Kemaman (federal constituency)

Kemaman

Terengganu constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Ahmad Shabery Cheek BN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Kemaman 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 Kampung Batu Putih, LKTP Kertih VI, Kampung Ranggung, Kuala Kertih, Pekan Kertih, Tanjung Pantai, Pekan Air Jernih, LKTP Kertih V, Kampung Cabang, Tok Kaya, Rantau Petronas, Padang Kubu, Seri Bandi, Ibuk, Kijal Darat, Pekan Kijal, Teluk Kalung, Bukit Kuang, Payuh, Meraga Beris, Bakau Tinggi, Kampung Besut, Kampung Tuan, Gong Limau, Gong Pauh, Kubang Kurus, Kampung Banggul, Kampung Tengah, Kuala Kemaman, Kampung Geliga, Jakar, Kampung Fikri, Banggol, Kampung Mak Cili, Kampung Bukit Mentok, Pasir Minal, Binjai, Mukim Pasir Semut, Seberang Tayur, Dadung, Air Putih, Bandar Cerul, Ceneh Baharu, Sungai Pergam, LKTP Neram 1, Hulu Jabur, LKTP Neram II.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kemaman
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Wan Yahya Wan Mohamed	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Wan Yahya Wan Mohamed	Alliance
2nd	Wan Mokhtar Ahmad
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Wan Mokhtar Ahmad	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1976	Wan Abdul Kadir Ismail
	1976-1978	Abdul Manan Othman
5th	1978-1982	Ismail Said
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999	Ramli Taib
10th	1999-2004	Abdul Rahman Yusof	KEADILAN
11th	2004-2008	Ahmad Shabery Cheek	BN
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahd Shabery Cheek	45,525	57.81
	PKR	Kamarudin Chik	33,219	42.19
Total valid votes			78,744	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,227
Unreturned ballots			197
Turnout			80,168	87.19
Registered electors			91,942
Majority			12,306
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahd Shabery Cheek	37,199	60.28
	PKR	Mohd. Fariz Abd. Talib @ Musa	24,516	39.72
Total valid votes			61,715	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,077
Unreturned ballots			76
Turnout			62,868	83.82
Registered electors			75,006
Majority			12,683
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahd Shabery Cheek	36,517	63.89
	KEADILAN	Abdul Rahman Yusof	20,635	36.11
Total valid votes			57,152	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,036
Unreturned ballots			273
Turnout			58,461	88.02
Registered electors
Majority			15,882
	BN gain from KEADILAN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	KEADILAN	Abdul Rahman Yusof	20,715	51.92
	BN	Wan Zaki Wan Muda	19,180	48.08
Total valid votes			39,895	100.00
Total rejected ballots			902
Unreturned ballots			81
Turnout			40,878	80.76
Registered electors
Majority			1,535
	KEADILAN gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ramli Taib	21,999	60.56
	S46	Alias Abdul Rahman	14,328	39.44
Total valid votes			36,327	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,367
Unreturned ballots			88
Turnout			37,782	79.98
Registered electors
Majority			7,671
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ismail Said	21,239	64.30
	S46	Ahd Shabery Cheek	11,793	35.70
Total valid votes			33,032	100.00
Total rejected ballots			872
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			33,904	81.15
Registered electors
Majority			9,446
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ismail @ Mansor Said	16,662	69.62
	PAS	Mohamad @ Harun Jusoh	7,270	30.38
Total valid votes			23,932	100.00
Total rejected ballots			692
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,623	74.77
Registered electors			32,931
Majority			9,392
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ismail @ Mansor Said
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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	Ismail @ Mansor Said
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 8 May 1976 Upon the death of incumbent, Wan Abdul Kadir Ismail
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Manan Othman	11,204	60.59
	PSRM	Kassim Ahmad	7,286	39.41
Total valid votes			18,490	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority			3,918
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Abdul Kadir Ismail
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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	Wan Mokhtar Ahmad
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Wan Mokhtar Ahmad
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Wan Yahya Wan Mohamed
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.