Bachok (federal constituency)

Bachok (P025)
Kelantan constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Mohd Syahir Che Sulaiman; PN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)	157,291
Electors (2023)	123,965
Area (km²)	279
Pop. density (per km²)	563.8

Bachok is a federal constituency in Bachok District, Kelantan, 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.

Demographics

https://live.chinapress.com.my/ge15/parliament/KELANTAN

Ethnic breakdown of Bachok's electorate as of 2022

Malay (98.5%)

Chinese (1.1%)

Other ethnicities (0.3%)

Indian (0.1%)

Age breakdown of Bachok's electorate as of 2022

18-20 (7.42%)

21-29 (24.14%)

30-39 (24.92%)

40-49 (16.92%)

50-59 (12.65%)

60-69 (8.53%)

70-79 (4.15%)

80-89 (1.05%)

above 90 (0.22%)

Gender breakdown of Bachok's electorate as of 2022

Male (49.08%)

Female (50.92%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Bachok constituency is divided into 45 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Tawang (N20）	Senak	025/20/01	SK Pantai Senak
	Wakaf Alik	025/20/02	SMU (A) Muhammadiah Beris Panchor
	Tawang	025/20/03	SK Tawang
	Beris Gajah Mati	025/20/04	SK Beris Panchor
	Anak Tembesu	025/20/05	SMK Beris Panchor
	Kampung Tok Jawa	025/20/06	SK Kota Jembal
	Telok Mesira	025/20/07	SK Kota Jembal
	Pauh Sembilan	025/20/08	SK Pauh Sembilan
	Tok Belian	025/20/09	SK Pengkalan Chengal
	Tanjong Jering	025/20/10	SK Tanjong Jenara
	Beris	025/20/11	SMK Long Yunus
	Tanjong Pauh	025/20/12	SK Pa' Pura
	Chap	025/20/13	SK Kampong Chap
	Bukit Marak	025/20/14	SK Bukit Marak
	Paya Teratai	025/20/15	SK Chantum
	Bekelam	025/20/16	SK Bekelam
Pantai Irama (N21）	Kubang Golok	025/21/01	SK Kubang Golok
	Perupok	025/21/02	SK Perupok
	Kampung Sungai	025/21/03	SMK Bachok
	Pantai Damat	025/21/04	SK Bachok
	Kampung Kemudi	025/21/05	SK Seri Kemudi
	Kampung Nipah	025/21/06	SMK Nipah
	Pantai Irama	025/21/07	Dewan Majlis Daerah Bachok
	Padang China	025/21/08	SMK Badak
	Kuau	025/21/09	SK Badak
	Badak	025/21/10	SMK Badak
	Melawi	025/21/11	SK Tangok
	Kampung Sungai Dua	025/21/12	SK Sungai Dua
	Tangok	025/21/13	SMK Dato' Perdana
	Rusa	025/21/14	SMA Tok Bachok
	Telong	025/21/15	SMK Kandis
	Kandis	025/21/16	SK Kandis
Jelawat（N22）	Kampung Redang	025/22/01	SK Sri Kemuning
	Beris Lalang	025/22/02	SK Beris Lalang
	Jelawat Tengah	025/22/03	SK Jelawat
	Kampung Bator	025/22/04	SMK Jelawat
	Kuchelong	025/22/05	SK Kuchelong
	Kedai Pauh Lima	025/22/06	SK Pauh Lima
	Teratak Pulai	025/22/07	SK Gunong
	Seneng	025/22/08	SK Seneng
	Telaga Ara	025/22/09	SK Telaga Ara
	Keting	025/22/10	SK Keting
	Gunong	025/22/11	SMK Sri Gunung
	Alor Bakat	025/22/12	SK Alor Bakat
	Mahligai	025/22/13	SK Pak Badol
	Pak Badol	025/22/14	SMK Pak Bodol
	Serdang	025/22/15	SK Kolam
	Kolam	025/22/16	SMU (A) Darul Ulum Muhammadiah
	Kubang Telaga	025/22/17	SK Kubang Telaga
	Kampung Bakong	025/22/18	SK Bakong

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Bachok
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kelantan Timor
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P019	1959–1963	Zulkiflee Muhammad (ذولكيفلي محمد)	PMIP
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P019	1963–1964	Zulkiflee Muhammad (ذولكيفلي محمد)	PMIP
2nd		1964	Zulkiflee Muhammad (ذولكيفلي محمد)
2nd		1964–1969	Abu Bakar Hamzah (ابو بكر حمزه)
		1969–1971	Parliament was suspended^[5]^[6]
3rd	P019	1971–1973	Mohd. Zain Abdullah (محمد. زاين عبدالله)	PMIP
3rd	P019	1973–1974		BN (PMIP)
4th	P020	1974–1978		BN (PAS)
5th		1978–1982		PAS
6th		1982–1986		PAS
7th	P023	1986–1990		BN (HAMIM)
8th	P023	1990–1995	Buniyamin Yaakob (بونييامن يعقوب)	PAS
9th	P025	1995–1999	Buniyamin Yaakob (بونييامن يعقوب)	PAS
10th		1999–2004	Wan Nik Wan Yusoff (وان نئ وان يوسف)	BA (PAS)
11th		2004–2008	Awang Adek Hussin (اواڠ اديق حسين)	BN (UMNO)
12th		2008–2013	Nasharudin Mat Isa (نصرالدين مت عيسى)	PR (PAS)
13th		2013–2018	Ahmad Marzuk Shaary (أحمد مرزوق بن شاعري)	PR (PAS)
14th		2018–2020	Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz (نئ محمد عبدوه نئ عبدالعزيز)	PAS
14th		2020–2022		PN (PAS)
15th		2022–present	Mohd Syahir Che Sulaiman (محمد شاهر چي سليمان)	PN (PAS)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Bachok		Bachok Selatan
		Bachok Tengah
		Bachok Utara
			Jelawat
							Pantai Irama
			Perupok
			Tawang

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N20	Tawang	Harun Ismail	PN (PAS)
N21	Pantai Irama	Mohd Huzaimy Che Husin
N22	Jelawat	Zameri Mat Nawang

Local governments & postcodes


No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N20	Tawang	Bachok District Council	16020, 16030, 16050, 16060, 16070, 16090, 16300, 16310, 16320 Bachok 16150 Kota Bharu
N21	Pantai Irama
N22	Jelawat

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Syahir Che Sulaiman	57,496	63.95	15.02
	BN	Mohd Zain Yasim	27,333	30.40	14.08
	PH	Nur Azmiza Mamat	4,385	4.88	2.12
	Independent	Mohd Zulkifli Zakaria	423	0.47	0.47
	PUTRA	Kamarul Azam Abdel Osman	276	0.31	0.31
Total valid votes			89,913	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,019
Unreturned ballots			260
Turnout			91,223	74.03	7.98
Registered electors			123,183
Majority			30,163	33.55	29.10
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753266/PUB%20607%20(2022).pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz	36,188	48.93	1.21
	BN	Awang Adek Hussin	32,896	44.48	5.38
	PH	Zulkifli Zakaria	4,880	6.60	6.60
Total valid votes			73,964	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,148
Unreturned ballots			833
Turnout			75,945	82.01	6.01
Registered electors			92,606
Majority			3,292	4.45	4.17
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 234/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.^{[permanent dead link‍]} "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 308/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Marzuk Shaary	35,419	50.14	2.51
	BN	Awang Adek Hussin	35,218	49.86	2.51
Total valid votes			70,637	100.00
Total rejected ballots			947
Unreturned ballots			208
Turnout			71,792	88.02	2.04
Registered electors			81,566
Majority			201	0.28	5.02
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 171/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-18.^{[permanent dead link‍]} "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 212/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2016-05-18.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nasharudin Mat Isa	28,835	52.65	4.39
	BN	Awang Adek Hussin	25,934	47.35	4.39
Total valid votes			54,769	100.00
Total rejected ballots			811
Unreturned ballots			144
Turnout			55,724	85.98	2.22
Registered electors			64,808
Majority			2,901	5.30	1.82
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Awang Adek Hussin	23,341	51.74	14.18
	PAS	Wan Nik Wan Yusoff	21,774	48.26	14.18
Total valid votes			45,115	100.00
Total rejected ballots			893
Unreturned ballots			327
Turnout			46,335	83.76	4.70
Registered electors			55,318
Majority			1,567	3.48	21.40
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Wan Nik Wan Yusoff	24,637	62.44	5.82
	BN	Azaki Ishak	14,820	37.56	5.82
Total valid votes			39,457	100.00
Total rejected ballots			922
Unreturned ballots			231
Turnout			40,610	79.06	0.85
Registered electors			51,366
Majority			9,817	24.88	11.64
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Buniyamin Yaakob	21,336	56.62	9.81
	BN	Zaiyadi Awang Noh Ke	16,346	43.38	9.81
Total valid votes			37,682	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,267
Unreturned ballots			141
Turnout			39,090	78.21	3.86
Registered electors			49,980
Majority			4,990	13.24	19.62
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Buniyamin Yaakob	24,772	66.43	16.84
	BN	Mohd. Zain Abdullah	12,518	33.57	16.84
Total valid votes			37,290	100.00
Total rejected ballots			803
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			38,093	82.07	1.99
Registered electors			46,416
Majority			12,254	32.86	32.04
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd. Zain Abdullah	16,617	50.41	2.49
	PAS	Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat	16,347	49.59	2.49
Total valid votes			32,964	100.00
Total rejected ballots			663
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			33,627	80.08	3.31
Registered electors			41,992
Majority			270	0.82	3.34
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd. Zain Abdullah	15,925	52.08	1.36
	BN	Ghazali Awang Ibrahim	14,651	47.92	1.36
Total valid votes			30,576	100.00
Total rejected ballots			767
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			31,343	83.39	3.90
Registered electors			37,586
Majority			1,274	4.16	2.72
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd. Zain Abdullah	12,469	50.72	50.72
	BN	Hassan Harun	12,113	49.28	49.28
Total valid votes			24,582	100.00
Total rejected ballots			262
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			24,844	79.49
Registered electors			31,256
Majority			356	1.44
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Mohd. Zain Abdullah won uncontested.
	BN	Mohd. Zain Abdullah
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			32,252
Majority
	BN gain from PMIP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Mohd. Zain Abdullah	13,069	54.43	3.45
	Alliance	Ahmad Idris	10,943	45.57	3.45
Total valid votes			24,012	100.00
Total rejected ballots			731
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			24,743	79.07
Registered electors			31,293
Majority			2,126	8.86	6.90
	PMIP hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 27 June 1964
Upon the death of incumbent, Zulkiflee Muhammad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Abu Bakar Hamzah	11,900	57.88	2.58
	Alliance	Abdul Ghani Fikri Sulaiman	8,661	42.12	2.58
Total valid votes			20,561	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority			3,239	15.76	5.16
	PMIP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Zulkiflee Muhammad	12,659	60.46	18.22
	Alliance	Hassan Mohamed	8,278	39.54	18.22
Total valid votes			20,937	100.00
Total rejected ballots			936
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			21,873	83.25	12.84
Registered electors			26,274
Majority			4,381	20.92	36.44
	PMIP hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMIP	Zulkiflee Muhammad	13,880	78.68
	Alliance	Nik Mohamed Ali	3,761	21.32
Total valid votes			17,641	100.00
Total rejected ballots			231
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,872	70.41
Registered electors			25,382
Majority			10,119	57.36
This was a new constituency created.

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