Tanah Merah (federal constituency)

Tanah Merah

Kelantan constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz BN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Tanah Merah is a federal constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Bukit Panau, Kampung Paloh, Kampung Belimbing, Padang Siam, Kelewek, Kampung Sat, Banggol, Pondok, Tanah Merah Pekan, Tepi Sungai, Batu Hitam, Banggol Kemunting, Manal, Kuala Paku, Bechah Laut, Pekan Gual Ipoh, Ulu Kusial, Bukit Durian, Terasil, Tebing Tinggi, Kongsi Lima, Kerilla, Kuala Tiga, Blok Sokor, Kg Peralla, FELDA Kemahang 1, FELDA Kemahang 3, FELDA Kemahang 2, Bukit Mas, Bukit Gading, Bendang Nyior, Batang Merbau.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Tanah Merah
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Othman Abdullah	PMIP
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Othman Abdullah	PMIP
2nd	1964-1969	Mustapha Ahmad
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Mohamed Yaacob	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978
5th	1978-1982	Hussein Mahmood
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	Hashim Safin
8th	1990-1995	Ibrahim Pateh Mohammad	S46
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Saupi Daud	KEADILAN
11th	2004-2008	Shaari Hassan	BN
12th	2008-2013	Amran Ab Ghani	PKR
13th	2013-present	Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz	BN

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz	26,505	54.10
	PKR	Nik Mahmood Nik Hassan	22,278	45.47
	Independent	Ahmad Fizal Che Harun	213	0.43
Total valid votes			48,996	100.00
Total rejected ballots			876
Unreturned ballots			137
Turnout			50,009	85.87
Registered electors			58,237
Majority			4,227
	BN gain from PKR		Swing		?
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Amran Ab Ghani	17,554	50.21
	BN	Shaari Hassan	15,970	45.68
	Independent	Asmadi Abu Bakar	1,439	4.12
Total valid votes			34,963	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,064
Unreturned ballots			99
Turnout			36,126	81.46
Registered electors			44,347
Majority			1,584
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shaari Hassan	16,107	54.26
	KEADILAN	Saupi Daud	13,580	45.74
Total valid votes			29,687	100.00
Total rejected ballots			788
Unreturned ballots			421
Turnout			30,896	82.03
Registered electors
Majority			2,527
	BN gain from KEADILAN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	KEADILAN	Saupi Daud	18,559	57.17
	BN	Hashim Safin	13,901	42.83
Total valid votes			32,460	100.00
Total rejected ballots			778
Unreturned ballots			41
Turnout			33,279	77.71
Registered electors
Majority			4,658
	KEADILAN gain from S46		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Ibrahim Pateh Mohammad	14,991	50.39
	BN	Hashim Safin	14,485	48.69
	Independent	Che Seme Abdullah	273	0.92
Total valid votes			29,749	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,164
Unreturned ballots			71
Turnout			30,984	75.74
Registered electors
Majority			506
	S46 hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Ibrahim Pateh Mohammad	20,708	64.47
	BN	Hashim Safin	11,183	34.82
	Independent	Shafii Abdul Rahman	230	0.72
Total valid votes			32,121	100.00
Total rejected ballots			811
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			32,932	83.07
Registered electors
Majority			9,525
	S46 gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hashim Safin	14,969	56.72
	PAS	Abu Bakar A Rashid	11,422	43.28
Total valid votes			26,391	100.00
Total rejected ballots			599
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			26,990	79.76
Registered electors			33,837
Majority			3,547
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hussein Mahmood
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hussein Mahmood
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
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Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Yaacob
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Yaacob
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance gain from PMIP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Mustapha Ahmad
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	PMIP hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Othman Abdullah
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.