Kuantan (federal constituency)

Kuantan is a federal constituency Kuantan District, in Pahang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.

Kuantan (P083)

Pahang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Fuziah Salleh PH
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	62,696
Area (km²)[2]	165

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

Ethnic breakdown of Kuantan's electorate as of 2018[3]

  Malay (66.39%)

  Chinese (29.58%)

  Indian (3.34%)

  Other ethnicities (0.59%)

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Seri Kuantan, Medan Tok Sira, Perkampungan Teratai, Kampung Selamat, Bandar Kuantan, Lapang Besar, Seri Berlian, Seri Teruntum, Kampung Jawa, Kubang Buaya, Medan Warisan, Medan Makmur, Seri Kemunting, Tanjung Lumpur, Tanah Putih Baru, Sungai Isap, Kampung Peramu, Kempadang, Taman Guru, Kampung Belukar, Kampung Pahang, Kuala Penor, Ubai, Cherok Paloh.

2016–present:[4] The constituency contains the polling districts of Seri Kuantan, Perkampungan Teratai, Medan Tok Sira, Kubang Buaya, Kampung Selamat, Bandar Kuantan, Seri Teruntum, Kampung Jawa, Seri Berlian, Lapang Besar, Medan Warisan, Medan Makmur, Seri Kemunting, Tanjung Lumpur, Kempadang, Kampung Peramu, Tanah Putih Baru, Sungai Isap Murni, Sungai Isap, Kampung Belukar, Kuala Penor, Cherok Paloh, Ubai, Kampung Pahang, Taman Guru.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kuantan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Abdul Rahman Talib	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Abdul Rahman Talib	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1968
	1968-1969	Mohamed Taib
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[5][6]
3rd	1971-1973	Mohamed Taib	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
4th	1974-1978	Mohd Ali M. Shariff
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Abdul Rahim Abu Bakar
7th	1986-1990	Adam Abdul Kadir
8th	1990-1995	Fauzi Abdul Rahman
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Mohd Khalil Yaakob
11th	2004-2008	Fu Ah Kiow (胡亚桥)	BN (MCA)
12th	2008-2013	Fuziah Salleh	PKR
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018-present		PH (PKR)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kuantan			Bandar Kuantan
		Beserah
					Indera Mahkota
						Inderapura
			Sungei Lembing
		Tanah Puteh
						Tanjung Lumpur
		Telok Sisek
				Teruntum
		Ulu Kuantan

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Fuziah Salleh	22,807	44.57	+44.57
	PAS	Sulaiman Md Derus	14,696	27.72	+27.72
	BN	Wong Kean Hwee	13,667	26.71	-18.50
Total valid votes			51,170	100.00
Total rejected ballots			798
Unreturned ballots			199
Turnout			52,167	83.21
Registered electors			62,696
Majority			8,111	15.85
	PH hold		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	%	∆%
	PKR	Fuziah Salleh	25,834	54.79	+ 2.18
	BN	Mohamed Suffian Awang	21,319	45.21	- 2.18
Total valid votes			47,153	100.00
Total rejected ballots			570
Unreturned ballots			135
Turnout			47,858	85.04
Registered electors			56,280
Majority			4,515	9.58
	PKR hold		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	%	∆%
	PKR	Fuziah Salleh	18,398	52.61	+ 16.26
	BN	Fu Ah Kiow @ Oh (Fu) Soon Guan	16,572	47.39	- 16.26
Total valid votes			34,970	100.00
Total rejected ballots			623
Unreturned ballots			179
Turnout			35,772	74.92
Registered electors			47,745
Majority			1,826	5.22
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fu Ah Kiow @ Oh (Fu) Soon Guan	21,324	63.65	+ 6.25
	KEADILAN	Fuziah Salleh	12,177	36.35	- 6.25
Total valid votes			33,501	100.00
Total rejected ballots			543
Unreturned ballots			246
Turnout			34,290	74.65
Registered electors			45,934
Majority			9,147	27.30
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Khalil Yaakob	28,479	57.40	- 18.64
	KEADILAN	Fuziah Salleh	21,136	42.60	+ 42.60
Total valid votes			49,615	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,037
Unreturned ballots			1,656
Turnout			52,308	74.26
Registered electors			70,438
Majority			7,343	14.80
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fauzi Abdul Rahman	33,718	76.04	+ 19.40
	S46	Noorsiah Tuajib	10,622	23.96	- 19.40
Total valid votes			44,340	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,784
Unreturned ballots			1,423
Turnout			47,547	72.44
Registered electors			65,636
Majority			23,096	52.08
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fauzi Abdul Rahman	25,020	56.64	- 2.16
	S46	Ahmad Mokhtar Mohamed	19,153	43.36	+ 43.36
Total valid votes			44,173	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,282
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			45,455	71.24
Registered electors			63,805
Majority			5,867	13.28
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Adam Abdul Kadir	20,943	58.80
	DAP	Syed Ali Mohsin	9,283	26.06
	PAS	Syed Noh Syed Mohamed	5,390	15.13
Total valid votes			35,616	100.00
Total rejected ballots			832
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			36,448	66.76
Registered electors			54,595
Majority			11,660	32.74
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Rahim Abu Bakar	20,444	62.21
	DAP	Lim Pan Chiang	9,022	27.46
	PAS	Tengku Ali Shahdan Tengku Endut	3,395	10.33
Total valid votes			32,861	100.00
Total rejected ballots			856
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			33,717	71.53
Registered electors			47,137
Majority			11,422
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Ali M. Shariff	16,568	60.10
	PSRM	Dzulkifli Ismail	6,441	23.36
	DAP	Jaafar Hussin	2,659	9.64
	PAS	Zabidin Rahmat	1,901	6.90
Total valid votes			27,569	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			38,229
Majority			10,127
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Ali M. Shariff	12,371	62.84
	PSRM	S. Sivasubramaniam	4,595	23.34
	Independent	Chin Jeck Soon	2,721	13.82
Total valid votes			19,687	100.00
Total rejected ballots			998
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,685	74.41
Registered electors			27,800
Majority			7,776
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Taib	8,798	44.60
	Parti Rakyat	Mohd Ramly Ismail @ Dzulkifli Ismail	7,491	37.97
	PMIP	Tengku Kamarulzaman Tengku Abd. Hamid	3,438	17.43
Total valid votes			19,727	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,011
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,738	68.77
Registered electors			30,154
Majority			1,307
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 11 November 1968
Upon the death of incumbent, Abdul Rahman Talib

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Mohamed Taib won uncontested.
	Alliance	Mohamed Taib
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Rahman Talib	10,696	69.42
	Socialist Front	Mohamed Kameil Ibrahim	2,957	19.19
	PMIP	Jamahir Idris	1,755	11.39
Total valid votes			15,408	100.00
Total rejected ballots			710
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,118	73.64
Registered electors			21,889
Majority			7,739
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Rahman Talib	8,856	76.25
	PMIP	Hamzah Dahaman	2,758	23.75
Total valid votes			11,614	100.00
Total rejected ballots			106
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,720	70.81
Registered electors			16,552
Majority			6,098
This was a new constituency created.

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