Rantau Panjang (federal constituency)

Rantau Panjang

Kelantan constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff PAS
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Rantau Panjang is a federal constituency in 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.

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Meranti, Bakong, Meranti Kechil, Pohon Buloh, Kampung Lalang, Pohon Tanjong, Kampung Siram, Jejawi, Banggol Setol, Tok Sangkut, Tasek Berangan, Lubok Gong, Kedai Gual Periok, Gual Sitok, Pekan Rantau Panjang, Kedai Lama, Banggol Kulim, Bakat, Kubang Kual, Bukit Tandak, Kuala Itek, Lubok Setol, Kampung Rahmat, Repek, Lati, Lubok Tapah, Chicha Tinggi, Cherang Hangus, Taman, Batu Karang, Bukit Tuku, Baroh Pial, Chandan.

2016–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Meranti, Bakong, Meranti Kechil, Pohon Buloh, Kampung Lalang, Pohon Tanjong, Kampung Siram, Jejawi, Banggol Setol, Tok Sangkut, Tasek Berangan, Lubok Gong, Kedai Gual Periok, Gual Sitok, Pekan Rantau Panjang, Kedai Lama, Banggol Kulim, Bakat, Kubang Kual, Bukit Tandak, Kuala Itek, Lubok Setol, Kampung Rahmat, Repek, Lati, Lubok Tapah, Chicha Tinggi, Cherang Hangus, Taman, Batu Karang, Bukit Tuku, Baroh Pial, Chandan.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Rantau Panjang
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Zakaria Ismail	BN
5th	1978-1982	Ibrahim Muhammad
6th	1982-1986	Hassan Mohamed	PAS
7th	1986-1990	Mohamed Yaacob	BN
8th	1990-1995	Daeng Sanusi Daeng Mariok	PAS
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Abdul Fatah Harun
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	PAS	Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff	23,767	57.73	+ 1.71
	[[|]]	BN	Ghazali Ismail	17,405	42.27	- 0.76
Total valid votes			41,172	100.00
Total rejected ballots			632
Unreturned ballots			130
Turnout			41,934	79.27
Registered electors			52,903
Majority			6,362	15.46
	[[|]] hold		Swing		PAS
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. "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. Retrieved 2016-05-18.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	PAS	Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff	19,344	56.02	+ 4.77
	[[|]]	BN	Mohd Afandi Yusoff	14,858	43.03	- 5.72
	[[|]]	BEBAS	Isma Airfath Hassanuddin	330	0.95	+ 0.95
Total valid votes			34,532	100.00
Total rejected ballots			837
Unreturned ballots			82
Turnout			35,451	78.11
Registered electors			45,384
Majority			4,486	12.99
	[[|]] hold		Swing		PAS

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	PAS	Abdul Fatah Harun	15,027	51.25	- 12.63
	[[|]]	BN	Mohd Daud Hamat	14,295	48.75	+ 12.63
Total valid votes			29,322	100.00
Total rejected ballots			701
Unreturned ballots			65
Turnout			30,088	73.46
Registered electors			40,958
Majority			732	2.50
	[[|]] hold		Swing		PAS

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	PAS	Abdul Fatah Harun	19,711	63.88	+ 5.85
	[[|]]	BN	Wan Mohd Fuaad Wan Abdullah	11,146	36.12	- 5.85
Total valid votes			30,857	100.00
Total rejected ballots			554
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			31,424	71.11
Registered electors			44,190
Majority			8,565	27.76
	[[|]] hold		Swing		PAS

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	PAS	Daeng Sanusi Daeng Mariok	16,284	58.03	- 3.09
	[[|]]	BN	Abdullah Mat Yasim	11,779	41.97	+ 3.09
Total valid votes			28,063	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,078
Unreturned ballots			88
Turnout			29,229	68.37
Registered electors			42,751
Majority			4,505	16.06
	[[|]] hold		Swing		PAS

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	PAS	Daeng Sanusi Daeng Mariok	18,618	61.12	+ 13.95
	[[|]]	BN	Husein Ahmad	11,841	38.88	- 13.95
Total valid votes			30,459	100.00
Total rejected ballots			614
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			31,073	75.57
Registered electors			41,118
Majority			6,777	22.24
	[[|]] gain from [[|PAS]]		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Mohamed Yaacob	13,196	52.83
	[[|]]	PAS	Mohd Yusof Abdullah	11,784	47.17
Total valid votes			24,980	100.00
Total rejected ballots			623
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,603	73.99
Registered electors			34,604
Majority			1,412	5.66
	[[|]] gain from [[|BN]]		Swing		PAS

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	PAS	Hassan Mohamed	11,145	50.95
	[[|]]	BN	Hussein Ahmad	10,728	49.05
Total valid votes			21,873	100.00
Total rejected ballots			675
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,548	79.14
Registered electors			28,493
Majority			417
	[[|]] gain from [[|PAS]]		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Ibrahim Muhammad
	[[|]]
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			23,207
Majority			1,865
	[[|]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Zakaria Ismail	11,826	77.97
	[[|]]	BEBAS	Abdul Rashid Ahmad	3,341	22.03
Total valid votes			15,167	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,814
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,981	72.00
Registered electors			24,974
Majority			8,485
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-18.