh
	Pasir Gajah	031/39/06	SK Pasir Gajah
	Telekong	031/39/07	SK Telekong
	Sungai Durian	031/39/08	SK Sungai Embak
	Chenulang	031/39/09	SK Chenulang
	R.K.T Mengkebang	031/39/10	SK Batu Mengkebang
	R.P.T Sungai Pas	031/39/11	SK Sungai Pas
Guchil (N40)	Ladang Taku	031/40/01	SK Ladang Taku
	Kampung Bharu Guchil Utara	031/40/02	SMK Kuala Krai
	Sri Guchil	031/40/03	Kolej Vokesional Kuala Krai
	Kampung Bharu Guchil Tengah	031/40/04	SK Banggol Guchil
	Kampung Bharu Guchil Selatan	031/40/05	SK Sultan Yahya Petra (2)
	Bandar Kuala Krai	031/40/06	SJK (C) Yuk Chai
	Kg Hamzah	031/40/07	SMK Sultan Yahya Petra 1
	Rkt Bahagia	031/40/08	SK Bahagia
	Tualang	031/40/09	SK Kuala Krai
	Kenor	031/40/10	SK Kampong Tengah
	Kuala Pahi	031/40/11	SMK Pahi
	Pahi	031/40/12	SK Pahi
Manek Urai (N41)	Temalir	031/41/01	SK Temalir
	Sungai Perial	031/41/02	SK Peria
	Manek Urai Lama	031/41/03	SK Manek Urai
	Manek Urai Baru	031/41/04	SK Manek Urai Baru
	Sungai Sok	031/41/05	SK Sungai Sok
	Chuchoh Puteri	031/41/06	SK Chuchoh Puteri
	Lata Rek	031/41/07	SK Lata Rek
	Manjor	031/41/08	SK Kampong Karangan
	Laloh	031/41/09	SMK Laloh
Dabong (N42)	Kandek	031/42/01	SMA (Arab) Nurul Ihsan
	Kuala Gris	031/42/02	SK Kuala Geris
	Dabong	031/42/03	SMK Dabong
	Jelawang	031/42/04	SK Mempelam Jelawang
	Kemubu	031/42/05	SK Kemubu
	Bintang	031/42/06	SK Seri Mahligai
	Bukit Abu	031/42/07	Dewan Ladang Bukit Abu
	Temiang	031/42/08	SK Slow Temiang
	Kampung Sungai Mel	031/42/09	SK Sungai Mengkuang
	Pemberian	031/42/10	SK Pemberian
	Olak Jeram	031/41/11	SK Sg Sam
	Biak	031/41/12	SK Biak

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kuala Krai
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Tanah Merah
4th	P026	1974–1978	Mohd. Zahari Awang (محمد زاهري اوڠ)	BN (PAS)
5th		1978–1982	Nik Hussein Wan Abdul Rahman (نئ حسين وان عبدالرحمن)	BN (UMNO)
6th		1982–1986	Nik Hussein Wan Abdul Rahman (نئ حسين وان عبدالرحمن)
7th	P028	1986–1990	Mohamed Isa (محمد عيسى)
8th	P028	1990–1995	Ibrahim Mahmood (إبراهيم مهمود)	PAS
9th	P031	1995–1999	Ibrahim Mahmood (إبراهيم مهمود)	PAS
10th		1999–2004	Mohamed Nasir Che Daud (محمد ناصر چي داود)	BA (PAS)
11th		2004–2008	Mohamed Razali Che Mamat (محمد غزالي چي مامت)	BN (UMNO)
12th		2008–2013	Mohd Hatta Md. Ramli (محمد حتّى مد رملي)	PR (PAS)
13th		2013–2015		PR (PAS)
13th		2015–2018		AMANAH
14th		2018–2020	Abdul Latiff Abdul Rahman (عبد الطيف بن عبد الرحمن)	PAS
14th		2020–2022		PN (PAS)
15th		2022–present		PN (PAS)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kuala Krai						Dabong
			Guchil
				Manek Urai
					Mengkebang
			Pahi
			Temangan

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N39	Mengkebang	Zubir Abu Bakar	PN (PAS)
N40	Guchil	Hilmi Abdullah
N41	Manek Urai	Mohd Fauzi Abdullah
N42	Dabong	Ku Mohd Zaki Ku Hussien

Local governments


No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N39	Mengkebang	Kuala Krai District Council
N40	Guchil	Kuala Krai District Council
N41	Manek Urai	Kuala Krai District Council Dabong District Council (Kampung Slow Temiang and Olak Jeram areas)
N42	Dabong	Dabong District Council

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Latiff Abdul Rahman	42,740	66.08	13.52
	BN	Mohd Zulkepli Omar	17,552	27.14	10.89
	PH	Mohamad Hisyamuddin Ghazali	4,148	6.41	3.00
	GTA	Norashikin Che Umar	241	0.37	0.37
Total valid votes			64,681	100.00
Total rejected ballots			796
Unreturned ballots			207
Turnout			65,684	70.05	9.95
Registered electors			92,335
Majority			25,188	38.94	24.41
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753266/PUB%20607%20(2022).pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Latiff Abdul Rahman	28,903	52.56	0.66
	BN	Ramzi Ab Rahman	20,911	38.03	10.07
	PH	Mohd. Yazid Abdullah	5,173	9.41	9.41
Total valid votes			54,987	100.00
Total rejected ballots			861
Unreturned ballots			430
Turnout			56,278	80.00	6.60
Registered electors			70,348
Majority			7,992	14.53	10.73
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 234/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.^{[permanent dead link]} "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 308/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.^{[permanent dead link]}

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Hatta Md. Ramli	27,919	51.90	4.01
	BN	Tuan Aziz Tuan Mat	25,876	48.10	4.01
Total valid votes			53,795	100.00
Total rejected ballots			720
Unreturned ballots			128
Turnout			54,643	86.60	4.28
Registered electors			63,101
Majority			2,043	3.80	8.02
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 171/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-18.^{[permanent dead link]} "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 212/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2016-05-18.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Hatta Md. Ramli	23,562	55.91	9.28
	BN	Che Musa Che Omar	18,578	44.09	9.28
Total valid votes			42,140	100.00
Total rejected ballots			756
Unreturned ballots			117
Turnout			43,013	82.32	1.30
Registered electors			52,250
Majority			4,984	11.82	5.08
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Razali Che Mamat	19,148	53.37	10.25
	PAS	Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Abdullah	16,732	46.63	10.25
Total valid votes			35,880	100.00
Total rejected ballots			785
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			36,667	81.02	3.49
Registered electors			45,256
Majority			2,416	6.74	7.02
	BN gain from National Trust Party (Malaysia)-Malaysian Islamic Party		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohamed Nasir Che Daud	16,837	56.88	0.87
	BN	Nik Hussain Abdul Rahman	12,765	43.12	0.87
Total valid votes			29,602	100.00
Total rejected ballots			528
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			30,152	77.53	1.39
Registered electors			38,890
Majority			4,072	13.76	1.74
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ibrahim Mahmood	14,933	56.01	12.43
	BN	Wan Zaid Wan Abdullah	11,727	43.99	12.43
Total valid votes			26,660	100.00
Total rejected ballots			959
Unreturned ballots			82
Turnout			27,701	76.14	4.03
Registered electors			36,381
Majority			3,206	12.02	24.86
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ibrahim Mahmood	18,366	68.44	22.67
	BN	Zahari Awang	8,471	31.56	22.67
Total valid votes			26,837	100.00
Total rejected ballots			684
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			27,521	80.17	2.26
Registered electors			34,330
Majority			9,895	36.88	28.42
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Isa	12,240	54.23	1.08
	PAS	Khalid Abdul Samad	10,330	45.77	1.08
Total valid votes			22,570	100.00
Total rejected ballots			557
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,127	77.91	4.98
Registered electors			29,684
Majority			1,910	8.46	2.16
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nik Hussein Wan Abdul Rahman	10,896	55.31	4.28
	PAS	Mohamed Zahari Awang	8,804	44.69	4.28
Total valid votes			19,700	100.00
Total rejected ballots			562
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			20,262	82.89	4.42
Registered electors			24,445
Majority			2,092	10.62	8.56
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nik Hussein Wan Abdul Rahman	9,108	59.59	19.64
	PAS	Mohd. Zahari Awang	6,177	40.41	40.41
Total valid votes			15,285	100.00
Total rejected ballots			172
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,457	78.47	5.07
Registered electors			19,697
Majority			2,931	19.18	39.28
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohd. Zahari Awang	10,206	79.23
	Independent	Wan Ismail Wan Ahmad	2,676	20.77
Total valid votes			12,882	100.00
Total rejected ballots			807
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			13,689	73.40
Registered electors			18,650
Majority			7,530	58.46
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-12.

^ "Kawasanku". Department of Statistics Malaysia. 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
^ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A) Polling Hours For the General Eelection of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Kelantan" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 15 July 2023.

[1] "Kawasanku". Department of Statistics Malaysia. 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-09-24.

[2] "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[3] Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

[4] "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A) Polling Hours For the General Eelection of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Kelantan" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 15 July 2023.

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