Melor (state constituency)

Melor
Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Wan Rohimi Wan Daud; PN
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Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	28,387

Melor 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 1995 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics[edit]

Ethnic breakdown of Melor's electorate as of 2023^[2]

Malay (97.21%)

Chinese (1.56%)

Other ethnicities (1.16%)

Indian (0.07%)

History[edit]

Polling Districts[edit]

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Melor constituency has a total of 9 polling districts.^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Melor (N23)	Peringat	026/23/01	SK Peringat
	Badak Mati	026/23/02	SK Padang Mokan
	Bechah Keranji	026/23/03	SK Bechah Keranji
	Padang Kala	026/23/04	SK Padang Kala
	Padang Raja	026/23/05	SMA Melor
	Melor	026/23/06	SMK Melor
	Melor Lama	026/23/07	SK Sri Melor
	Tegayong	026/23/08	SK Tegayong
	Pangkal Pisang	026/23/09	SK Raja Abdullah

Representation History[edit]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Melor
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Ketereh
9th	1995–1999	Zainal Abidin Ab. Kadir	BN (UMNO)
10th	1999–2004	Wan Ismail Wan Jusoh	PAS
11th	2004–2008	Azmi Ishak	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013	Wan Ismail Wan Jusoh	PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018	Md Yusnan Yusof	PR (PAS)
14th	2018–2020		PAS
	2020–2021		PN (PAS)
	2021–2023	Vacant^{[N 1]}
15th	2023–present	Wan Rohimi Wan Daud	PN (PAS)

Election results[edit]

Kelantan state election, 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Wan Rohimi Wan Daud	12,688	70.13	24.44
	BN	Azmi Ishak	5,405	29.87	12.04
Total valid votes			18,093	100.00
Total rejected ballots			127
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			18,246	64.28	18.52
Registered electors			28,387
Majority			7,283	40.26	36.48
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Md Yusnan Yusof	7,820	45.69	10.97
	BN	Azmi Ishak	7,173	41.91	1.43
	PH	Ab Aziz Ab Kadir	2,122	12.40	12.40
Total valid votes			17,115	100.00
Total rejected ballots			335
Unreturned ballots			136
Turnout			17,586	82.80	3.30
Registered electors			21,240
Majority			647	3.78	9.54
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Md Yusnan Yusof	10,590	56.66	1.33
	BN	Mohamed Othman Omar	8,101	43.34	1.33
Total valid votes			18,691	100.00
Total rejected ballots			272
Unreturned ballots			51
Turnout			19,014	86.10	3.31
Registered electors			22,094
Majority			2,489	13.32	2.66
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Wan Ismail Wan Jusoh	8,390	55.33	6.12
	BN	Azmi Ishak	6,774	44.67	6.12
Total valid votes			15,164	100.00
Total rejected ballots			213
Unreturned ballots			28
Turnout			15,405	82.79	2.11
Registered electors			18,607
Majority			1,616	10.66	9.08
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Azmi Ishak	6,775	50.79	9.89
	PAS	Wan Ismail Wan Jusoh	6,563	49.21	9.89
Total valid votes			13,338	100.00
Total rejected ballots			182
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			13,546	80.68	2.84
Registered electors			16,789
Majority			212	1.58	16.62
	BN gain from National Trust Party (Malaysia)-Malaysian Islamic Party		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Wan Ismail Wan Jusoh	6,847	59.10	59.10
	BN	Zainal Abidin Ab. Kadir	4,738	40.90	10.13
Total valid votes			11,585	100.00
Total rejected ballots			215
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			11,813	77.84	1.43
Registered electors			15,176
Majority			2,109	18.20	15.12
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Zainal Abidin Ab. Kadir	5,486	51.03
	S46	Khairuldden Mat Adam	5,155	47.95
	KITA	Tuan Mohamad Tuan Soh	110	1.02
Total valid votes			10,751	100.00
Total rejected ballots			234
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			11,007	76.41
Registered electors			14,405
Majority			331	3.08
This was a new constituency created.

Notes[edit]

^ Vacant from 30 April 2021 until the 2023 state election due to the incumbent died in office. No by-election was held due to the emergency order declared in January in order to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.

References[edit]

^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Kelantan".
^ "15th Kelantan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
^ Federal Gazette ^{[dead link]}

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[4] Vacant from 30 April 2021 until the 2023 state election due to the incumbent died in office. No by-election was held due to the emergency order declared in January in order to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.

[1] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Kelantan".

[2] "15th Kelantan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.

[3] Federal Gazette ^{[dead link]}

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