Bukit Besi (state constituency)

Bukit Besi (N25)
Terengganu constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ghazali Sulaiman; PN
;
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	18,195

Bukit Besi 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 1995 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 Besi's electorate as of 2018^[2]

Malay (99.3%)
Other ethnicities (0.41%)
Chinese (0.20%)
Indian (0.10%)

History

Polling districts

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

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bukit Besi (N25)	FELDA Jerangau	039/25/01	SK LKTP Jerangau
	Nerang	039/25/02	SMK Jerangau
	Tepus	039/25/03	SK Tepus
	Dendang	039/25/04	SK Dendang
	Bukit Besi	039/25/05	SK Bukit Besi
	Al-Muktafi Billah Shah	039/25/06	SMK Durian Mas
	Kuala Jengai	039/25/07	SK Kuala Jengal
	Pasir Raja	039/25/08	SK Pasir Raja
	Shukor	039/25/09	SK Kampung Shukor
	Jongok Batu	039/25/10	SK Jongok Batu
	Lintang	039/25/11	SK Lintang
	Minda	039/25/12	SK Minda Talong

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bukit Besi
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Jerangau and Paka
9th	N25	1995–1999	Awang A. Jabar	BN (UMNO)
10th		1999–2004	Roslan Ahmad	PAS
11th		2004–2008	Din Adam	BN (UMNO)
12th		2008–2013	Din Adam
13th		2013–2018	Roslee Daud
14th		2018–2023	Roslee Daud
15th		2023–present	Ghazali Sulaiman	PN (PAS)

Election results

Terengganu state election, 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ghazali Sulaiman	8,552	63.86	16.08
	BN	Din Adam	4,840	36.14	12.02
Total valid votes			13,392	100.00
Total rejected ballots			93
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			13,495	74.17	10.28
Registered electors			18,195
Majority			3,712	27.72	27.33
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Terengganu state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Roslee Daud	5,770	48.16	12.81
	PAS	Ghazali Sulaiman	5,724	47.78	9.20
	PKR	Mohamad Arif Arifin	487	4.06	4.06
Total valid votes			11,981	100.00
Total rejected ballots			189
Unreturned ballots			69
Turnout			12,239	84.45	2.81
Registered electors			14,493
Majority			46	0.38	22.00
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Roslee Daud	6,966	60.97	2.04
	PAS	Roslan Ismail	4,408	38.58	1.58
	PKR	Mohd Shamsul Mat Amin	52	0.46	0.46
Total valid votes			11,426	100.00
Total rejected ballots			222
Unreturned ballots			33
Turnout			11,681	87.26	2.74
Registered electors			13,387
Majority			2,558	22.39	3.62
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Din Adam	6,037	63.00	0.19
	PAS	Nordin Othman	3,545	37.00	0.19
Total valid votes			9,582	100.00
Total rejected ballots			144
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			9,736	84.51	4.36
Registered electors			11,520
Majority			2,492	26.01	0.39
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Din Adam	5,614	62.81	13.46
	PAS	Roslan Ismail	3,324	37.19	13.46
Total valid votes			8,938	100.00
Total rejected ballots			100
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			9,039	88.87	4.95
Registered electors			10,171
Majority			2,290	25.62	24.31
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		-

Terengganu state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Roslan Ismail	3,368	50.65	50.65
	BN	Awang Abdul Jabar	3,281	49.35	12.82
Total valid votes			6,649	100.00
Total rejected ballots			179
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			6,848	83.92	2.91
Registered electors			8,160
Majority			87	1.31	23.03
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		-

Terengganu state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Awang Abdul Jabar	3,834	62.17
	S46	Tengku Mohd Asri Tengku Hashim	2,333	37.83
Total valid votes			6,167	100.00
Total rejected ballots			189
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			6,363	81.02
Registered electors			7,854
Majority			1,501	24.34
This was a new constituency created.

References

↑ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Terengganu".
↑ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
↑ Federal Gazette

[1] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Terengganu".

[star-2] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2023-03-05.

[3] Federal Gazette

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