Meranti (state constituency)

Meranti
Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud; PN
;
Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	29,980

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

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 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 Meranti's electorate as of 2023^[2]

Malay (98.95%)

Other ethnicities (0.91%)

Chinese (0.11%)

Indian (0.03%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Meranti constituency has a total of 12 polling districts.^[3]

Polling Districts	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Meranti（N13）	Banggol Chicha	022/13/01	SK Banggol Chicha
	Meranti	022/13/02	SK Meranti
	Bakong	022/13/03	SK Bakong
	Meranti Kechil	022/13/04	SMK Meranti
	Pohon Buloh	022/13/05	SMU (A) Ismailiah Binjai Manis
	Kampung Lalang	022/13/06	SK Bayu Lalang
	Pohon Tanjong	022/13/07	SK Kedai Tanjong
	Kampung Siram	022/13/08	SMU (A) Al-Falah Siram
	Jejawi	022/13/09	SMU (A) Diniah
	Banggol Setol	022/13/10	SMU (A) Rahmaniah Repek
	Tok Sangkut	022/13/11	SK Tok Sangkut
	Tasek Berangan	022/13/12	SMU (A) Rahmaniah Repek

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Meranti
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959–1964	Nik Man Nik Mohamed	PMIP
2nd	1964–1969	Nik Man Nik Mohamed	PMIP
	1969–1971	Assembly was dissolved
3rd	1971–1974	Nik Man Nik Mohamed	PMIP
4th	1974–1978	Nik Man Nik Mohamed	BN (PAS)
5th	1978–1982	Hanifa Ahmad	BERJASA
6th	1982–1986	Nik Man Nik Mohamed	PAS
7th	1986–1989	Zaid Fadzil	BN (HAMIM)
7th	1989–1990	Zaid Fadzil	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990–1995	Zakaria Ismail	PAS
9th	1995–1999	Mohd Nassuruddin Daud
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008–2013		PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018		PR (PAS)
14th	2018–2020		PAS
14th	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present		PN (PAS)

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud	13,260	76.36	11.95
	BN	Zahari Omar	4,106	23.64	2.69
Total valid votes			17,366	100.00
Total rejected ballots			123
Unreturned ballots			39
Turnout			17,528	58.47	18.19
Registered electors			29,980
Majority			9,154	52.72	14.64
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud	10,318	64.41	0.59
	BN	Ahmad Anuar Hussin	4,218	26.33	8.67
	PH	Mohd Romizu Mohd Ali	971	6.06	6.06
	Independent	Che Daud Che Man	512	3.20	3.20
Total valid votes			16,019	100.00
Total rejected ballots			318
Unreturned ballots			145
Turnout			16,482	76.66	4.12
Registered electors			21,499
Majority			6,100	38.08	8.08
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud	8,522	65.00	1.18
	BN	Mohd Afandi Yusoff	4,589	35.00	1.18
Total valid votes			13,111	100.00
Total rejected ballots			194
Unreturned ballots			47
Turnout			13,352	80.78	1.59
Registered electors			16,528
Majority			3,933	30.00	2.36
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAS	Mohd. Nassuruddin Daud	7,237	63.82
	BN	Mohd Afandi Yusoff	4,102	36.18
Total valid votes			11,339	100.00
Total rejected ballots			145
Unreturned ballots			25
Turnout			11,509	79.19
Registered electors			14,534
Majority			3,135	27.64
	PAS hold		Swing