Wakaf Bharu (state constituency)

Wakaf Bharu

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Rusli Abdullah PN
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	36,439

Wakaf Bharu is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly.

The state constituency was first contested in 1974 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Wakaf Bharu's electorate as of 2023

  Malay (86.78%)

  Chinese (9.50%)

  Other ethnicities (3.64%)

  Indian (0.09%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Wakaf Bharu constituency has a total of 14 polling districts.

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Wakaf Bharu (N04)	Kampung Pasir Puteh	019/04/01	SMK Chabang Empat
	Cherang Melintang	019/04/02	SK Teluk Jering
	Kampung Tok Oh	019/04/03	SK Padang Mandol
	Kampung Periok	019/04/04	SMU (A) Tarbiah Islamiah
	Bunut Sarang Burong	019/04/05	SMU (A) Tarbiah Diniah Tahfiz
	Kebakat	019/04/06	SK Kebakat Jaya
	Chenderong Batu	019/04/07	SK Chenderong Batu
	Kampung Kubang Batang	019/04/08	SK Kubang Batang
	Chabang Empat	019/04/09	SMK Chabang Empat
	Kampung Jal Besar	019/04/10	SK Chabang Empat
	Jal Kechil	019/04/11	SK Padang Mandol
	Wakaf Delima	019/04/12	SK Kampong Delima
	Kampung Belukar	019/04/13	SK Seri Wakaf Baharu
	Wakaf Bharu Kedai	019/04/14	SK Wakaf Bharu

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Wakaf Bharu
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Tumpat Timor
4th	1974–1978	Omar Awang Kechik	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978–1982
6th	1982–1986
7th	1986–1990	Hussin Mahmood
8th	1990–1995	Ramli Abu Bakar	PAS
Constituency abolished to Pasir Pekan
Constituency re-created from Pasir Pekan
11th	2004–2008	Mohd Rosdi Ab Aziz	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013	Che Abdullah Mat Nawi	PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2020	Mohd Rusli Abdullah	PAS
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Rusli Abdullah	15,522	67.73	21.36
	BN	Abdul Mannan Md Said	7,395	32.27	12.35
Total valid votes			22,917	100.00
Total rejected ballots			194
Unreturned ballots			38
Turnout			23,149	63.53	20.43
Registered electors			36,439
Majority			8,127	35.46	33.72
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Rusli Abdullah	10,287	46.37	5.85
	BN	Mohd Rosdi Ab Aziz	9,900	44.62	3.16
	PH	Mohd Khir Zahri	1,999	9.01	9.01
Total valid votes			22,186	100.00
Total rejected ballots			297
Unreturned ballots			149
Turnout			22,632	83.96	3.74
Registered electors			26,956
Majority			387	1.74	2.70
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Che Abdullah Mat Nawi	11,515	52.22	0.18
	BN	Mohd Noor Yaacob	10,537	47.78	0.18
Total valid votes			22,052	100.00
Total rejected ballots			257
Unreturned ballots			60
Turnout			22,369	87.70	2.68
Registered electors			25,501
Majority			978	4.44	0.36
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Che Abdullah Mat Nawi	8,405	52.04	7.38
	BN	Mohd Rosdi Ab Aziz	7,745	47.96	7.38
Total valid votes			16,150	100.00
Total rejected ballots			235
Unreturned ballots			32
Turnout			16,417	85.02	3.97
Registered electors			19,309
Majority			660	4.08	6.60
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Rosdi Ab Aziz	7,280	55.34
	PAS	Ramli Abu Bakar	5,874	44.66
Total valid votes			13,154	100.00
Total rejected ballots			185
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			13,339	81.05
Registered electors			16,458
Majority			1,406	10.68
This was a re-created constituency.

Kelantan state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ramli Abu Bakar	9,985	70.88	22.29
	BN	Hussin Mahmood	3,960	28.11	23.30
	Independent	Jaffar Che Awang	143	1.01	1.01
Total valid votes			14,088	100.00
Total rejected ballots			337
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,425	78.63	3.16
Registered electors			18,346
Majority			6,025	42.77	39.95
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hussin Mahmood	6,146	51.41
	PAS	Ramli Abu Bakar	5,810	48.59
Total valid votes			11,956	100.00
Total rejected ballots			490
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			12,446	75.47
Registered electors			16,491
Majority			336	2.82
	BN hold		Swing