Jeli (federal constituency)

Jeli (P030)
Kelantan constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Zahari Kechik; PN
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)[1]	59,798
Area (km²)[2]	1,500

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

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

Malay (99%)

Other ethnicities (0.9%)

Chinese (0.1%)

Indian (0%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Jeli constituency is divided into 28 polling districts.[3]

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	Dewan RPT KESEDAR Sg. Satan dan Dewan Orang Ramai KESEDAR Sg. Satan
	Berdang	030/37/08	SK Pasir Dusun
	Pos Sungai Rual	030/37/09	Dewan Sri Basor Pos 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	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Tanah Merah
9th	1995–1999	Mustapa Mohamed (مصطفى محمد)	BN (UMNO)
10th	1999–2004	Mohd Apandi Mohamad (محمد اڤندي محمد)	PAS
11th	2004–2008	Mustapa Mohamed (مصطفى محمد)	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018
	2018		Independent
	2018–2020		PH (BERSATU)
	2020–2022		PN (BERSATU)
15th	2022–present	Zahari Kechik (زاهري كچيق)	PN (BERSATU)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	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 Adhan Kechik	BN (UMNO)
N37	Ayer Lanas	Mustapa Mohamed	PN (BERSATU)
N38	Kuala Balah	Abd Aziz Derashid	BN (UMNO)

Local governments


No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N36	Bukit Bunga	Jeli District Council
N37	Ayer Lanas	Jeli District Council
N38	Kuala Balah	Jeli District Council

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	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
Registered electors			59,798
Majority			12,464
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 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
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	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
Registered electors			47,470
Majority			6,647	17.14
	BN hold		Swing		1.43
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. "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.

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mustapa Mohamed	21,345	57.14	0.28
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	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
Registered electors			43,224
Majority			5,336	14.28
	BN hold		Swing		0.28
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. "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
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	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
Registered electors			36,298
Majority			4,436	14.84
	BN hold		Swing		6.42

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mustapa Mohamed	16,960	63.84	14.98
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	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
Registered electors			32,727
Majority			7,353	27.68
	BN gain from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		Swing		14.98

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohd Apandi Mohamad	15,523	51.14	N/A
	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
Registered electors			38,027
Majority			693	2.28
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN		Swing		N/A

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.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-12.

"Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
"Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.

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[1] "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[2] Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

[3] "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.