Cukai

Cukai (N31)
Terengganu constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Hanafiah Mat; PN
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Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	39,153

Cukai is a state constituency in Terengganu, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Cukai's electorate as of 2023^[2]

Malay (86.8%)
Chinese (11.4%)
Other ethnicities (0.98%)
Indian (0.82%)

History

Polling districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Cukai constituency has a total of 14 polling districts.^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Cukai (N31)	Bakau Tinggi	040/31/01	SMK Sultan Ismail
	Kampung Besut	040/31/02	SK Seri Kemaman
	Kampung Tuan	040/31/03	SK Chukai
	Gong Limau	040/31/04	SK Seri Iman
	Gong Pauh	040/31/05	SMK Bukit Mentok
	Kubang Kurus	040/31/06	SMK Chukai
	Banggul	040/31/07	SMK Chukai
	Kampung Tengah	040/31/08	SK Chukai
	Kuala Kemaman	040/31/09	SK Kuala Kemaman
	Geliga	040/31/10	SMK Geliga
	Jakar	040/31/11	SJK (C) Chukai
	Fikri	040/31/12	SK Mak Lagam
	Paya Berenjut	040/31/13	SMK Banggol
	Geliga Besar	040/31/14	SK Seri Geliga

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Cukai
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Chukai
1st	1959–1964	Yeo Eng Cho (楊應晫)	Alliance (MCA)
2nd	1964–1969	Mohd Taha Embong	Alliance (UMNO)
	1969–1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971–1973	Teh Hassan	Alliance (UMNO)
3rd	1973–1974	Teh Hassan	BN (UMNO)
4th	1974–1978	Wan Mokhtar Ahmad
5th	1978–1982
6th	1982–1986
Cukai
7th	1986–1990	Wan Mokhtar Ahmad	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990–1995
9th	1995–1999
10th	1999–2004	Awang Jusoh	PAS
11th	2004–2008	Mohamad Awang Tera	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013	Mohamad Awang Tera	BN (UMNO)
13th	2013–2018	Hanafiah Mat	PR (PAS)
14th	2018–2020		PAS
14th	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present		PN (PAS)

Election results

Terengganu state election, 2023: Cukai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hanafiah Mat	18,394	64.13	14.58
	BN	Mohamed Rahim Hussin	10,288	35.87	5.78
Total valid votes			28,682	100.00
Total rejected ballots			120
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			28,823	73.62	9.99
Registered electors			39,153
Majority			8,106	28.26	8.80
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2018: Cukai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hanafiah Mat	12,428	49.56	5.89
	BN	Mohamed Awang Tera	7,547	30.09	14.46
	PKR	Wan Mohd Anies Wan Mohd Adnan	5,104	20.35	20.35
Total valid votes			25,079	100.00
Total rejected ballots			228
Unreturned ballots			89
Turnout			25,396	83.61	1.45
Registered electors			30,374
Majority			4,881	19.46	8.58
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2013: Cukai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hanafiah Mat	12,457	55.44	7.54
	BN	Wan Ahmad Nizam Wan Abdul Hamid	10,011	44.56	7.54
Total valid votes			22,468	100.00
Total rejected ballots			239
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			22,723	85.06	4.06
Registered electors			26,715
Majority			2,446	10.89	6.69
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		-

Terengganu state election, 2008: Cukai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Awang Tera	9,541	52.10	5.95
	PAS	Hanafiah Mat	8,772	47.90	5.95
Total valid votes			18,313	100.00
Total rejected ballots			193
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			18,530	81.00	4.43
Registered electors			22,877
Majority			769	4.20	11.91
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2004: Cukai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Awang Tera	10,145	58.05	9.77
	PAS	Alias Abdul Rahman	7,330	41.95	9.77
Total valid votes			17,475	100.00
Total rejected ballots			200
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,675	85.42	7.77
Registered electors			20,691
Majority			2,815	16.11	12.67
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		-

Terengganu state election, 1999: Cukai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Awang Dagang Jusoh	6,564	51.72	51.72
	BN	Wan Mokhtar Wan Ahmad	6,128	48.28	12.48
Total valid votes			12,692	100.00
Total rejected ballots			202
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			12,905	77.66	0.89
Registered electors			16,618
Majority			436	3.44	18.10
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		-

Terengganu state election, 1995: Cukai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Mokhtar Wan Ahmad	7,256	60.77	2.37
	PAS	Alias Abdul Rahman	4,685	39.23	2.37
Total valid votes			11,941	100.00
Total rejected ballots			270
Unreturned ballots			60
Turnout			12,271	76.77	1.10
Registered electors			15,984
Majority			2,571	21.53	4.75
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1990: Cukai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Mokhtar Wan Ahmad	6,206	58.39	8.73
	PAS	Alias Abdul Rahman	4,422	41.61	41.61
Total valid votes			10,628	100.00
Total rejected ballots			336
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			10,987	77.87	5.70
Registered electors			14,109
Majority			1,784	16.79	19.37
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1986: Cukai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Mokhtar Wan Ahmad	5,562	67.13	4.69
	PAS	Awang Dagang Jusoh	2,566	30.97	3.35
	SDP	Zainal Abidin Mustafa	158	1.91	1.91
Total valid votes			8,286	100.00
Total rejected ballots			364
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,650	72.17	1.63
Registered electors			11,986
Majority			2,996	36.16	8.04
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1982: Chukai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Mokhtar Wan Ahmad	4,747	62.44
	PAS	Syed Agil Syed Mohsin	2,609	34.32
	Independent	Abu Bakar Omar	247	3.25
Total valid votes			7,603	100.00
Total rejected ballots			233
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			7,836	73.80	73.80
Registered electors			10,618
Majority			2,138	28.12	28.12
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1978: Chukai
Party		Candidate	Votes
On the nomination day, Wan Mokhtar Wan Ahmad won uncontested.
	BN	Wan Mokhtar Wan Ahmad
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			9,494
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1974: Chukai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Mokhtar Wan Ahmad	3,429	64.86	10.68
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia	Mohamad Abdul Rahman	1,858	35.14	35.14
Total valid votes			5,287	100.00
Total rejected ballots			472
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,759	69.19	0.78
Registered electors			8,324
Majority			1,571	29.71	17.32
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		-

Terengganu state election, 1969: Chukai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Teh Binti Hassan	1,867	54.18	12.36
	PMIP	Mohd. Shaffi H. G. Ahmad	1,440	41.79	36.36
	Independent	Ismail Yusoff	139	4.03	4.03
Total valid votes			3,446	100.00
Total rejected ballots			231
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			3,677	68.41	4.11
Registered electors			5,375
Majority			427	12.39	26.11
	Alliance hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1964: Chukai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohd. Taha Embong	2,084	66.54	66.54
	Socialist Front	Wan Hamid Wan Ibrahim	878	28.03	10.63
	PMIP	Othman Awang	170	5.43	3.75
Total valid votes			3,132	100.00
Total rejected ballots			170
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			3,302	72.52	1.90
Registered electors			4,553
Majority			1,206	38.51	0.06
	Alliance hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1959: Chukai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Yeo Eng Cho	1,521	55.86
	Socialist Front	Abu Bakar Mohd. Amin	474	17.41
	National Party	Abdullah Yusof	394	14.47
	PMIP	Wan Ngah Abdul Rahman	250	9.18
	Independent	Mohammad Omar	84	3.08
Total valid votes			2,723	100.00
Total rejected ballots			59
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			2,782	70.63
Registered electors			3,939
Majority			1,047	38.45
This was a new constituency created.

References

↑ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Terengganu".
↑ "15th Kedah State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
↑ Federal Gazette ^{[dead link]}

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[1] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Terengganu".

[2] "15th Kedah State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.

[3] Federal Gazette ^{[dead link]}

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