Langkap (state constituency)

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

Langkap

Terengganu constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Azmi Maarof PN
Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	22,439

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 Langkap's electorate as of 2018^[2]

1. Malay (99.7%)
2. Other ethnicities (0.22%)
3. Chinese (0.05%)
4. Indian (0.03%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Langkap constituency has a total of 13 polling districts.

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Langkap (N07)	Kampung Rahmat	034/07/01	SK Kampung Rahmat
	Gong Terap	034/07/02	SK Chalok
	Bukit Putera	034/07/03	SK Bukit Putera
	Chalok Barat	034/07/04	SK (FELDA) Chalok Barat
	Langkap	034/07/05	SK Langkap
	Pengkalan Merbau	034/07/06	SK Sungai Tong
	Sungai Bari	034/07/07	SK Batu 29
	Jelapang	034/07/08	SK Jelapang
	Sungai Tong	034/07/09	SMK Sungai Tong
	Pelung	034/07/10	SK Pelong
	Kampung Bukit	034/07/11	SK Kampung Bukit
	Bukit Munduk	034/07/12	SK Bukit Mundok
	Chalok Kedai	034/07/13	SMK Chalok

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Langkap
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959–1964	Ismail Abbas	Negara
2nd	1964–1969	Abdul Rahman Long	Alliance (UMNO)
	1969–1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971–1974	Abdul Rahman Long	Alliance (UMNO)
4th	1974–1978	Salleh Mohamed	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978–1982
6th	1982–1986
7th	1986–1990	Mamat Ghazalee Abdul Rahman
8th	1990–1995
9th	1995–1999
10th	1999–2004	Mohamad Hitam	PAS
11th	2004–2008	Asha'ari Idris	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013
13th	2013–2018	Sabri Mohd Noor
14th	2018–2023
15th	2023–present	Azmi Maarof	PN (PAS)

Election results

Terengganu state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Azmi Maarof	9,553	58.35
	BN	Sabri Mohd Noor	6,819	41.65
Total valid votes			16,372	100.00
Total rejected ballots			96
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			16,474	73.42
Registered electors			22,439
Majority			2,734	16.70
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?