Semerak (state constituency)

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

Semerak

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Nor Sham Sulaiman PN
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	26,781

The state constituency was first contested in 1995 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 Semerak's electorate as of 2023^[2]

1. Malay (97.47%)
2. Other ethnicities (2.07%)
3. Chinese (0.43%)
4. Indian (0.03%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Semerak constituency has a total of 10 polling districts.^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Semerak (N31)	Tok Bali	028/31/01	SK To'Bali
	Kampung Lembah	028/31/02	SK Kg Sepulau
	Gong Kulim	028/31/03	SK Kulim
	Bukit Tanah	028/31/04	SK Bukit Tanah
	Gong Manok	028/31/05	SK Gong Manak
	Pekan Cherang Ruku	028/31/06	SK Cherang Raku
	Dalam Rhu	028/31/07	SK Dalam Ru
	Gong Tapang	028/31/08	SMA Dato' Ismail
	Pulau Lima	028/31/09	SMK Sungai Petai
	Sungai Petai	028/31/10	SK Sungai Petai

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Semerak
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Cherang Raku
9th	1995–1997	Sulaiman Ahmad	PAS
	1997–1999	Kamarudin Md Nor	BN (UMNO)
10th	1999–2004	Hussin Awang	PAS
11th	2004–2008	Kamarudin Mohd Nor	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013	Wan Hassan Wan Ibrahim	PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018	Zawawi Othman	BN (UMNO)
14th	2018–2020	Wan Hassan Wan Ibrahim	PAS
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present	Nor Sham Sulaiman

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nor Sham Sulaiman	11,531	66.91	17.85
	BN	Marshella Ali	5,703	33.09	12.22
Total valid votes			17,234	100.00
Total rejected ballots			110
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			17,694	64.86	18.67
Registered electors			26,781
Majority			5,828	33.82	30.07
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Wan Hassan Wan Ibrahim	8,278	49.06	2.16
	BN	Zawawi Othman	7,646	45.31	7.79
	PH	Wan Marzudi Wan Omar	950	5.63	5.63
Total valid votes			16,874	100.00
Total rejected ballots			260
Unreturned ballots			149
Turnout			17,283	83.53	4.77
Registered electors			20,690
Majority			632	3.75	2.45
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zawawi Othman	8,444	53.10	6.28
	PAS	Wan Hassan Wan Ibrahim	7,459	46.90	6.28
Total valid votes			15,903	100.00
Total rejected ballots			166
Unreturned ballots			37
Turnout			16,129	88.30	3.31
Registered electors			18,269
Majority			985	6.20	0.16
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Wan Hassan Wan Ibrahim	6,943	53.18	6.22
	BN	Muhamad Ab. Rahman	6,112	46.82	6.22
Total valid votes			13,055	100.00
Total rejected ballots			171
Unreturned ballots			19
Turnout			13,245	84.99	1.58
Registered electors			15,584
Majority			831	6.36	0.28
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kamaruddin Mohd Nor	6,095	53.04	9.89
	PAS	Hussin Awang	5,396	46.96	9.89
Total valid votes			11,491	100.00
Total rejected ballots			181
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,672	83.41	1.89
Registered electors			13,993
Majority			699	6.08	7.62
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hussin Awang	6,118	56.85	11.27
	BN	Jelani @ Mohammed Jailani Jaafar	4,643	43.15	10.15
Total valid votes			10,761	100.00
Total rejected ballots			159
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			10,927	81.52	2.45
Registered electors			13,404
Majority			1,475	13.70	11.06
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general by-election, 11 August 1997
Upon the death of incumbent, Sulaiman Ahmad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kamarudin Mohd Nor	5,370	53.30	5.08
	PAS	Wan Mohd Fauzi Husain	4,592	45.58	5.28
	KITA	Mohd Din Nizamdin	27	1.12	0.20
Total valid votes			9,989	100.00
Total rejected ballots			85
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,074	82.42
Registered electors			12,222
Majority			778	7.7
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Sulaiman Ahmad	4,784	50.86
	BN	Ismail Awang	4,536	48.22
	KITA	Musa Saleh	86	0.92
Total valid votes			9,406	100.00
Total rejected ballots			222
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			9,629	79.07
Registered electors			12,178
Majority			248	2.64
This was a new constituency created.