Dabong (state constituency)

Dabong

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ku Mohd Zaki Ku Hussin PN
Constituency created	1986
First contested	1986
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	15,255

Dabong 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 1986 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 Dabong's electorate as of 2023^[2]

1. Malay (98.6%)
2. Other ethnicities (1.05%)
3. Indian (0.22%)
4. Chinese (0.09%)

History

Polling districts

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

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Dabong (N42)	Kandek	031/42/01	SMA (Arab) Nurul Ihsan
	Kuala Gris	031/42/02	SK Kuala Geris
	Dabong	031/42/03	SMK Dabong
	Jelawang	031/42/04	SK Mempelam Jelawang
	Kemubu	031/42/05	SK Kemubu
	Bintang	031/42/06	SK Seri Mahligai
	Bukit Abu	031/42/07	Dewan Ladang Bukit Abu
	Temiang	031/42/08	SK Slow Temiang
	Kampung Sungai Mel	031/42/09	SK Sungai Mengkuang
	Pemberian	031/42/10	SK Pemberian
	Olak Jeram	031/42/11	SK Sg Sam
	Biak	031/42/12	SK Biak

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Dabong
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Ulu Kelantan Timor
7th	1986–1990	Mohd Razali Ishak	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990–1995		S46
9th	1995–1996
	1996–1999		BN (UMNO)
10th	1999–2004	Abdul Ghafar Yusoff	PAS
11th	2004–2008	Razmi Ab Rahman	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013	Mohd Asri Ibrahim	PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018	Ramzi Ab Rahman	BN (UMNO)
14th	2018–2020	Ku Mohd Zaki Ku Hussien	PAS
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ku Mohd Zaki Ku Hussin	5,772	63.44	12.58
	BN	Ahmad Firdaus Mohamad	3,326	36.56	8.03
Total valid votes			9,098	100.00
Total rejected ballots			106
Unreturned ballots			39
Turnout			9,243	60.59	20.71
Registered electors			15,255
Majority			2,446	26.88	20.61
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ku Mohd Zaki Ku Hussin	4,778	50.86	2.13
	BN	Muhamad Awang	4,189	44.59	6.68
	PH	Wan Ahamad Fadzil Wan Omar	427	4.55	4.55
Total valid votes			9,394	100.00
Total rejected ballots			190
Unreturned ballots			49
Turnout			9,633	81.30	6.10
Registered electors			11,848
Majority			589	6.27	3.73
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ramzi Ab Rahman	4,612	51.27	5.07
	PAS	Ku Mohd Zaki Ku Hussin	4,383	48.73	5.07
Total valid votes			8,995	100.00
Total rejected ballots			138
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			9,144	87.40	2.19
Registered electors			10,460
Majority			229	2.54	5.06
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Asri Ibrahim	3,906	53.80	13.17
	BN	Wan Ahmad Fadzil Wan Omar	3,354	46.20	13.17
Total valid votes			7,260	100.00
Total rejected ballots			150
Unreturned ballots			9
Turnout			7,419	85.21	1.90
Registered electors			8,707
Majority			552	7.60	11.14
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Razmi Ab Rahman	3,466	59.37	14.42
	PAS	Abdul Ghafar Yusoff	2,372	40.63	14.42
Total valid votes			5,838	100.00
Total rejected ballots			88
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,926	83.31	5.72
Registered electors			7,113
Majority			1,094	18.74	8.64
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Ghafar Yusoff	3,167	55.05	55.05
	BN	Mohd Razali Ishak	2,586	44.95	3.09
Total valid votes			5,753	100.00
Total rejected ballots			206
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,959	77.59	0.99
Registered electors			7,680
Majority			581	10.10	6.18
	PAS gain from S46		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Mohd Razali Ishak	3,170	58.14	23.28
	BN	Ariffin Said	2,282	41.86	23.28
Total valid votes			5,452	100.00
Total rejected ballots			225
Unreturned ballots			46
Turnout			5,723	78.58	4.46
Registered electors			7,283
Majority			888	16.28	46.56
	S46 hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Mohd Razali Ishak	5,922	81.42	81.42
	BN	Hamad Mat Jaih	1,351	18.58	39.41
Total valid votes			7,273	100.00
Total rejected ballots			123
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			7,396	83.04	2.13
Registered electors			8,907
Majority			4,571	62.84	46.86
	S46 gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Razali Ishak	3,410	57.99
	PAS	Abd Razak	2,470	42.01
Total valid votes			5,880	100.00
Total rejected ballots			214
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,094	80.91
Registered electors			7,532
Majority			940	15.98
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Kelantan".
2. "15th Kelantan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
3. Federal Gazette ^{[dead link]}

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