Gual Periok

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

Gual Periok

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Kamaruzaman Mohamad PN
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	36,081

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 Gual Periok's electorate as of 2023^[2]

1. Malay (96.98%)
2. Other ethnicities (1.76%)
3. Chinese (1.17%)
4. Indian (0.09%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Gual Periok constituency has a total of 12 polling districts.^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Gual Periok (N15）	Lubok Gong	023/15/01	SK Gual To' Deh
	Kedai Gual Periok	023/15/02	SK Gual Periok
	Gual Sitok	023/15/03	SK Gual Sitok
	Pekan Rantau Panjang	023/15/04	SK Sri Rantau Panjang (1)
	Kedai Lama	023/15/05	SK Rantau Panjang
	Banggol Kulim	023/15/06	Maahad Muhammadi Rantau Panjang
	Bakat	023/15/07	SMK Gual Periok
	Kubang Kual	023/15/08	SK Kubang Kuau
	Bukit Tandak	023/15/09	SMK Baroh Pial
	Kuala Itek	023/15/10	SK Kok Pauh
	Lubok Setol	023/15/11	SK Lubok Setol
	Kampung Rahmat	023/15/12	SK Rahmat

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Gual Periok
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Rantau Panjang
4th	1974–1978	Hussein Ahmad	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978–1982
6th	1982–1986	Zakaria Botok
7th	1986–1990	Abdul Rahman Awang
8th	1990–1995	Nik Mustapha Nik Loding	S46
9th	1995–1996
	1996–1999		BN (UMNO)
10th	1999–2004	Abdullah Ab. Razak	PAS
11th	2004–2008	Shaari Mat Hussain	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013	Mohamad Awang	PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2020		PAS
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present	Kamaruzaman Mohamad

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023: Gual Periok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Kamaruzaman Mohamad	11,557	64.19	12.54
	BN	Anuar Mohamad	6,448	35.81	3.14
Total valid votes			18,005	100.00
Total rejected ballots			179
Unreturned ballots			36
Turnout			18,220	50.50	20.84
Registered electors			36,081
Majority			5,109	28.38	15.68
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018: Gual Periok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohamad Awang	8,632	51.65	0.29
	BN	Ghazali Ismail	6,509	38.95	9.11
	PH	Mohd Ridzuan Muhamad	1,570	9.40	9.40
Total valid votes			16,711	100.00
Total rejected ballots			325
Unreturned ballots			119
Turnout			17,155	71.34	3.96
Registered electors			24,046
Majority			2,123	12.70	8.82
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013: Gual Periok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohamad Awang	8,224	51.94	0.57
	BN	Zaid Fadzil	7,609	48.06	1.38
Total valid votes			15,833	100.00
Total rejected ballots			240
Unreturned ballots			41
Turnout			16,114	75.30	0.89
Registered electors			21,387
Majority			615	3.88	1.65
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2008: Gual Periok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohamad Awang	6,915	52.21	7.46
	BN	Shaari Mat Hussain	6,182	46.68	8.57
	Independent	Mohammad Zulkifle Abd. Rashid	147	1.11	1.11
Total valid votes			13,244	100.00
Total rejected ballots			237
Unreturned ballots			33
Turnout			13,514	74.41	4.75
Registered electors			18,162
Majority			733	5.53	4.97
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 2004: Gual Periok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shaari Mat Hussain	6,275	55.25	13.38
	PAS	Abdullah Ab. Razak	5,083	44.75	13.38
Total valid votes			11,358	100.00
Total rejected ballots			175
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			11,547	69.66	0.69
Registered electors			16,577
Majority			1,192	10.50	16.80
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1999: Gual Periok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdullah Ab. Razak	7,358	63.65	63.65
	BN	Nik Mustapha Nik Loding	4,202	36.35	6.85
Total valid votes			11,560	100.00
Total rejected ballots			306
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,866	68.97	1.40
Registered electors			17,204
Majority			3,156	27.30	13.70
	PAS gain from S46		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1995: Gual Periok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Nik Mustapha Nik Loding	6,135	56.80	5.26
	BN	Abdul Rahman Awang	4,667	43.20	5.26
Total valid votes			10,802	100.00
Total rejected ballots			367
Unreturned ballots			51
Turnout			11,220	67.57	6.42
Registered electors			16,606
Majority			1,468	13.60	10.52
	S46 hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1990: Gual Periok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Nik Mustapha Nik Loding	6,500	62.06	62.06
	BN	Abdul Rahman Awang	3,974	37.94	15.71
Total valid votes			10,474	100.00
Total rejected ballots			277
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,751	73.99	2.43
Registered electors			14,530
Majority			2,526	24.12	16.82
	S46 gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1986: Gual Periok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Rahman Awang	4,578	53.65
	PAS	Daud Ab Raof	3,955	46.35
Total valid votes			8,533	100.00
Total rejected ballots			242
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,775	71.56
Registered electors			12,262
Majority			623	7.30
	BN hold		Swing