Marang (federal constituency)

Marang (P037)
Terengganu constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Abdul Hadi Awang; PN
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)	162,312
Electors (2023)	133,025
Area (km²)	714
Pop. density (per km²)	227.3

Marang is a federal constituency in Marang District and a portion of Kuala Terengganu District, Terengganu, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1986.

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 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/TERENGGANU

Ethnic breakdown of Marang's electorate as of 2022

Malay (97.54%)

Chinese (1.86%)

Tamil (0.08%)

Other ethnicities (0.52%)

Age breakdown of Marang's electorate as of 2022

18-20 (7.26%)

21-29 (24.5%)

30-39 (26.03%)

40-49 (16.62%)

50-59 (12.5%)

60-69 (8.37%)

70-79 (3.5%)

80-89 (1.07%)

above 90 (0.14%)

Gender breakdown of Marang's electorate as of 2022

Male (49.74%)

Female (50.26%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Marang constituency is divided into 47 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling district	Code	Location
Alur Limbat (N17)	Pulau Manis	037/17/01	SK Serada
	Rawai	037/17/02	SK Simpang Rawai
	Tasik	07/17/03	SK Tasek Balai Raya Kg. Wakaf Dua
	Banggul Tok Ku	037/17/04	SK Kampung Baharu Serada
	Beladau Selat	037/17/05	SK Bangol Katong
	Kepung	037/17/06	SK Kepong
	Padang Midin	037/17/07	SK Padang Midin
	Gelugur Kedai	037/17/08	SK Gelugor SMK Padang Midin
	Tebakang	037/17/09	SK Simpang Rawai
Bukit Payung (N18)	Kampung Laut	037/18/01	SK Kampong Bukit Chenderiang
	Atas Tol	037/18/02	SK Atas Tol
	Paya Resak	037/18/03	SK Paya Resak
	Kedai Buluh	037/18/04	SK Kedai Buluh
	Surau Haji Daud	037/18/05	SK Tok Dir
	Undang	037/18/06	SK Undang
	Bukit Payung	037/18/07	SK Bukit Payong
	Pekan Bukti Payung	037/18/08	Tadika Yayasan Islam Terengganu Cawangan Bukit Payung
	Mak Kemas	037/18/09	SMK Seri Payong
	Surau Panjang	037/18/10	SMK Sultan Mansor
Ru Rendang (N19)	Rusila	037/19/01	SK Rusila
	Medan Jaya	037/19/02	SMK Rusila
	Sentul Patah	037/19/03	SK Sentol Patah
	Marang	037/19/04	SK Marang
	Bandar Marang	037/19/05	SMA Marang
	Seberang Marang	037/19/06	SK Bukit Gasing
	Bukit Gasing	037/19/07	SMK Seberang Marang
	Batangan	037/19/08	SK Batangan
	Ru Muda	037/19/09	SK Seberang Marang
	Pulau Kerengga	037/19/10	SK Pulau Kerengga
	Kelulut	037/19/11	SK Kelulut
Pengkalan Berangan (N20)	Sungai Serai	037/20/01	SK Gondang
	Binjai Rendah	037/20/02	SMK Bukit Sawa
	Cerang China	037/20/03	SMK Wakaf Tapai
	Wakaf Tapai	037/20/04	SK Wakaf Tapai
	Jerung Surau	037/20/05	SK Jerong
	Bukit Parit	037/20/06	Institut Latihan Perindustrian Marang
	Pengkalan Berangan	037/20/07	SK Pengkalan Berangan
	Kubu	037/20/08	SK Kubu
	Mercang	037/20/09	SK Merchang
	Pasir Putih	037/20/10	SK Pasir Puteh
	Jambu Bongkok	037/20/11	SMK Datuk Awang Jabar
	Gong Balai	037/20/12	SK Gong Balai
	Padang Mengkuang	037/20/13	SK Padang Mengkuang
	Durian Guling	037/20/14	SMA Durian Guling
	Bukit Jejulung	037/20/15	SK Bukit Jejulong

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Marang
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kuala Terengganu and Dungun
7th	P034	1986–1990	Abdul Rahman Bakar (عبدالرحمن بن بكر)	BN (UMNO)
8th	P034	1990–1995	Abdul Hadi Awang (عبدالهادي اواڠ)	PAS
9th	P037	1995–1999		PAS
10th		1999–2004		BA (PAS)
11th		2004–2008	Abdul Rahman Bakar (عبدالرحمن بن بكر)	BN (UMNO)
12th		2008–2013	Abdul Hadi Awang (عبدالهادي اواڠ)	PR (PAS)
13th		2013–2018		PR (PAS)
14th		2018–2020		PAS
14th		2020–2022		PN (PAS)
15th		2022–present		PN (PAS)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Marang					Alur Limbat
				Binjai
				Bukit Payung
					Pengkalan Berangan
				Ru Rendang
				Serada

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N17	Alur Limbat	Ariffin Deraman	PN (PAS)
N18	Bukit Payung	Mohd. Nor Hamzah
N19	Ru Rendang	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar
N20	Pengkalan Berangan	Sulaiman Sulong

Local governments & postcodes


No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N17	Alur Limbat	Kuala Terengganu City Council (Serada area) Marang District Council	21040, 21050, 21070, 21080, 21100 Kuala Terengganu 21400 Bukit Payong 21600, 21610 Marang
N18	Bukit Payung	Marang District Council
N19	Ru Rendang
N20	Pengkalan Berangan

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	73,115	67.04	7.77
	BN	Jasmira Othman	31,386	28.78	6.25
	PH	Azhar Abdul Shukur	4,140	3.80	1.87
	GTA	Zarawi Sulong	427	0.39	0.39
Total valid votes			109,068	100.00
Total rejected ballots			948
Unreturned ballots			269
Turnout			110,312	82.78	4.97
Registered electors			131,756
Majority			41,729	38.26	14.05
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753269/PUB608%20PARLIMEN%20TERENGGANU.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	53,749	59.27	6.10
	BN	Mohamad Nor Endot	31,795	35.06	11.77
	PH	Zarawi Sulong	5,138	5.67	5.67
Total valid votes			90,682	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,028
Unreturned ballots			336
Turnout			92,046	87.75	2.38
Registered electors			104,898
Majority			21,954	24.21	17.87
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Terengganu [P.U. (B) 235/2018]" (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 Terengganu [P.U. (B) 309/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	42,984	53.17	1.03
	BN	Yahya Khatib Mohamad	37,860	46.83	1.03
Total valid votes			80,844	100.00
Total rejected ballots			805
Unreturned ballots			180
Turnout			81,829	90.13	3.24
Registered electors			90,795
Majority			5,124	6.34	2.06
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Terengganu [P.U. (B) 172/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-16. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Terengganu [P.U. (B) 213/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-16.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	33,435	52.14	2.29
	BN	Ahmad Ramzi Mohamad Zubir	30,688	47.86	2.29
Total valid votes			64,123	100.00
Total rejected ballots			806
Unreturned ballots			79
Turnout			65,008	86.89	1.95
Registered electors			74,813
Majority			2,747	4.28	3.98
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Rahman Bakar	28,076	50.15	13.47
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	27,913	49.85	13.47
Total valid votes			55,989	100.00
Total rejected ballots			866
Unreturned ballots			331
Turnout			57,186	88.84	5.83
Registered electors			64,369
Majority			163	0.30	26.34
	BN gain from National Trust Party (Malaysia)-Malaysian Islamic Party		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	30,183	63.32	12.29
	BN	Muda Mamat	17,483	36.68	12.29
Total valid votes			47,666	100.00
Total rejected ballots			840
Unreturned ballots			105
Turnout			48,611	83.01	1.16
Registered electors			58,560
Majority			12,700	26.64	24.58
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	21,945	51.03	1.06
	BN	Abdul Rahman Bakar	21,063	48.97	0.56
Total valid votes			43,008	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,204
Unreturned ballots			83
Turnout			44,295	81.85	2.85
Registered electors			54,117
Majority			882	2.06	1.62
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	17,736	49.97	1.07
	BN	Abdul Rahman Bakar	17,575	49.53	1.67
	Independent	Wan Deraman Wan Nik	176	0.50	0.50
Total valid votes			35,487	100.00
Total rejected ballots			685
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			36,172	84.70	2.09
Registered electors			42,706
Majority			161	0.44	1.96
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Abdul Rahman Bakar	13,654	51.20
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	13,015	48.80
Total valid votes			26,669	100.00
Total rejected ballots			764
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			27,433	82.61
Registered electors			33,206
Majority			639	2.40
This was a new constituency created.

References

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

^ "Kawasanku". Department of Statistics Malaysia. 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
^ "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. 9. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
^ 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. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
^ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A) Polling Hours For the General Eelection of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Terengganu" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 15 July 2023.

[1] "Kawasanku". Department of Statistics Malaysia. 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-09-24.

[2] "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. 9. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

[3] 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. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

[4] "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A) Polling Hours For the General Eelection of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Terengganu" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 15 July 2023.

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