Kemahang

Kemahang (N28)

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Md. Anizam Ab. Rahman PN
Constituency created	1995
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	23,258

Kemahang is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly.

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

As of 2020, Kemahang has a population of 27,677 people.

Ethnic breakdown of Kemahang's electorate as of 2023

1. Malay (98.6%)
2. Other ethnicities (1.06%)
3. Chinese (0.22%)
4. Indian (0.09%)

History

Polling districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Kemahang constituency has a total of 7 polling districts.

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Kemahang (N28）	FELDA Kemahang 1	027/28/01	SMK Kemahang
	FELDA Kemahang 3	027/28/02	SK Kemahang 3
	FELDA Kemahang 2	027/28/03	SK Kemahang (2)
	Bukit Mas	027/28/04	SMK Alor Pasir
	Bukit Gading	027/28/05	SK Bukit Gading
	Bendang Nyior	027/28/06	SK Bendang Nyior
	Batang Merbau	027/28/07	SK Batang Merbau

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kemahang
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bukit Panau
9th	N35	1995–1999	Mohd Adnan Kechik	BN (UMNO)
10th		1999–2004	Md. Anizam Ab. Rahman	PAS
11th	N28	2004–2008
12th		2008–2013		PR (PAS)
13th		2013–2018
14th		2018–2020		PAS
		2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th		2023–present

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023: Kemahang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Md. Anizam Ab. Rahman	10,375	77.20	26.55
	BN	Mazli Mustafa	3,064	22.80	21.41
Total valid votes			13,439	100.00
Total rejected ballots			84
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			13,535	58.20	23.42
Registered electors			23,258
Majority			7,311	54.40	47.96
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018: Kemahang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Md. Anizam Ab. Rahman	7,261	50.65	5.11
	BN	Wan Rakemi Wan Zahari	6,338	44.21	0.03
	PKR	Bahari Muhammad Nor	737	5.14	5.14
Total valid votes			14,336	100.00
Total rejected ballots			206
Unreturned ballots			140
Turnout			14,682	81.62	6.09
Registered electors			17,989
Majority			923	6.44	5.08
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013: Kemahang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Md. Anizam Ab. Rahman	6,953	55.76	4.94
	BN	Dyg. Saniah Awg. Hamid	5,517	44.24	4.94
Total valid votes			12,470	100.00
Total rejected ballots			138
Unreturned ballots			30
Turnout			12,638	87.71	4.16
Registered electors			14,409
Majority			1,436	11.52	9.88
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2008: Kemahang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Md. Anizam Ab. Rahman	5,481	60.70	8.34
	BN	Zianon Abdin bin Ali	3,549	39.30	8.34
Total valid votes			9,030	100.00
Total rejected ballots			103
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			9,149	83.55	0.02
Registered electors			10,950
Majority			1,932	21.40	16.67
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2004: Kemahang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Md. Anizam Ab. Rahman	3,901	52.36	0.28
	BN	Shuhanie Deraman	3,549	47.64	0.28
Total valid votes			7,450	100.00
Total rejected ballots			90
Unreturned ballots			52
Turnout			7,592	83.58	0.45
Registered electors			9,084
Majority			352	4.72	0.56
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1999: Kemahang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Md. Anizam Ab. Rahman	6,251	52.64	52.64
	BN	Mohd Adhan Kechik	5,623	47.36	4.51
Total valid votes			11,874	100.00
Total rejected ballots			377
Unreturned ballots			139
Turnout			12,390	84.02	0.86
Registered electors			14,746
Majority			628	5.29	1.56
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		-

Kelantan state election, 1995: Kemahang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohd Adhan Kechik	5,421	51.87
	PAS	Nik Kemaruzaman Sulong	5,031	48.13
Total valid votes			10,452	100.00
Total rejected ballots			228
Unreturned ballots			100
Turnout			10,780	83.16
Registered electors			12,963
Majority			390	3.73
This was a new constituency created.