Jeli (federal constituency)

Jeli is a federal constituency in Jeli District and Tanah Merah District, Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.

Jeli (P030)

Kelantan constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Zahari Kechik Independent
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]	78,592
Electors (2023)[2]	59,894
Area (km²)[3]	1,500
Pop. density (per km²)	52.4

The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

https://live.chinapress.com.my/ge15/parliament/KELANTAN

Ethnic breakdown of Jeli's electorate as of 2022

1. Malay (99.0%)
2. Other ethnicities (0.90%)
3. Chinese (0.10%)
4. Indian (0.00%)

Age breakdown of Jeli's electorate as of 2022

1. 18-20 (6.63%)
2. 21-29 (23.6%)
3. 30-39 (24.4%)
4. 40-49 (17.6%)
5. 50-59 (13.3%)
6. 60-69 (8.84%)
7. 70-79 (4.01%)
8. 80-89 (1.18%)
9. above 90 (0.38%)

Gender breakdown of Jeli's electorate as of 2022

1. Male (50.5%)
2. Female (49.5%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Jeli constituency is divided into 28 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bukit Bunga (N36）	Bukit Bunga	030/36/01	SMK Bukit Bunga
	Jakar	030/36/02	SK Nik Daud
	Nibong	030/36/03	SK Nik Daud
	Jedok Tua	030/36/04	SMU (A) Arab Darul Naim
	Lalang Pepuyu	030/36/05	SK Lalang Pepuyu
	Batu Gajah	030/36/06	SK Batu Gajah
	Asahan	030/36/07	SMK Tan Sri Mohamed Yaacob
	Lawang	030/36/08	SK Lawang
	Gual Jedok	030/36/09	SK Gual Jedok
	Air Canal	030/36/10	SK Ayer Chanal
Air Lanas (N37）	Kalai	030/37/01	SK Kalai
	Gunong	030/37/02	SK Batu Melintang
	Bandar Jeli	030/37/03	SK Jeli (1)
	Gemang	030/37/04	SK Gemang
	Air Lanas	030/37/05	Maahad Al-Sabirin, Ayer Lanas
	Legeh	030/37/06	SK Legeh
	Sungai Satan	030/37/07	SK Legeh
	Berdang	030/37/08	SK Pasir Dusun
	Pos Sungai Rual	030/37/09	SK Sungai Rual
	Kedai Air Lanas	030/37/10	SMK Ayer Lanas
Kuala Balah (N38）	Batu Melintang	030/38/01	SMK Batu Melintang
	Pendok	030/38/02	SK Pendok
	Sungai Long	030/38/03	SK Sungai Long
	Lubok Bongor	030/38/04	SK Lubok Bongor
	Kubor Datu	030/38/05	SK Kubor Datu
	Jerimbong	030/38/06	SK Bukit Jering
	Kedai Kuala Balah	030/38/07	SK Kuala Balah
	Kampung Bharu Tg. Abd. Rahman Putra	030/38/08	SMK Kuala Balah

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Jeli
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Tanah Merah
9th	P030	1995–1999	Mustapa Mohamed (مصطفى محمد)	BN (UMNO)
10th		1999–2004	Mohd Apandi Mohamad (محمد أڤندي محمد)	BA (PAS)
11th		2004–2008	Mustapa Mohamed (مصطفى محمد)	BN (UMNO)
12th		2008–2013
13th		2013–2018
14th		2018
				Independent
		2018–2020		PH (BERSATU)
		2020–2022		PN (BERSATU)
15th		2022–2024	Zahari Kechik (ظهري كچيق)
		2024–present		Independent

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–1959*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Jeli					Air Lanas
						Bukit Bunga
					Kemahang
						Kuala Balah
					Pergau

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N36	Bukit Bunga	Mohd Almidi Jaafar	PN (BERSATU)
N37	Ayer Lanas	Kamarudin Md Nor
N38	Kuala Balah	Abdul Hadi Awang Kechil	PN (PAS)

Local governments & postcodes

No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N36	Bukit Bunga	Tanah Merah District Council	17510 Tanah Merah 17600 Jeli 17610 Kuala Balah 17700 Ayer Lanas
N37	Ayer Lanas	Jeli District Council
N38	Kuala Balah

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Zahari Kechik	27,072	63.03	24.48
	BN	Norwahida Patuan	14,608	34.01	21.88
	PH	Md Radzi Wahab	1,140	2.65	2.71
	PUTRA	Mohammad Daud	133	0.31	0.31
Total valid votes			42,953	100.00
Total rejected ballots			635
Unreturned ballots			144
Turnout			43,732	71.83	11.65
Registered electors			59,798
Majority			12,464	29.02	11.88
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753266/PUB%20607%20(2022).pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mustapa Mohamed	21,665	55.89	1.25
	PAS	Mohamad Hamid	15,018	38.75	4.11
	PH	Azran Deraman	2,078	5.36	5.36
Total valid votes			38,761	100.00
Total rejected ballots			400
Unreturned ballots			466
Turnout			39,627	83.48	4.14
Registered electors			47,470
Majority			6,647	17.14	2.86
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 234/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 308/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link]

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mustapa Mohamed	21,345	57.14	0.28
	PAS	Mohd Apandi Mohamad	16,009	42.86	0.28
Total valid votes			37,354	100.00
Total rejected ballots			424
Unreturned ballots			93
Turnout			37,871	87.62	3.44
Registered electors			43,224
Majority			5,336	14.28	0.56
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 171/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-18.[permanent dead link] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 212/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2016-05-18.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mustapa Mohamed	17,168	57.42	6.42
	PAS	Mohd Apandi Mohamad	12,732	42.58	6.42
Total valid votes			29,900	100.00
Total rejected ballots			474
Unreturned ballots			181
Turnout			30,555	84.18	1.80
Registered electors			36,298
Majority			4,436	14.84	12.84
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mustapa Mohamed	16,960	63.84	14.98
	PAS	Mohd Apandi Mohamad	9,607	36.16	14.98
Total valid votes			26,567	100.00
Total rejected ballots			394
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			26,961	82.38	0.46
Registered electors			32,727
Majority			7,353	27.68	25.40
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Apandi Mohamad	15,523	51.14	51.14
	BN	Mustapa Mohamed	14,830	48.86	2.24
Total valid votes			30,353	100.00
Total rejected ballots			529
Unreturned ballots			270
Turnout			31,152	81.92	0.55
Registered electors			38,027
Majority			693	2.28	0.08
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mustapa Mohamed	13,301	51.10
	S46	Zianon Abdin Ali	12,729	48.90
Total valid votes			26,030	100.00
Total rejected ballots			932
Unreturned ballots			71
Turnout			27,033	81.37
Registered electors			33,222
Majority			572	2.20
This was a new constituency created.