Panchor (state constituency)

Panchor

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Amar Abdullah PN
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	42,768

Panchor 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 1995 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 Panchor's electorate as of 2023^[2]

1. Malay (96.7%)
2. Chinese (2.20%)
3. Other ethnicities (0.84%)
4. Indian (0.21%)

History

Polling Districts

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

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Panchor (N07)	Taman Kemunin	020/07/01	SK Datu' Hashim
	Tapang	020/07/02	SK Tapang
	Kemunin	020/07/03	SK Kemunin
	Panchor	020/07/04	SK Panji
	Sering	020/07/05	SK Sering
	Pasir Kasar	020/07/06	SMK Sering
	Pulau Belaga	020/07/07	SK Chicha Menyabong
	Tok Ku	020/07/08	SMK Raja Sakti
	Kampung Belukar	020/07/09	SMK Panji
	Padang Tembak	020/07/10	SMU (A) Tarbiah Mardziah
	Panji	020/07/11	SMK Panchor Perdana
	Pasir Tok Kambing	020/07/12	SK Raja Bahar

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Panchor
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kemumin
9th	1995–1999	Mohd Yusoff Ludin	PAS
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008	Mohd Amar Abdullah
12th	2008–2013		PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2020		PAS
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Amar Abdullah	18,700	70.00	9.03
	PH	Syed Mohd Alidustur Syed Mohd Zain	8,014	30.00	19.26
Total valid votes			26,714	100.00
Total rejected ballots			318
Unreturned ballots			108
Turnout			27,140	63.46	16.62
Registered electors			42,768
Majority			10,686	40.00	7.32
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Amar Abdullah	13,597	60.97	1.68
	BN	Zarina Md Eusope	6,309	28.29	9.06
	PH	Mohd Zulhazmi Hassan	2,394	10.74	10.74
Total valid votes			22,300	100.00
Total rejected ballots			224
Unreturned ballots			306
Turnout			22,830	80.08	3.10
Registered electors			28,509
Majority			7,288	32.68	7.38
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Amar Abdullah	12,467	62.65	1.08
	BN	Che Rosli Hassan	7,431	37.35	1.08
Total valid votes			19,898	100.00
Total rejected ballots			209
Unreturned ballots			80
Turnout			20,187	83.18	3.92
Registered electors			23,176
Majority			5,036	25.30	2.16
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Amar Abdullah	9,148	61.57
	BN	Dali Hussin	5,711	38.43
Total valid votes			14,859	100.00
Total rejected ballots			190
Unreturned ballots			145
Turnout			15,194	87.10
Registered electors			18,267
Majority			3,437	23.14
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Amar Abdullah
	BN	Zulkifli Dollah
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Yusoff Ludin
	BN	Nik Mohd Zain Omar
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Yusoff Ludin
	BN	Mohd Noor Deris
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

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