Bukit Panau 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 1974 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 Bukit Panau's electorate as of 2023
[2]
- Malay (90.9%)
- Chinese (7.57%)
- Other ethnicities (1.41%)
- Indian (0.16%)
History
Polling Districts
According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Bukit Panau constituency has a total of 13 polling districts.[3]
| State Constituency
|
Polling Districts
|
Code
|
Location
|
| Bukit Panau (N26）
|
Bukit Panau
|
027/26/01
|
SK Bukit Panau
|
| Kampung Paloh
|
027/26/02
|
SMU (A) Rahmaniah Paloh
|
| Kampung Belimbing
|
027/26/03
|
SK Belimbing
|
| Padang Siam
|
027/26/04
|
Maahad Ahmadi Tanah Merah
|
| Kelewek
|
027/26/05
|
SK Sri Kelewek
|
| Kampung Sat
|
027/26/06
|
SJK (C) Yuk Cheng
|
| Banggol
|
027/26/07
|
SMK Dato' Mahmud Paduka Raja (1)
|
| Pondok
|
027/26/08
|
SK Sri Suria (1)
|
| Tanah Merah Pekan
|
027/26/09
|
SK Tanah Merah (1)
|
| Tepi Sungai
|
027/26/10
|
SMK Dato' Mahmud Paduka Raja (2)
|
| Batu Hitam
|
027/26/11
|
SK Tanah Merah (2)
|
| Banggol Kemunting
|
027/26/12
|
SK Sri Suria (3)
|
| Manal
|
027/26/13
|
SMK Tanah Merah (2)
|
Representation History
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bukit Panau
|
| Assembly
|
Years
|
Member
|
Party
|
| Constituency created Tanah Merah Timor
|
| 4th
|
1974–1978
|
Omar Muhamed @ Mamat
|
BN (PAS)
|
| 5th
|
1978–1982
|
Abdul Latif Abdul Rahman
|
BN (UMNO)
|
| 6th
|
1982–1986
|
| 7th
|
1986–1990
|
| 8th
|
1990–1995
|
Mat Yusof Mat Sah
|
PAS
|
| 9th
|
1995–1999
|
| 10th
|
1999–2004
|
| 11th
|
2004–2008
|
Abdul Fattah Mahmood
|
| 12th
|
2008–2013
|
PR (PAS)
|
| 13th
|
2013–2018
|
| 14th
|
2018–2020
|
PAS
|
| 2020–2023
|
PN (PAS)
|
| 15th
|
2023–present
|
Election results
Kelantan state election, 2023: Bukit Panau
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes |
% |
∆%
|
|
|
PAS |
Abdul Fattah Mahmood |
22,582 |
79.14 |
 26.74
|
|
|
PH |
Samsu Adabi Mamat |
5,954 |
20.86 |
10.16
|
| Total valid votes
|
28,536 |
100.00
|
| Total rejected ballots
|
168
|
| Unreturned ballots
|
76
|
| Turnout
|
28,780 |
57.29 |
 23.59
|
| Registered electors
|
50,237
|
| Majority
|
16,628 |
58.28 |
42.78
|
|
|
PAS hold
|
Swing
|
|
|
|
Kelantan state election, 2018: Bukit Panau
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes |
% |
∆%
|
|
|
PAS |
Abdul Fattah Mahmood |
14,506 |
52.40 |
5.79
|
|
|
BN |
Dayang Saniah Awang Hamid |
10,215 |
36.90 |
4.91
|
|
|
PH |
Hisham Fauzi |
2,963 |
10.70 |
10.70
|
| Total valid votes
|
27,684 |
100.00
|
| Total rejected ballots
|
487
|
| Unreturned ballots
|
245
|
| Turnout
|
28,416 |
80.88 |
3.72
|
| Registered electors
|
35,135
|
| Majority
|
4,291 |
15.50 |
0.88
|
|
|
PAS hold
|
Swing
|
|
|
|
Kelantan state election, 2013: Bukit Panau
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes |
% |
∆%
|
|
|
PAS |
Abdul Fattah Mahmood |
13,292 |
58.19 |
|
|
|
BN |
Baharudin Yusof |
9,552 |
41.81 |
|
| Total valid votes
|
22,844 |
100.00
|
| Total rejected ballots
|
259
|
| Unreturned ballots
|
82
|
| Turnout
|
23,185 |
84.60
|
| Registered electors
|
27,405
|
| Majority
|
3,740 |
16.38
|
|
|
PAS hold
|
Swing
|
|
|
|
References
Kelantan constituency