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Paloh (Kelantan state constituency)

{{Short description|Represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly}}

{{One source|date=August 2022}}

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|state-rep =Shaari Mat Hussain

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Paloh is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly.{{cite web | url=https://election.thestar.com.my/ge14/kelantan.html | title=14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Kelantan }}

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

{{Pie chart|thumb=left|value1=97.25|value2=2.67|value3=0.08|value4=0.01|color4=orange|color3=red|color2=yellow|color1=green|caption=Ethnic breakdown of Paloh's electorate as of 2023{{Cite web|title=15th Kelantan State Election - Results Overview|url=https://live.chinapress.com.my/ge15/2023election/Kelantan|access-date=2023-08-13|website=live.chinapress.com}}|label1=Malay|label2=Other ethnicities|label3=Chinese|label4=Indian}}

History

= Polling districts =

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Paloh constituency has a total of 11 polling districts.[http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20180330_PU%20B%20157.pdf Federal Gazette] {{dead link|date=August 2023}}

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!State Constituency

!Polling Districts

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!Location

rowspan="11" |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=

class=wikitable
colspan=4| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Paloh
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
colspan=4 align=center| Constituency created from Gua Musang
7th1986–1990Ariffin Saidbgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| BN (UMNO)}}
8th1990–1995rowspan=6| Nozula Mat Diahrowspan=2 bgcolor="yellow" | S46
9th1995–1999
10th1999–2004rowspan=5 bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| BN (UMNO)}}
11th2004–2008
12th2008–2013
13th2013–2018
14th2018–2023Amran Arifin
15th

|2023–present

|Shaari Mat Hussain

| bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional|PN}}" | {{Font color|white| PN (BERSATU)}}

Election results

{{MASelec/top|Kelantan|2023|Paloh (Kelantan state constituency)|Paloh|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|Shaari Mat Hussain|7,407|58.74|{{increase}} 15.92}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Amran Arifin|5,202|41.26|{{decrease}} 12.69}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|12,609| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|92|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|13|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|12,714|60.08|{{decrease}} 17.41}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|21,162|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|2,205|17.48|{{increase}} 6.35}}

{{MASelec/gain|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party| Barisan Nasional |?}}

{{MASelec/source|||hide=}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Kelantan|2018|Paloh (Kelantan state constituency)|Air Lanas|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Amran Arifin|6,974|53.95|{{decrease}} 12.79}}

{{MASelec|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|Azman Ahmad|5,535|42.82|{{increase}} 42.82}}

{{MASelec|Pakatan Harapan|Noraini Husain|417|3.23|{{decrease}} 30.03}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|12,926| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|218|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|118|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|13,262|77.49|{{decrease}} 10.71}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|17,115|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|1,439|11.13|{{decrease}} 22.35}}

{{MASelec/hold|Barisan Nasional|}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Kelantan|2013|Paloh (Kelantan state constituency)|Air Lanas|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Nozula Mat Diah|7,847|66.74|{{increase}} 0.19}}

{{MASelec|People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|Amran Ab Ghani|3,910|33.26|{{decrease}} 0.19}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|11,757| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|260|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|19|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|12,032|88.20|{{increase}} 1.46}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|13,642|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|3,937|33.48|{{increase}} 0.38}}

{{MASelec/hold|Barisan Nasional|}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Kelantan|2008|Paloh (Kelantan state constituency)|Air Lanas|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Nozula Mat Diah|5,697|66.55|{{decrease}} 2.38}}

{{MASelec|People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|Reizal Abdul Rahim|2,864|33.45|{{increase}} 2.38}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|8,561| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|135|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|19|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|8,713|86.74|{{increase}} 1.48}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|10,045|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|2,833|33.10|{{decrease}} 4.76}}

{{MASelec/hold|Barisan Nasional|}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Kelantan|2004|Paloh (Kelantan state constituency)|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Nozula Mat Diah|5,244|68.93|{{increase}} 9.13}}

{{MASelec|People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|Norazman Mat Amin|2,364|31.07|{{decrease}} 9.13}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|7,608| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|0|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|144|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|7,752|85.26|{{increase}} 1.12}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|9,092|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|2,880|37.86|{{increase}} 18.26}}

{{MASelec/hold|Barisan Nasional|}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Kelantan|1999|Paloh (Kelantan state constituency)|Air Lanas|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Nozula Mat Diah|4,984|59.80|{{increase}} 31.50}}

{{MASelec|People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Hassan|3,350|40.20|{{increase}} 40.20}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|8,334| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|180|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|8,514|84.14|{{increase}} 0.37}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|10,119|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|1,634|19.60|{{decrease}} 22.77}}

{{MASelec/gain|Barisan Nasional|Parti Melayu Semangat 46|?}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Kelantan|1995|Paloh (Kelantan state constituency)|Air Lanas|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Parti Melayu Semangat 46|Nozula Mat Diah|5,422|70.67|{{decrease}} 4.77}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Mohd. Akram Khan Awang Shaikh|2,171|28.30|{{increase}} 3.74}}

{{MASelec|People's Welfare Party (Malaysia)|Mohamad Yusof|79|1.03|{{increase}} 1.03}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|7,672| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|355|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|7|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|8,034|83.77|{{decrease}} 0.84}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|9,591|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|3,251|42.37|{{decrease}} 8.51}}

{{MASelec/hold|Parti Melayu Semangat 46|}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Kelantan|1990|Paloh (Kelantan state constituency)|Air Lanas|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Parti Melayu Semangat 46|Nozula Mat Diah|8,408|75.44|{{increase}} 75.44}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Abdul Aziz Talib|2,737|24.56|{{decrease}} 51.59}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|11,145| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|210|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|11,355|84.61|{{increase}} 7.74}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|13,420|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|5,671|50.88|{{decrease}} 1.42}}

{{MASelec/gain|Parti Melayu Semangat 46| Barisan Nasional |?}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Kelantan|1986|Paloh (Kelantan state constituency)|Air Lanas|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Ariffin Said|5,329|76.15|}}

{{MASelec|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|Mokhtar Salleh|1,669|23.85|}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|6,998| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|232|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|7,230|76.87}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|9,406|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|3,660|52.30}}

{{MASelec/note|This was a new constituency created.}}

{{end}}

References

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