Cukai

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

Cukai

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

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]

1. Malay (86.8%)
2. Chinese (11.4%)
3. Other ethnicities (0.98%)
4. 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	Alliance (MCA)
2nd	1964–1969	Mohd Taha Embong	Alliance (UMNO)
	1969–1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971–1974	Teh Hassan	Alliance (UMNO)
4th	1974–1978	Wan Mokhtar Ahmad	BN (UMNO)
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
13th	2013–2018	Hanafiah Mat	PR (PAS)
14th	2018–2020		PAS
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Terengganu state election, 2023: Cukai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hanafiah Mat	18,394	64.13
	BN	Mohamed Rahim Hussin	10,288	35.87
Total valid votes			28,682	100.00
Total rejected ballots			120
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			28,823	73.63
Registered electors			39,153
Majority			8,106	28.26
	PAS hold		Swing