Paloh (Kelantan state constituency)

Paloh (N44)

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Shaari Mat Hussain PN
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	21,162

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

The state constituency was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Paloh's electorate as of 2023

1. Malay (97.2%)
2. Other ethnicities (2.67%)
3. Chinese (0.08%)
4. Indian (0.01%)

History

Polling districts

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

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Paloh (N44)	FELDA Sungai Chiku 3	032/44/01	SMK Bandar Chiku
	Pasir Limggi	032/44/02	SK Pasir Linggi
	KESEDAR Paloh	032/44/03	SMK Paloh
	KESEDAR Sungai Chalil	032/44/04	SK Chalil
	Lebir	032/44/05	SK Lebir
	KESEDAR Paloh 3	032/44/06	SK Paloh 3
	Aring	032/44/07	SK Aring
	FELDA Sungai Chiku 1	032/44/08	SMK Chiku 2
	FELDA Sungai Chiku 7	032/44/09	SK Chiku 7
	FELDA Sungai Chiku 2	032/44/10	SK Sri Chiku 2
	KESEDAR Paloh 2	032/44/11	SK Paloh 1 SK Paloh 2

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Paloh
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Gua Musang
7th	N38	1986–1990	Ariffin Said	BN (UMNO)
8th		1990–1995	Nozula Mat Diah	S46
9th	N42	1995–1999
10th		1999–2004		BN (UMNO)
11th	N44	2004–2008
12th		2008–2013
13th		2013–2018
14th		2018–2023	Amran Arifin
15th		2023–present	Shaari Mat Hussain	PN (BERSATU)

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Shaari Mat Hussain	7,407	58.74	15.92
	BN	Amran Arifin	5,202	41.26	12.69
Total valid votes			12,609	100.00
Total rejected ballots			92
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			12,714	60.08	17.41
Registered electors			21,162
Majority			2,205	17.48	6.35
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Amran Arifin	6,974	53.95	12.79
	PAS	Azman Ahmad	5,535	42.82	42.82
	PKR	Noraini Husain	417	3.23	30.03
Total valid votes			12,926	100.00
Total rejected ballots			218
Unreturned ballots			118
Turnout			13,262	77.49	10.71
Registered electors			17,115
Majority			1,439	11.13	22.35
	BN hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nozula Mat Diah	7,847	66.74	0.19
	PKR	Amran Ab Ghani	3,910	33.26	0.19
Total valid votes			11,757	100.00
Total rejected ballots			260
Unreturned ballots			19
Turnout			12,032	88.20	1.46
Registered electors			13,642
Majority			3,937	33.48	0.38
	BN hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nozula Mat Diah	5,697	66.55	2.38
	PKR	Reizal Abdul Rahim	2,864	33.45	2.38
Total valid votes			8,561	100.00
Total rejected ballots			135
Unreturned ballots			19
Turnout			8,713	86.74	1.48
Registered electors			10,045
Majority			2,833	33.10	4.76
	BN hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nozula Mat Diah	5,244	68.93	9.13
	PKR	Norazman Mat Amin	2,364	31.07	9.13
Total valid votes			7,608	100.00
Total rejected ballots			0
Unreturned ballots			144
Turnout			7,752	85.26	1.12
Registered electors			9,092
Majority			2,880	37.86	18.26
	BN hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nozula Mat Diah	4,984	59.80	31.50
	PKR	Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Hassan	3,350	40.20	40.20
Total valid votes			8,334	100.00
Total rejected ballots			180
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,514	84.14	0.37
Registered electors			10,119
Majority			1,634	19.60	22.77
	BN gain from S46		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Nozula Mat Diah	5,422	70.67	4.77
	BN	Mohd. Akram Khan Awang Shaikh	2,171	28.30	3.74
	KITA	Mohamad Yusof	79	1.03	1.03
Total valid votes			7,672	100.00
Total rejected ballots			355
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			8,034	83.77	0.84
Registered electors			9,591
Majority			3,251	42.37	8.51
	S46 hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Nozula Mat Diah	8,408	75.44	75.44
	BN	Ariffin Said	2,737	24.56	51.59
Total valid votes			11,145	100.00
Total rejected ballots			210
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,355	84.61	7.74
Registered electors			13,420
Majority			5,671	50.88	1.42
	S46 gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Ariffin Said	5,329	76.15
	PAS	Mokhtar Salleh	1,669	23.85
Total valid votes			6,998	100.00
Total rejected ballots			232
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			7,230	76.87
Registered electors			9,406
Majority			3,660	52.30
This was a new constituency created.