Chetok

Chetok

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Zuraidin Abdullah PN
Constituency created	1984
Constituency abolished	1990
Constituency re-created	2003
First contested	1986
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	29,111

Chetok 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 Chetok's electorate as of 2023^[2]

1. Malay (95.1%)
2. Chinese (4.48%)
3. Other ethnicities (0.42%)
4. Indian (0.04%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Chetok constituency has a total of 13 polling districts.^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Chetok (N14）	Tanjong Redang	023/14/01	SK Lemal
	Lemal	023/14/02	SMK Tengku Panglima Raja
	Kelar	023/14/03	SK Kelar
	Kangkong	023/14/04	SK Kangkong
	Binjal	023/14/05	SMK Kangkong
	Chetok	023/14/06	SK Chabang Tiga Chetok
	Gelam	023/14/07	SK Kubang Chetok
	Rasal	023/14/08	SMU (A) Tarbiah Diniah Tok Uban
	Galok	023/14/09	SK Chetok
	Bendang Pauh	023/14/10	SK Bendang Pauh
	Jabo	023/14/11	SMU (A) Mardziah Jabo Chetok
	Bechah Kelubi	023/14/12	SK Bechah Kelubi
	Kubang Gendang	023/14/13	SMK Chetok

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Chetok
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Lemal
7th	1986–1989	Hassan Mohamed	BN (HAMIM)
	1989–1990		BN (UMNO)
8th	1990–1995	Abd Rahman Musa	PAS
Constituency renamed to Meranti
Constituency split from Meranti
11th	2004–2008	Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman	PAS
12th	2008–2013		PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2020	Zuraidin Abdullah	PAS
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023: Chetok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Zuraidin Abdullah	12,202	74.38	22.27
	PH	Mohd Ezzat Zahrim Hanuzi	4,203	25.62	14.07
Total valid votes			16,405	100.00
Total rejected ballots			147
Unreturned ballots			29
Turnout			16,581	56.96	20.38
Registered electors			29,111
Majority			7,999	48.76	32.85
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018: Chetok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Zuraidin Abdullah	8,071	52.11	3.07
	BN	Mohd. Afifi Mohd. Noor	6,044	36.20	8.62
	PH	Ali Abdu Rahman Hassan	1,928	11.55	11.55
	Independent	Zakaria Hassan	25	0.15	0.15
Total valid votes			16,405	100.00
Total rejected ballots			249
Unreturned ballots			182
Turnout			17,129	77.34	6.43
Registered electors			22,149
Majority			2,657	15.91	5.55
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013: Chetok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman	10,578	55.18	3.41
	BN	Aimi Jusoh	8,593	44.82	3.41
Total valid votes			19,171	100.00
Total rejected ballots			304
Unreturned ballots			91
Turnout			19,566	83.77	1.90
Registered electors			23,357
Majority			1,985	10.36	6.82
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2008: Chetok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman	9,107	58.59
	BN	Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman	6,437	41.41
Total valid votes			15,544	100.00
Total rejected ballots			226
Unreturned ballots			44
Turnout			15,814	81.87
Registered electors			19,317
Majority			2,670	17.18
	PAS hold		Swing

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]}