Rantau Panjang (federal constituency)

Rantau Panjang

Kelantan constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff PAS
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Rantau Panjang is a federal constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Meranti, Bakong, Meranti Kechil, Pohon Buloh, Kampung Lalang, Pohon Tanjong, Kampung Siram, Jejawi, Banggol Setol, Tok Sangkut, Tasek Berangan, Lubok Gong, Kedai Gual Periok, Gual Sitok, Pekan Rantau Panjang, Kedai Lama, Banggol Kulim, Bakat, Kubang Kual, Bukit Tandak, Kuala Itek, Lubok Setol, Kampung Rahmat, Repek, Lati, Lubok Tapah, Chicha Tinggi, Cherang Hangus, Taman, Batu Karang, Bukit Tuku, Baroh Pial, Chandan.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Rantau Panjang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Zakaria Ismail	BN
5th	1978-1982	Ibrahim Muhammad
6th	1982-1986	Hassan Mohamed	PAS
7th	1986-1990	Mohamed Yaacob	BN
8th	1990-1995	Daeng Sanusi Daeng Mariok	PAS
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Abdul Fatah Harun
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff	23,767	57.73
	BN	Ghazali Ismail	17,405	42.27
Total valid votes			41,172	100.00
Total rejected ballots			632
Unreturned ballots			130
Turnout			41,934	79.27
Registered electors			52,903
Majority			6,362
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff	19,344	56.02
	BN	Mohd Afandi Yusoff	14,858	43.03
	Independent	Isma Airfath Hassanuddin	330	0.96
Total valid votes			34,532	100.00
Total rejected ballots			837
Unreturned ballots			82
Turnout			35,451	78.11
Registered electors			45,384
Majority			4,486
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Fatah Harun	15,027	51.25
	BN	Mohd Daud Hamat	14,295	48.75
Total valid votes			29,322	100.00
Total rejected ballots			701
Unreturned ballots			65
Turnout			30,088	73.46
Registered electors
Majority			732
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Fatah Harun	19,711	63.88
	BN	Wan Mohd Fuaad Wan Abdullah	11,146	36.12
Total valid votes			30,857	100.00
Total rejected ballots			554
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			31,424	71.11
Registered electors
Majority			8,565
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Daeng Sanusi Daeng Mariok	16,284	58.03
	BN	Abdullah Mat Yasim	11,779	41.97
Total valid votes			28,063	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,078
Unreturned ballots			88
Turnout			29,229	68.37
Registered electors
Majority			4,505
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Daeng Sanusi Daeng Mariok	18,618	61.12
	BN	Husein Ahmad	11,841	38.88
Total valid votes			30,459	100.00
Total rejected ballots			614
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			31,073	75.57
Registered electors
Majority			6,777
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Yaacob	13,196	52.83
	PAS	Mohd Yusof Abdullah	11,784	47.17
Total valid votes			24,980	100.00
Total rejected ballots			623
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,603	73.99
Registered electors			34,604
Majority			1,412
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hassan Mohamed
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ibrahim Muhammad
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zakaria Ismail
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.