Pengkalan Chepa (federal constituency)

Pengkalan Chepa

Kelantan constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Izani Husin PAS
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Pengkalan Chepa 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–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Pulau Pisang, Pulau Kundor, Semut Api, Kedai Buloh, Kijang, Banggol, Tikat, Kampung Penambang, Kampung China, Pulau Gajah, Sabak, Tebing Tinggi, Telok Kitang, Kampung Pulau Panjang, Tanjong Baharu, Che Deris, Baung, Pengkalan Nangka, Chempaka, Taman Kemumin, Kemumin, Panchor, Sering, Pasir Kasar, Pulau Belanga, Tok Ku, Kampung Belukar, Tapang, Padang Tembak.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Pengkalan Chepa
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat	BN
5th	1978-1982		PAS
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	Nik Abdullah Arshad
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999	Nik Mohd. Amar Nik Abdullah
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present	Izani Husin

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Izani Husin	34,617	63.97
	BN	Dali Husin	19,497	36.03
Total valid votes			54,114	100.00
Total rejected ballots			683
Unreturned ballots			188
Turnout			54,985	85.37
Registered electors			64,409
Majority			15,120
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman	26,763	63.40
	BN	Rahim Mohd Zain	15,452	36.60
Total valid votes			42,215	100.00
Total rejected ballots			564
Unreturned ballots			270
Turnout			43,049	82.23
Registered electors			52,350
Majority			11,311
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman	20,621	58.88
	BN	Nik Mohd Zain Omar	14,399	41.12
Total valid votes			35,020	100.00
Total rejected ballots			818
Unreturned ballots			297
Turnout			36,135	80.58
Registered electors
Majority			6,222
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nik Mohd. Amar Nik Abdullah	23,765	75.24
	BN	Mohd Noor Deris	7,820	24.76
Total valid votes			31,585	100.00
Total rejected ballots			486
Unreturned ballots			678
Turnout			32,749	76.50
Registered electors
Majority			15,945
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nik Mohd. Amar Nik Abdullah	20,410	68.15
	BN	Ismail Mat	9,316	31.11
	AKIM	Yusof Mat	221	0.74
Total valid votes			29,947	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,486
Unreturned ballots			3,765
Turnout			35,198	83.28
Registered electors
Majority			11,094
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nik Abdullah Arshad	27,321	73.45
	BN	Mohd. Apandi Ali	9,874	26.55
Total valid votes			37,195	100.00
Total rejected ballots			706
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			37,901	75.96
Registered electors
Majority			17,447
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nik Abdullah Arshad	17,501	56.77
	BN	Wan Ismail Ibrahim	13,326	43.23
Total valid votes			30,827	100.00
Total rejected ballots			687
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			31,514	73.66
Registered electors			42,785
Majority			4,175
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.