Maran (federal constituency)

Maran

Pahang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Ismail Muttalib BN
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Maran is a federal constituency in Pahang, 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.

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kampung Seri Jaya, Kampung New Zealand, Kampung Luit, Bandar Maran, FELDA Bukit Tajau, Kampung Sentosa, Sri Keramat, Kampung Senggora, Lubuk Paku, Serengkam, Kuala Wau, FELDA Jengka 1, Sungai Jerik, Ulu Jempol, FELDA Jengka 2, FELDA Jengka 3, FELDA Jengka 4, Kuala Sentul, FELDA Jengka 5, FELDA Jengka 6, FELDA Jengka 7, Paya Pasir, Kampung Jengka, Bukit Lada, FELDA Sungai Nerek, FELDA Kampung Awah, Bukit Segumpal, Bandar Chenor, Pesagi, Pejing, Chenor Seberang, Sekara, Kertau.

2016–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kampung Seri Jaya, Kampung New Zealand, Kampung Luit, Serengkam, Kuala Wau, Lubuk Paku, Kampung Senggora, Sri Keramat, Bandar Maran, FELDA Bukit Tajau, Kampung Sentosa, FELDA Jengka 1, Sungai Jerik, Kuala Sentul, FELDA Jengka 5, FELDA Jengka 4, FELDA Jengka 3, FELDA Jengka 2, Ulu Jempol, FELDA Jengka 6, FELDA Jengka 7, Paya Pasir, Pesagi, Pejing, Kertau, Sekara, Chenor Seberang, Bandar Chenor, Bukit Segumpal, FELDA Kampung Awah, FELDA Sungai Nerek, Bukit Lada, Kampung Jengka.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Maran
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Hishamuddin Yahaya	BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Mohd Khalil Yaakob
7th	1986-1990	Muhammad Abdullah
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Ismail Muttalib
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013–present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Ismail Abd. Muttalib	19,249	60.11	- 3.12
	[[|]]	PAS	Mujibur Rahman Ishak	12,774	39.89	+ 3.12
Total valid votes			32,023	100.00
Total rejected ballots			572
Unreturned ballots			155
Turnout			32,750	85.21
Registered electors			38,436
Majority			6,475	20.22
	[[|]] hold		Swing		BN
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	Ismail Abd. Muttalib	15,868	63.23	- 1.73
	[[|]]	PAS	Nasrudin Hassan	9,227	36.77	+ 1.73
Total valid votes			25,095	100.00
Total rejected ballots			495
Unreturned ballots			82
Turnout			25,672	78.95
Registered electors			32,517
Majority			6,641	26.46
	[[|]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Ismail Abd. Muttalib	15,725	64.96	+ 9.24
	[[|]]	PAS	Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man	8,483	35.04	- 9.24
Total valid votes			24,208	100.00
Total rejected ballots			569
Unreturned ballots			133
Turnout			24,910	78.19
Registered electors			31,858
Majority			7,242	29.92
	[[|]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Muhammad Abdullah	18,259	55.72	- 17.16
	[[|]]	PAS	Tengku Puji Tengku Abdul Hamid	14,511	44.28	+ 17.16
Total valid votes			32,770	100.00
Total rejected ballots			609
Unreturned ballots			104
Turnout			33,483	77.88
Registered electors			42,993
Majority			3,748	11.44
	[[|]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Muhammad Abdullah	22,372	72.88	+ 3.78
	[[|]]	PAS	Mohamed Rusdi Arif	8,326	27.12	- 3.78
Total valid votes			30,698	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,016
Unreturned ballots			102
Turnout			31,816	76.84
Registered electors			41,405
Majority			14,046	45.76
	[[|]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Muhammad Abdullah	24,639	69.10	- 3.95
	[[|]]	PAS	Syed Noh Syed Mohamad	11,019	30.90	+ 3.95
Total valid votes			35,658	100.00
Total rejected ballots			899
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			36,557	79.79
Registered electors			45,816
Majority			13,620	38.20
	[[|]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Muhammad Abdullah	20,658	73.05
	[[|]]	PAS	Alwi Abd Hamid	7,623	26.95
Total valid votes			28,281	100.00
Total rejected ballots			737
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			29,018	76.10
Registered electors			38,133
Majority			13,035	46.10
	[[|]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Mohd Khalil Yaakob	22,495	67.42
	[[|]]	PAS	Alwi Abdul Hamid	10,868	32.58
Total valid votes			33,363	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,171
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			34,534	76.67
Registered electors			45,042
Majority			11,627
	[[|]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Hishamuddin Yahaya
	[[|]]
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			33,195
Majority			11,619
	[[|]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Hishamuddin Yahaya	12,259	76.93
	[[|]]	PSRM	Suhaimi Saat	3,677	23.07
Total valid votes			15,936	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			21,326
Majority			8,582
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-16.