Besut (federal constituency)

Besut

Terengganu constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Idris Jusoh BN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Besut is a federal constituency in Terengganu, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 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 Pulau Perhentian, Seberang Barat, Kampung Nail, Seberang Barat Luar, Tok Saboh, Kampung Nangka, Kampung Baru, Bukit Puteri, Pekan Seberang Kastam, Seberang Kastam Luar, Kampung Raja Utara, Kampung Raja Selatan, Keluang, Kampung Pinang, Amir Kampung Raja, Gong Bayur Tembila, Tembila, Benting Lintang, Alur Lintang, Mukim Kubang Bemban, Alur Lintah, Tok Raja, Bukit Kenak, Gong Nering, Simpang Tiga Jertih, Bandar Jertih, Seberang Jertih, Padang Luas, Padang Landak, Cerang Meliling, Lubuk Kawah, Alur Keladi, Darau, Kampung Pasir Akar, Pasir Akar Luar, Mukim Tenang, LKTP Tenang, Kampung La, Hulu Besut.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Besut
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Burhanuddin al-Helmy	PMIP
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Burhanuddin al-Helmy	PMIP
2nd	1964-1969	Mohd. Daud Abdul Samad
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Hussain Sulaiman	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978	Zakaria Abdul Rahman
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	Mohamed Yusof Mohamed Noor
9th	1995-1999	Idris Jusoh
10th	1999-2004	Hassan Mohamed	PAS
11th	2004-2008	Abdullah Md Zin	BN
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present	Idris Jusoh

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Idris Jusoh	35,232	56.71
	PAS	Riduan Mohamad Nor	26,890	43.29
Total valid votes			62,122	100.00
Total rejected ballots			641
Unreturned ballots			254
Turnout			63,017	86.84
Registered electors			72,566
Majority			8,342
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdullah Md Zin	29,376	60.99
	PAS	Husain Awang	18,786	39.01
Total valid votes			48,162	100.00
Total rejected ballots			668
Unreturned ballots			473
Turnout			49,303	84.49
Registered electors			58,353
Majority			10,590
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdullah Md Zin	26,087	59.73
	PAS	Nasharuddin Mat Isa	17,587	40.27
Total valid votes			43,674	100.00
Total rejected ballots			683
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			44,357	86.49
Registered electors
Majority			8,500
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hassan Mohamed	19,166	54.06
	BN	Mohamed Yusof Mohamed Noor	16,109	45.44
	Independent	Wan Ahmad Wan Omar	175	0.49
Total valid votes			35,450	100.00
Total rejected ballots			690
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			36,140	81.17
Registered electors
Majority			3,057
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Idris Jusoh	19,294	56.61
	S46	Zakaria @ Ibrahim Abdul Rahman	14,787	43.39
Total valid votes			34,081	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,260
Unreturned ballots			96
Turnout			35,437	81.37
Registered electors
Majority			4,507
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Yusof Mohamed Noor	16,148	51.59
	S46	Zakaria @ Ibrahim Abdul Rahman	15,154	48.41
Total valid votes			31,302	100.00
Total rejected ballots			702
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			32,004	83.90
Registered electors
Majority			994
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zakaria @ Ibrahim Abdul Rahman	15,240	59.70
	PAS	Abdul Latif Mohamad	10,287	40.30
Total valid votes			25,527	100.00
Total rejected ballots			547
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			26,074	79.62
Registered electors			32,749
Majority			4,953
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zakaria @ Ibrahim Abdul Rahman
	style="width: 180px; text-align:left;"	{{{3}}}
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zakaria @ Ibrahim Abdul Rahman
	style="width: 180px; text-align:left;"	{{{3}}}
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 @ Ibrahim Abdul Rahman
	style="width: 180px; text-align:left;"	{{{3}}}
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Hussain Sulaiman
	style="width: 180px; text-align:left;"	{{{3}}}
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance gain from PMIP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Mohd. Daud Abdul Samad
	style="width: 180px; text-align:left;"	{{{3}}}
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	PMIP hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Burhanuddin al-Helmy
	style="width: 180px; text-align:left;"	{{{3}}}
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.