Pasir Pekan

Pasir Pekan
Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ahmad Yakob; PN
;
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	39,119

Pasir Pekan is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 1995 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Pasir Pekan's electorate as of 2023^[2]

Malay (97.06%)

Chinese (2.40%)

Other ethnicities (0.43%)

Indian (0.11%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Pasir Pekan constituency has a total of 12 polling districts.^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Pasir Pekan（N03）	Kampung Bendang Pulau	019/03/01	SK Kampong Laut
	Kampung Laut	019/03/02	SMK Kampong Laut
	Kok Pasir	019/03/03	SK Kok Pasir
	Morak	019/03/04	SK Morak
	Palekbang	019/03/05	SK Palekbang
	Pasir Pekan Hilir	019/03/06	SK Padang Pohon Tanjung
	Paloh	019/03/07	SMU (A) Bustanus Saadah Morak
	Pasir Pekan	019/03/08	SK Pasir Pekan
	Kampung Bharu Sungai	019/03/09	SMK Mahmud Mahyiddin
	Kutan	019/03/10	SMK Kutan
	Alor Pasir	019/03/11	SMK Wakaf Bharu
	Kampung Dalam Kota Kubang Labu	019/03/12	SMA Falahiah

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Pasir Pekan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Wakaf Bharu
9th	1995–1999	Ahmad Yaakob	PAS
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008–2013		PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018		PR (PAS)
14th	2018–2020		PAS
14th	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present		PN (PAS)

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023: Pasir Pekan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Yakob	18,783	75.84	11.96
	PH	Zamakhsari Ibrahim	5,972	24.16	14.60
Total valid votes			24,755	100.00
Total rejected ballots			179
Unreturned ballots			54
Turnout			24,988	63.88	17.60
Registered electors			39,119
Majority			12,881	51.68	14.37
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018: Pasir Pekan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Yaakob	14,298	63.88	1.48
	BN	Wan Mohd. Sanusi Wan Yunus	5,946	26.56	11.04
	PH	Wan Mohd. Johari Wan Omar	2,140	9.56	9.56
Total valid votes			22,384	100.00
Total rejected ballots			247
Unreturned ballots			244
Turnout			22,875	81.48	4.52
Registered electors			28,075
Majority			8,352	37.31	12.51
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013: Pasir Pekan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Yaakob	14,204	62.40	0.36
	BN	Nik Noriza Nik Salleh	8,560	37.60	0.36
Total valid votes			22,764	100.00
Total rejected ballots			289
Unreturned ballots			54
Turnout			23,094	86.00	2.17
Registered electors			26,854
Majority			5,644	24.80	0.72
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2008: Pasir Pekan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Yaakob	11,106	62.76	5.41
	BN	Md Noor Yaacob	6,590	37.24	5.41
Total valid votes			17,696	100.00
Total rejected ballots			253
Unreturned ballots			42
Turnout			17,991	83.83	3.59
Registered electors			21,462
Majority			4,516	25.52	10.82
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2004: Pasir Pekan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Yaakob	8,855	57.35	13.43
	BN	Md Noor Yaacob	6,584	42.65	13.43
Total valid votes			15,439	100.00
Total rejected ballots			213
Unreturned ballots			34
Turnout			15,687	80.24	1.88
Registered electors			19,550
Majority			2,271	14.70	26.92
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1999: Pasir Pekan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Yaakob	8,389	70.81	8.61
	BN	Muhammad Sulaiman	3,458	29.19	8.61
Total valid votes			11,847	100.00
Total rejected ballots			251
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			12,108	78.36	1.30
Registered electors			15,452
Majority			4,931	41.62	17.22
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1995: Pasir Pekan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAS	Ahmad Yaakob	6,980	62.20
	BN	Saupi Daud	4,241	37.80
Total valid votes			11,221	100.00
Total rejected ballots			187
Unreturned ballots			37
Turnout			11,445	77.06
Registered electors			14,852
Majority			2,739	24.40
This was a new constituency created.

References

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