Paka (state constituency)

Paka (N28)
Terengganu constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Satiful Bahri Mamat; PN
;
Constituency created	1973
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	34,839

Paka 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 1974 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 Paka's electorate as of 2020^[2]

Malay/Bumiputera (96.8%)
Chinese (2.90%)
Other ethnicities (0.20%)
Indian (0.10%)

History

Polling districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Paka constituency has a total of 13 polling districts.^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Paka (N28)	Kampung Baru Batu Lima	039/28/01	SJK (C) Sin Chone
	Durain Metangau	039/28/02	SK Durian Metangau
	Kampung Nyiur	039/28/03	SK Kampung Nyior
	Tebing Tembah	039/28/04	SK Tebing Tembah
	Kampung Masjid	039/28/05	SK Paka
	Limbung	039/28/06	SMK Paka
	Cacar	039/28/07	SK Seri Paka
	FELDA Kertih 2	039/28/08	SMK Seri Rasau
	FELDA Kertih 1	039/28/09	SK Ketengah Jaya II
	Santung	039/28/10	SK Santung
	FELDA Kertih 4	039/28/11	SMK Ketengah Jaya
	Cacar Baru	039/28/12	SK Paka II
	FELDA Kertih 3	039/28/13	SK FELDA Seri Rasau

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Paka
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency split from Paka-Kerteh
4th	N25	1974–1978	Ismail Haitami Salleh	BN (UMNO)
5th		1978–1982	Ismail Haitami Salleh
6th		1982–1986	Engku Bijaya Sura @ Syed Omar Mohammad
7th	N28	1986–1990
8th		1990–1995
9th		1995–1999
10th		1999–2004	Satiful Bahri Mamat	PAS
11th		2004–2008	Mohd Ariffin Abdullah	BN (UMNO)
12th		2008–2013	Mohd Ariffin Abdullah	BN (UMNO)
13th		2013–2018	Satiful Bahri Mamat	PR (PAS)
14th		2018–2020		PAS
14th		2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th		2023–present		PN (PAS)

Election results

Terengganu state election, 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Satiful Bahri Mamat	18,681	73.30	19.83
	BN	Mad Paka @ Ahmad Abdullah Abd Wahab	6,805	26.70	11.41
Total valid votes			25,486	100.00
Total rejected ballots			168
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			25,676	73.70	11.52
Registered electors			34,839
Majority			11,876	46.60	31.24
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) Astro Awani^[4]

Terengganu state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Satiful Bahari Mamat	11,853	53.47	0.67
	BN	Tengku Hamzah Tengku Draman	8,448	38.11	9.09
	PKR	Mohd Hasbie Muda	1,866	8.42	8.42
Total valid votes			22,167	100.00
Total rejected ballots			237
Unreturned ballots			123
Turnout			22,527	85.22	2.56
Registered electors			26,433
Majority			3,405	15.36	9.76
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Satiful Bahari Mamat	12,138	52.80	3.80
	BN	Matulidi Jusoh	10,851	47.20	3.80
Total valid votes			22,989	100.00
Total rejected ballots			202
Unreturned ballots			40
Turnout			23,231	87.78	3.42
Registered electors			26,464
Majority			1,287	5.60	3.61
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		-

Terengganu state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd AriffinA bdullah	8,806	51.00	3.69
	PAS	Satiful Bahari Mamat	8,462	49.00	3.69
Total valid votes			17,268	100.00
Total rejected ballots			187
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			17,471	84.36	3.80
Registered electors			20,709
Majority			344	1.99	7.37
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Ariffin Abdullah	8,433	54.68	17.20
	PAS	Satiful Bahari Mamat	6,989	45.32	17.20
Total valid votes			15,422	100.00
Total rejected ballots			148
Unreturned ballots			34
Turnout			15,604	88.17	3.64
Registered electors			17,698
Majority			1,444	9.36	15.68
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		-

Terengganu state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Satiful Bahari Mamat	6,706	62.52	62.52
	BN	Rosli Mat Hassan	4,020	37.48	14.23
Total valid votes			10,726	100.00
Total rejected ballots			222
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			10,949	84.53	0.02
Registered electors			12,953
Majority			2,686	25.04	21.63
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		-

Terengganu state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Syed Omar Mohammad	4,817	51.71	5.41
	PAS	Sulong Mahmood	4,499	48.29	5.41
Total valid votes			9,316	100.00
Total rejected ballots			212
Unreturned ballots			8
Turnout			9,536	84.51	1.54
Registered electors			11,284
Majority			318	3.41	10.82
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Syed Omar Mohammad	5,557	57.12	3.71
	PAS	Ismail HaitamiSalleh	4,172	42.88	42.88
Total valid votes			9,729	100.00
Total rejected ballots			341
Unreturned ballots			9
Turnout			10,079	82.97	3.77
Registered electors			12,148
Majority			1,385	14.24	7.41
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Syed Omar Mohammad (Engku Bijaya Sura)	4,467	60.83	2.42
	PAS	Yahaya Ali	2,877	39.17	2.42
Total valid votes			7,344	100.00
Total rejected ballots			281
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			7,625	79.20	0.62
Registered electors			9,628
Majority			1,590	21.65	4.84
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Syed Omar Mohammad (Engku Bijaya Sura)	3,419	58.40	9.86
	PAS	Abdullah Mohamad	2,435	41.60	5.59
Total valid votes			5,854	100.00
Total rejected ballots			240
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,094	79.82	4.21
Registered electors			7,635
Majority			984	16.81	4.28
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ismail Haitami Salleh	2,045	48.54	11.10
	PAS	Abdullah Mohamad	1,517	36.01	36.01
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia	Shaikh Ahmad Shaikh Ali	651	15.45	24.91
Total valid votes			4,213	100.00
Total rejected ballots			310
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,523	75.61	1.88
Registered electors			5,982
Majority			528	12.53	6.75
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Ismail Haitami Salleh	2,184	59.64
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia	Shaikh Ahmad Shaikh Ali	1,478	40.36
Total valid votes			3,662	100.00
Total rejected ballots			375
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,037	73.74
Registered electors			5,475
Majority			706	19.28
This was a new constituency created.

References

↑ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Terengganu". election.thestar.com.my.
↑ Unknown
↑ Federal Gazette
↑ "Pilihan Raya Negeri (PRN) 2023". Astro Awani. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

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

[MyCensus_2020-2] Unknown

[3] Federal Gazette

[4] "Pilihan Raya Negeri (PRN) 2023". Astro Awani. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]