Bukit Payung

Bukit Payung
Terengganu constituency
State constituency
LegislatureTerengganu State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Mohd Nor Hamzah
PN
Constituency created1973
First contested1974
Last contested2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)28,823

Bukit Payung 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 1974 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 Bukit Payung's electorate as of 2018[2]
  1. Malay (99.4%)
  2. Chinese (0.26%)
  3. Other ethnicities (0.24%)
  4. Indian (0.07%)

History

Polling districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Bukit Payung constituency has a total of 10 polling districts.[3]

State ConstituencyPolling DistrictsCodeLocation
Bukit Payung (N18)Kampung Laut037/18/01SK Kampong Bukit Chenderiang
Atas Tol037/18/02SK Atas Tol
Paya Resak037/18/03SK Paya Resak
Kedai Buluh037/18/04SK Kedai Buluh
Surau Haji Daud037/18/05SK Tok Dir
Undang037/18/06SK Undang
Bukit Payung037/18/07SK Bukit Payong
Pekan Bukit Payung037/18/08Tadika Yayasan Islam Terengganu Cawangan Bukit Payung
Mak Kemas037/18/09SMK Seri Payong
Surau Panjang037/18/10SMK Sultan Mansor

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bukit Payung
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Binjai and Kuala Trengganu Tengah
Bukit Payong
4th1974–1978Mukhtar MohamedBN (PAS)
5th1978–1982Abdul Razak TaibBN (UMNO)
6th1982–1986
Bukit Payung
7th1986–1990Mazlan AwangBN (UMNO)
8th1990–1992Baharudin MohdPAS
1992–1995Mazlan AwangBN (UMNO)
9th1995–1999Abdul Latiff Awang
10th1999–2004Hassan Mohd SallehPAS
11th2004–2008Abdul Latiff AwangBN (UMNO)
12th2008–2013Mohd Nor HamzahPR (PAS)
13th2013–2018
14th2018–2020PAS
2020–2023PN (PAS)
15th2023–present

Election results

Terengganu state election, 2023: Bukit Payung
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
PASMohd Nor Hamzah16,83874.11
BNMohd Khim @ Mohd Khan Abdul Rahman5,88225.89
Total valid votes22,720 100.00
Total rejected ballots129
Unreturned ballots19
Turnout22,86879.34
Registered electors28,823
Majority10,95648.22
PAS holdSwing

References

  1. ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Terengganu".
  2. ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  3. ^ Federal Gazette [dead link]


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