Kuantan (federal constituency)

Kuantan

Pahang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Fuziah Salleh PKR
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Kuantan is a federal constituency in Pahang, 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 Seri Kuantan, Medan Tok Sira, Perkampungan Teratai, Kampung Selamat, Bandar Kuantan, Lapang Besar, Seri Berlian, Seri Teruntum, Kampung Jawa, Kubang Buaya, Medan Warisan, Medan Makmur, Seri Kemunting, Tanjung Lumpur, Tanah Putih Baru, Sungai Isap, Kampung Peramu, Kempadang, Taman Guru, Kampung Belukar, Kampung Pahang, Kuala Penor, Ubai, Cherok Paloh.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kuantan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Abdul Rahman Talib	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Abdul Rahman Talib	Alliance
2nd	1964-1966
	1966-1969	Mohamed Taib
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Mohamed Taib	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978	Mohd Ali M. Shariff
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Abdul Rahim Abu Bakar
7th	1986-1990	Adam Abdul Kadir
8th	1990-1995	Fauzi Abdul Rahman
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Mohd Khalil Yaakob
11th	2004-2008	Fu Ah Kiow
12th	2008-2013	Fuziah Salleh	PKR
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Fuziah Salleh	25,834	54.79
	BN	Mohamed Suffian Awang	21,319	45.21
Total valid votes			47,153	100.00
Total rejected ballots			570
Unreturned ballots			135
Turnout			47,858	85.04
Registered electors			56,280
Majority			4,515
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Fuziah Salleh	18,398	52.61
	BN	Fu Ah Kiow @ Oh (Fu) Soon Guan	16,572	47.39
Total valid votes			34,970	100.00
Total rejected ballots			623
Unreturned ballots			179
Turnout			35,772	74.92
Registered electors			47,745
Majority			1,826
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fu Ah Kiow @ Oh (Fu) Soon Guan	21,324	63.65
	KEADILAN	Fuziah Salleh	12,177	36.35
Total valid votes			33,501	100.00
Total rejected ballots			543
Unreturned ballots			246
Turnout			34,290	74.65
Registered electors
Majority			9,147
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Khalil Yaakob	28,479	57.40
	KEADILAN	Fuziah Salleh	21,136	42.60
Total valid votes			49,615	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,037
Unreturned ballots			1,656
Turnout			52,308	74.26
Registered electors
Majority			7,343
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fauzi Abdul Rahman	33,718	76.04
	S46	Noorsiah Tuajib	10,622	23.96
Total valid votes			44,340	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,784
Unreturned ballots			1,423
Turnout			47,547	72.44
Registered electors
Majority			23,096
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fauzi Abdul Rahman	25,020	56.64
	S46	Ahmad Mokhtar Mohamed	19,153	43.36
Total valid votes			44,173	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,282
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			45,455	71.24
Registered electors
Majority			5,867
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Adam Abdul Kadir	20,943	58.80
	DAP	Syed Ali Mohsin	9,283	26.06
	PAS	Syed Noh Syed Mohamed	5,390	15.13
Total valid votes			35,616	100.00
Total rejected ballots			832
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			36,448	66.76
Registered electors			54,595
Majority			11,660
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Rahim Abu Bakar
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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	Mohd Ali M. Shariff
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Ali M. Shariff
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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 Taib
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 1966 Upon the resignation of incumbent, Abdul Rahman Talib
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Taib
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Rahman Talib
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

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