Batu Rakit (state constituency)

Batu Rakit (N08)

Terengganu constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Shafizi Ismail PN
Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	29,919

Batu Rakit is a state constituency in Terengganu, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly.

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 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 Batu Rakit's electorate as of 2023

1. Malay (99.4%)
2. Other ethnicities (0.34%)
3. Chinese (0.23%)
4. Indian (0.04%)

History

Polling districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Batu Rakit constituency has a total of 11 polling districts.

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Batu Rakit (N08)	Pulau Redang	034/08/01	SK Pulau Redang
	Mengabang Lekar	034/08/02	SK Pagar Besi
	Darat Batu Rakit	034/08/03	SK Darat Batu Rakit
	Batu Rakit	034/08/04	SK Batu Rakit
	Maras	034/08/05	SK Maras
	Bukit Wan	034/08/06	SK Bukit Wan
	Bukit Cempaka	034/08/07	SMK Bukit Chempaka
	Padang Kemunting	034/08/08	SMK Tengku Mizan Zainal Abidin
	Wakaf Tengah	034/08/09	SMK Kompleks Mengabang Telipot
	Mengabang Teliput	034/08/10	SMK Telipot
	Mengabang Telung	034/08/11	SK Kompleks Mengabang Telipot

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Batu Rakit
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	N06	1959–1964	Mansor Mohamed	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd		1964–1969
		1969–1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	N06	1971	Mansor Mohamed	Alliance (UMNO)
		1971–1973	Nik Hassan Abdul Rahman
		1973–1974		BN (UMNO)
4th	N07	1974–1978	Abdullah Abdul Rahman
5th		1978–1982	Wan Ibrahim Wan Othman
6th		1982–1986
7th	N08	1986–1990
8th		1990–1995	Abdul Wahab Ngah
9th		1995–1999
10th		1999–2004	Abu Bakar Chik	BA (PAS)
11th		2004–2008	Khazan Che Mat	BN (UMNO)
12th		2008–2013
13th		2013–2018	Bazlan Abd Rahman
14th		2018–2023
15th		2023–present	Mohd Shafizi Ismail	PN (PAS)

Election results

Source:

Terengganu state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Shafizi Ismail	14,465	63.14	15.80
	BN	Bazlan Abd Rahman	8,446	36.86	11.92
Total valid votes			22,911	100.00
Total rejected ballots			153
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			23,081	77.14	9.73
Registered electors			29,919
Majority			6,019	26.28	24.82
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Terengganu state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bazlan Abd Rahman	10,046	48.78	7.82
	PAS	Mohd Shafizi Ismail	9,747	47.33	3.93
	PKR	Amir Long	800	3.88	3.88
Total valid votes			20,593	99.99
Total rejected ballots			237
Unreturned ballots			82
Turnout			20,912	86.88	2.40
Registered electors			24,071
Majority			299	1.45	11.75
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Terengganu". The Star. Retrieved 2024-05-06.

Terengganu state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bazlan Abd Rahman	7,008	56.60	1.06
	PAS	Che Ghani Che Ambak	5,373	43.40	1.06
Total valid votes			12,381	100.00
Total rejected ballots			134
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			12,541	89.28	2.54
Registered electors			14,047
Majority			1,635	13.21	2.12
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khazan Che Mat	5,590	57.66	1.94
	PAS	Shamshudin Ab. Wahab	4,104	42.34	1.94
Total valid votes			9,694	100.00
Total rejected ballots			117
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,811	86.74	1.38
Registered electors			11,311
Majority			1,486	15.33	3.87
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khazan Che Mat	5,283	59.60	17.44
	PAS	Abu Bakar Chik	3,581	40.40	17.44
Total valid votes			8,864	100.00
Total rejected ballots			167
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,031	88.12	4.83
Registered electors			10,249
Majority			1,702	19.20	3.53
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		-

Terengganu state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abu Bakar Chik	4,381	57.83	12.08
	BN	Ismail Said	3,194	42.17	12.08
Total valid votes			7,575	100.00
Total rejected ballots			218
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			7,809	83.29	1.18
Registered electors			9,376
Majority			1,187	15.67	7.18
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		-

Terengganu state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Wahab Ngah	3,769	54.25	5.38
	PAS	Abu Bakar Chik	3,179	45.75	45.75
Total valid votes			6,948	100.00
Total rejected ballots			229
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			7,189	84.47	0.87
Registered electors			8,511
Majority			590	8.49	12.02
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Wahab Ngah	4,008	59.63	4.92
	PAS	Zulkifli Chik	2,629	39.11	39.11
	Independent	Hussain Mohammad	85	1.26	1.26
Total valid votes			6,722	100.00
Total rejected ballots			246
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,968	83.60	2.84
Registered electors			8,335
Majority			1,379	20.51	8.57
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	W. Ibrahim W. Othman	3,619	64.54	7.20
	PAS	Ghazali Ahmad	1,988	35.46	7.20
Total valid votes			5,607	100.00
Total rejected ballots			191
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,798	80.76	0.07
Registered electors			7,179
Majority			1,631	29.09	14.40
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	W. Ibrahim W. Othman	2,928	57.34	2.45
	PAS	Daud Awang	2,178	42.66	2.45
Total valid votes			5,106	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,255	80.70	2.18
Registered electors			6,512
Majority			750	14.69	4.91
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	W. Ibrahim W. Othman	2,391	54.89	6.04
	PAS	Daud Awang	1,965	45.11	45.11
Total valid votes			4,356	100.00
Total rejected ballots			268
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,624	78.52	0.76
Registered electors			5,889
Majority			426	9.78	12.08
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdullah Abdul Rahman	2,431	60.93	12.76
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia	Abdul Hamed Embong	1,559	39.07	39.07
Total valid votes			3,990	100.00
Total rejected ballots			315
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,305	77.76	8.00
Registered electors			5,536
Majority			872	21.85	25.52
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		-

Terengganu state by-election, 21 August 1971
Upon the resignation of the incumbent, Mansor Mohamed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Nik Hassan Abdul Rahman	4,282	73.69	16.24
	PMIP	Awang Abu Bakar	1,529	26.31	16.24
Total valid votes			5,811	100.00
Total rejected ballots			79
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,890	69.76	3.51
Registered electors			8,443
Majority			2,753	47.38	32.48
	Alliance hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mansor Mohamed @ Mohamad	3,293	57.45	6.78
	PMIP	Hashim Yusof	2,439	42.55	21.87
Total valid votes			5,732	100.00
Total rejected ballots			467
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,199	73.27	5.64
Registered electors			8,460
Majority			854	14.90	28.65
	Alliance hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mansor Mohamed @ Mohamad	3,333	64.23	8.79
	PMIP	Wan Derahim Wan Mohd.	1,073	20.68	8.11
	Independent	Mohd. A. Rahman	605	11.66	11.66
	National Party	Che' A. Rahman Muda	178	3.43	20.39
Total valid votes			5,189	100.00
Total rejected ballots			316
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,505	78.91	5.34
Registered electors			6,976
Majority			2,260	43.55	11.93
	Alliance hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Mansor Mohamed @ Mohamad	2,267	55.44
	National Party	Abdullah Bidin	974	23.82
	PMIP	Mohd. Rashid Su Mahmud	514	12.57
	Socialist Front	Mohamed Amin Mohamed	334	8.17
Total valid votes			4,089	100.00
Total rejected ballots			151
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,240	73.57
Registered electors			5,763
Majority			1,293	31.62
This was a new constituency created.