Jelai

Jelai is a state constituency in Pahang, Malaysia. It is one of the 42 constituencies represented in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Jelai

Pahang constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Pahang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail BN
Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)	19,182

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Jelai's electorate as of 2022^[2]

1. Malay (53.0%)
2. Other ethnicities (45.8%)
3. Indian (0.84%)
4. Chinese (0.42%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Cameron Highlands constituency has a total of 29 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Jelai（N02）	Pos Lanai	078/02/01	SK Lanai
	Kuala Medang	078/02/02	SK Kuala Medang
	Tanjung Gahai	078/02/03	SK Tanjung Gahai
	Bukit Kota	078/02/04	SK Batu Yon
	Kampung Keledek	078/02/05	SK Kampung Keledek
	Lubuk Kulit	078/02/06	SK Lubok Kulit
	FELDA Sungai Koyan Satu	078/02/07	SK LKTP Sungai Koyan
	FELDA Sungai Koyan Dua & Tiga	078/02/08	SMK Sungai Koyan
	Pos Betau	078/02/09	SK Betau
	Pos Sinderut	078/02/10	SK Senderut
	Pos Lenjang	078/02/11	SK Lenjang
	Pos Titum	078/02/12	SK Titom

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Jelai
Assembly	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Muhammad Nor Sulaiman	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964
	1964-1969	Abu Samah Idris
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Wan Abdul Rahman Wan Ibrahim	Alliance (UMNO)
4th	1974-1978	Ramli Abdul Ghani	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982	Mohamed Hashim Idrus
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	Abdullah Sulaiman
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999	Omar Othman
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018-2022
15th	2022-

Election results

Pahang state election, 2022: Jelai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail	10,092	68.81	8.64
	PN	Abdul Rasid Mohamed Ali	3,109	21.20	21.20
	PH	Ismail Mohd Hussin	1,465	9.99	3.34
Total valid votes			14,666	100.00
Total rejected ballots			483
Unreturned ballots			38
Turnout			15,187	79.17	3.03
Registered electors			19,182
Majority			6,983	47.61	11.59
	BN hold		Swing

Pahang state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail	5,858	60.17
	PAS	Abdul Karim Nor	2,351	24.15
	PH	Abdul Rasid Mohamed Ali	1,298	13.33
	Socialist Party of Malaysia	Mat Nor Ayat	229	2.35
Total valid votes			9,736	100
Total rejected ballots			471
Unreturned ballots			103
Turnout			10,310	82.20
Registered electors			12,543
Majority			3,507	36.02
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Pahang - 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14)". The Star. Retrieved 2024-05-07.