Meranti (state constituency)

Meranti (N13)
Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud; PN
;
Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	29,980

Meranti 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 1959 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, Meranti has a population of 34,234 people.^[2]

Ethnic breakdown of Meranti's electorate as of 2023^[3]

Malay (99.0%)
Other ethnicities (0.91%)
Chinese (0.11%)
Indian (0.03%)

History

Polling districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Meranti constituency has a total of 12 polling districts.^[4]

Polling Districts	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Meranti（N13）	Banggol Chicha	022/13/01	SK Banggol Chicha
	Meranti	022/13/02	SK Meranti
	Bakong	022/13/03	SK Bakong
	Meranti Kechil	022/13/04	SMK Meranti
	Pohon Buloh	022/13/05	SMU (A) Ismailiah Binjai Manis
	Kampung Lalang	022/13/06	SK Bayu Lalang
	Pohon Tanjong	022/13/07	SK Kedai Tanjong
	Kampung Siram	022/13/08	SMU (A) Al-Falah Siram
	Jejawi	022/13/09	SMU (A) Diniah
	Banggol Setol	022/13/10	SMU (A) Rahmaniah Repek
	Tok Sangkut	022/13/11	SK Tok Sangkut
	Tasek Berangan	022/13/12	SMU (A) Rahmaniah Repek

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Meranti
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	N07	1959–1964	Nik Man Nik Mohamed	PMIP
2nd	N07	1964–1969	Nik Man Nik Mohamed	PMIP
		1969–1971	Assembly was dissolved
3rd	N07	1971–1974	Nik Man Nik Mohamed	PMIP
3rd	N07	1973-1974		BN (PMIP)
4th	N08	1974–1978		BN (PAS)
5th		1978–1982	Hanifa Ahmad	BERJASA
6th		1982–1986	Nik Man Nik Mohamed	PAS
7th	N12	1986–1989	Zaid Fadzil	BN (HAMIM)
7th		1989–1990	Zaid Fadzil	BN (UMNO)
8th		1990–1995	Zakaria Ismail	PAS
9th	N13	1995–1999	Mohd Nassuruddin Daud
10th	N13	1999–2004
11th	N14	2004–2008
12th		2008–2013		PR (PAS)
13th		2013–2018		PR (PAS)
14th	N13	2018–2020		PAS
14th		2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th		2023–present		PN (PAS)

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud	13,260	76.36	11.95
	BN	Zahari Omar	4,106	23.64	2.69
Total valid votes			17,366	100.00
Total rejected ballots			123
Unreturned ballots			39
Turnout			17,528	58.47	18.19
Registered electors			29,980
Majority			9,154	52.72	14.64
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud	10,318	64.41	0.59
	BN	Ahmad Anuar Hussin	4,218	26.33	8.67
	PKR	Mohd Romizu Mohd Ali	971	6.06	6.06
	Independent	Che Daud Che Man	512	3.20	3.20
Total valid votes			16,019	100.00
Total rejected ballots			318
Unreturned ballots			145
Turnout			16,482	76.66	4.12
Registered electors			21,499
Majority			6,100	38.08	8.08
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud	8,522	65.00	1.18
	BN	Mohd Afandi Yusoff	4,589	35.00	1.18
Total valid votes			13,111	100.00
Total rejected ballots			194
Unreturned ballots			47
Turnout			13,352	80.78	1.59
Registered electors			16,528
Majority			3,933	30.00	2.36
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud	7,237	63.82	3.39
	BN	Mohd Afandi Yusoff	4,102	36.18	3.39
Total valid votes			11,339	100.00
Total rejected ballots			145
Unreturned ballots			25
Turnout			11,509	79.19	4.17
Registered electors			14,534
Majority			3,135	27.64	6.78
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud	6,095	60.44	6.43
	BN	Ab Halim Che Man	3,990	39.56	6.43
Total valid votes			10,085	100.00
Total rejected ballots			163
Unreturned ballots			25
Turnout			10,273	75.01	1.85
Registered electors			13,695
Majority			2,105	20.87	12.86
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud	5,983	66.86	3.96
	BN	Zaid Fadzil	2,965	33.14	3.96
Total valid votes			8,948	100.00
Total rejected ballots			207
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			9,160	73.16	3.49
Registered electors			12,520
Majority			3,018	33.73	7.92
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud	5,060	62.90	4.83
	BN	Mohamed Yaacob	2,984	37.10	4.83
Total valid votes			8,044	100.00
Total rejected ballots			161
Unreturned ballots			30
Turnout			8,235	69.68	6.69
Registered electors			11,819
Majority			2,076	25.81	9.66
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Zakaria Ismail	6,736	67.73	18.70
	BN	Razali Ismail	3,209	32.27	18.70
Total valid votes			9,945	100.00
Total rejected ballots			316
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,261	76.37	1.83
Registered electors			13,436
Majority			3,527	35.47	33.53
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		-

Kelantan state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zaid Fadzil	4,558	50.97	12.31
	PAS	Mohamed Noor Awang	4,385	49.03	12.31
Total valid votes			8,943	100.00
Total rejected ballots			369
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,312	74.54	4.31
Registered electors			12,492
Majority			173	1.93	20.75
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		-

Kelantan state election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nik Man Nik Mohamed	5,237	61.34	18.47
	BN	Hanifa Ahmad	3,300	38.66	38.66
Total valid votes			8,537	100.00
Total rejected ballots			164
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,701	78.85	5.74
Registered electors			11,035
Majority			1,937	22.69	8.43
	PAS gain from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front		Swing		-

Kelantan state election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front	Hanifa Ahmad	3,802	57.13	57.13
	PAS	Zaid Fadzil	2,853	42.87	34.30
Total valid votes			6,655	100.00
Total rejected ballots			105
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,760	73.10	5.26
Registered electors			9,247
Majority			949	14.26	40.08
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front gain from BN		Swing		-

Kelantan state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nik Man Nik Mohamed	4,448	77.17	6.61
	Independent	Hanifa Ahmad	1,316	22.83	22.83
Total valid votes			5,764	100.00
Total rejected ballots			430
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,194	67.84	0.48
Registered electors			9,130
Majority			3,132	54.34	13.22
	BN gain from PMIP		Swing		-

Kelantan state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Nik Man Nik Mohamed	4,556	83.78	8.55
	Alliance	Mohd. Jantan Mohd. Amin	882	16.22	8.55
Total valid votes			5,438	100.00
Total rejected ballots			249
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,687	67.36	8.30
Registered electors			8,443
Majority			3,674	67.56	17.09
	PMIP hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Nik Man Nik Mohamed	5,198	92.33	1.29
	Alliance	Wan Mohamad Zain Wan Sulaiman	432	7.67	1.29
Total valid votes			5,630	100.00
Total rejected ballots			124
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,754	75.66	1.97
Registered electors			7,605
Majority			4,766	84.65	2.59
	PMIP hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMIP	Nik Man Nik Mohamed	4,989	93.62
	Alliance	Yusof Mat Akib	340	6.38
Total valid votes			5,329	100.00
Total rejected ballots			34
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,363	77.63
Registered electors			6,908
Majority			4,649	87.24
This was a new constituency created.

References

↑ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Kelantan".
↑ Malaysia, Department of Statistics. "N.13 Meranti Kawasanku | OpenDOSM". open.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
↑ "15th Kelantan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
↑ Federal Gazette

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

[2] Malaysia, Department of Statistics. "N.13 Meranti Kawasanku | OpenDOSM". open.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2025-11-27.

[3] "15th Kelantan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.

[4] Federal Gazette

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