Ru Rendang

Ru Rendang (N19)
Terengganu constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar; PN
;
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	32,867

Ru Rendang 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 1986 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 Ru Rendang's electorate as of 2018^[2]

Malay (99.4%)
Chinese (0.37%)
Other ethnicities (0.16%)
Indian (0.07%)

History

Polling districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Ru Rendang constituency has a total of 11 polling districts.^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Ru Rendang (N19)	Rusila	037/19/01	SK Rusila
	Medan Jaya	037/19/02	SMK Rusila
	Sentul Patah	037/19/03	SK Sentol Patah
	Marang	037/19/04	SK Marang
	Bandar Marang	037/19/05	SMA Marang
	Seberang Marang	037/19/06	SK Bukit Gasing
	Bukit Gasing	037/19/07	SMK Seberang Marang
	Batangan	037/19/08	SK Batangan
	Ru Muda	037/19/09	SK Seberang Marang
	Pulau Kerengga	037/19/10	SK Pulau Kerengga
	Kelulut	037/19/11	SK Kelulut

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Ru Rendang
Parliament	No	Years	Members	Party
Constituency created from Marang, Merchang and Binjai
7th	N19	1986–1990	Abdul Hadi Awang	PAS
8th		1990–1995		APU (PAS)
9th		1995–1999		APU (PAS)
10th		1999–2004		BA (PAS)
11th		2004–2008		PAS
12th		2008–2013		PR (PAS)
13th		2013–2018		PR (PAS)
14th		2018–2020	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar	GS (PAS)
14th		2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th		2023–present		PN (PAS)

Election results

Terengganu state election, 2023: Ru Rendang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar	20,927	85.18	23.35
	PH	Suhaimi Sulaiman	3,641	14.82	11.57
Total valid votes			24,568	100.00
Total rejected ballots			179
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			24,773	75.37
Registered electors			32,867
Majority			17,286
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2018: Ru Rendang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar	13,851	61.83	5.00
	BN	Nik Dir Nik Wan Ku	7,823	34.92	7.94
	PKR	Zarawi Sulong	729	3.25	3.25
Total valid votes			22,403	100.00
Total rejected ballots			249
Unreturned ballots			76
Turnout			22,728	87.42	2.23
Registered electors			25,999
Majority			6,028	26.91	12.89
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2013: Ru Rendang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	11,468	56.83	1.53
	BN	Nik Dir Nik Wan Ku	8,649	42.86	1.22
Total valid votes			20,117	100.00
Total rejected ballots			181
Unreturned ballots			19
Turnout			20,317	89.65	3.43
Registered electors			22,662
Majority			2,819	14.01	2.70
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2008: Ru Rendang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	9,379	58.36	4.30
	BN	Razali Idris	6,693	41.64	2.40
Total valid votes			16,072	100.00
Total rejected ballots			137
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			16,209	86.23	3.15
Registered electors			18,798
Majority			2,686	16.71	6.49
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2004: Ru Rendang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	7,736	54.06	11.96
	BN	Tengku Zainuddin Tengku Zahid	6,301	44.04	10.21
Total valid votes			14,037	100.00
Total rejected ballots			137
Unreturned ballots			272
Turnout			14,446	89.38	8.20
Registered electors			16,163
Majority			1,435	10.22	22.02
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1999: Ru Rendang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	7,881	66.02	9.88
	BN	Tengku Zainuddin Tengku Zahid	4,038	33.83	9.88
Total valid votes			11,919	100.00
Total rejected ballots			188
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			12,125	81.17	0.33
Registered electors			14,937
Majority			3,843	32.24	19.77
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1995: Ru Rendang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	6,285	56.24	1.30
	BN	Bakar Seman @ Abu Bakar Othman	4,891	43.76	1.30
Total valid votes			11,176	100.00
Total rejected ballots			172
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			11,364	80.85	2.84
Registered electors			14,056
Majority			1,394	12.47	2.61
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1990: Ru Rendang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	4,750	54.93	0.79
	BN	Abdul Latif Muda	3,897	45.07	0.79
Total valid votes			8,647	100.00
Total rejected ballots			152
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			8,815	83.69	1.01
Registered electors			10,533
Majority			853	9.86	1.58
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1986: Ru Rendang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	3,470	54.14
	BN	Abdul Latif Muda	2,939	45.86
Total valid votes			6,409	100.00
Total rejected ballots			158
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,567	82.68
Registered electors			7,943
Majority			531	8.29
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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