Jerantut (federal constituency)

Jerantut (P081)
Pahang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Ahmad Nazlan Idris; BN
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2021)[1]	64,611
Area (km²)[2]	7,273

Jerantut is a federal constituency in Jerantut District and Maran District, Pahang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Jerantut's electorate as of 2018[3]

Malay (83.86%)

Chinese (11.05%)

Indian (2.23%)

Other ethnicities (2.48%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Jerantut constituency is divided into 44 polling districts.[4]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Tahan (N09）	Kampung Sat	081/09/01	SK Kuala Sat
	Kampung Gusai	081/09/02	SK Gusai
	Kampung Bantal	081/09/03	SK Ulu Tembeling
	Kampung Mat Daling	081/09/04	SK Bukit Mat Daling
	Kampung Pagi	081/09/05	SK Kampung Pagi
	FELDA Sungai Retang	081/09/06	SK LKTP Sungai Retang
	FELDA Padang Piol	081/09/07	SK (FELDA) Padang Piol
	Kampung Gajah Mati	081/09/08	Balai Raya Kampung Gajah Mati
	Pulau Mansuk	081/09/09	SK Pulau Mansok
	Jerantut Feri	081/09/10	SK Pedah
	Tanah Rom	081/09/11	SK Tanah Rom
	Teh	081/09/12	SK Teh
	Kuala Tembeling	081/09/13	SJ Kuala Tembeling
	Pasir Durian	081/09/14	SK Pasir Durian
	Kampung Chebong	081/09/15	SK Chebong
	Kampung Merting	081/09/16	SK Merting
	Kuala Tahan	081/09/17	SK Kuala Tahan
Damak (N10）	Batu Balai	081/10/01	SJK (C) Batu Balai
	Kampung Damak	081/10/02	SK Damak
	Kampung Koi	081/10/03	Dewan Orang Ramai Kg. Koi
	Kampung Som	081/10/04	Dewan JKKK Kampung Som
	Kampung Baharu	081/10/05	SK Kampung Baharu
	Kampung Lata Kasah	081/10/06	Balai Raya Lata Kasah
	Bandar Jerantut Luar	081/10/07	SK Jerantut
	Kampung Melayu	081/10/08	SK Bandar Jerantut
	Bandar Baru	081/10/09	Tadika Perpaduan PAKR Bandar Baru
	Sungai Jan	081/10/10	SJK (C) Sungai Jan
	Taman Muhibbah	081/10/11	SMK Jerantut
	Inderapura	081/10/12	SMK Padang Saujana
	Kampung Temin	081/10/13	SK Temin
	Kampung Gintong	081/10/14	SK Gintong
	Kampung Batu Kawah	081/10/15	SK Tebing Tinggi
	Bukit Dinding	081/10/16	SK Bukit Dinding
	Tebing Tinggi	081/10/17	Dewan Orang Ramai Kampung Simpang Tebing Tinggi
	Jeransong	081/10/18	SJK (C) Jeransong
	Sungai kekok	081/10/19	SK Sungai Kiol
	Hulu Cheka	081/10/20	SNA Ehyail Maarif Ulu Cheka
Pulau Tawar（N11）	FELDA Kota Gelanggi 2	081/11/01	SK LKTP Kota Gelanggi 2
	FELDA Lepar Utara Tiga	081/11/02	SK LKTP Lepar Utara 8
	FELDA Sungai Tekam Utara	081/11/03	SK LKTP Tekam Utara
	Kampung Perak	081/11/04	Balai Raya Kampung Perak
	Pusat Penyelidikan Tun Razak	081/11/05	SK Pusat Penyelidikan Pertanian Tun Razak
	FELDA Sungai Tekam	081/11/06	SK KLTP Sungai Tekam
	FELDA Jengka 10	081/11/07	SMK LKTP Jengka 10
	FELDA Jengka 8	081/11/08	SK LKTP Jengka 8
	FELDA Jengka 9	081/11/09	SK LKTP Jengka 9
	FELDA Jengka 12	081/11/10	SK LKTP Jengka 12
	FELDA Jengka 13	081/11/11	SK LKTP Jengka 13
	FELDA Jengka 24	081/11/12	SK LKTP Jengka 24
	Durian Hijau	081/11/13	SK Durian Hijau
	Bukit Nikmat	081/11/14	SK Bukit Nikmat
	Pulau Tawar	081/11/15	SMA Pulau Tawar
	FELDA Kota Gelanggi 1	081/11/16	SK LKTP Kota Gelanggi 1
	FELDA Kota Gelanggi 3	081/11/17	SK LKTP Kota Gelanggi 3

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Jerantut
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Lipis
4th	1974–1978	Shariff Ahmad	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978–1982	Shariff Ahmad
6th	1982–1986	Wan Abu Bakar Wan Mohamad
7th	1986–1990
8th	1990–1995
9th	1995–1999	Ahmad Kamaruzaman Mohamed Baria
10th	1999–2004	Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008–2013
13th	2013–2018	Ahmad Nazlan Idris
14th	2018–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Jerantut			Bandar Jerantut
					Damak
			Jenderak
			Kerdau
				Pulau Tawar
			Tahan
			Tembeling

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N9	Tahan	Mohd Zakhwan Ahmad Badarddin	PN (PAS)
N10	Damak	Zuridan Mohd Daud	PN (PAS)
N11	Pulau Tawar	Nazri Ngah	BN (UMNO)

Local governments


No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N9	Tahan	Jerantut District Council
N10	Damak	Jerantut District Council
N11	Pulau Tawar	Jerantut District Council Maran District Council

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Nazlan Idris	22,640	45.06	-9.61
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Yohanis Ahmad	16,732	33.30	-12.03
	PH	Wan Mohd Shaharir Wan Abd Jalil	10,877	21.64	+21.64
Total valid votes			50,249	100.00
Total rejected ballots			941
Unreturned ballots			224
Turnout			51,414	80.83
Registered electors			63,609
Majority			5,908	11.76
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Pahang [P.U. (B) 238/2018]" (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 Pahang [P.U. (B) 312/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Nazlan Idris	26,544	54.67	+ 2.05
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Hamzah Jaafar	22,012	45.33	- 2.05
Total valid votes			48,556	100.00
Total rejected ballots			905
Unreturned ballots			139
Turnout			49,600	84.98
Registered electors			58,364
Majority			4,532	9.34
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Pahang [P.U. (B) 175/2013]" (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 Pahang [P.U. (B) 216/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-16.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar	19,543	52.62	- 9.73
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Hamzah Jaafar	17,597	47.38	+ 9.73
Total valid votes			37,140	100.00
Total rejected ballots			829
Unreturned ballots			109
Turnout			38,078	78.01
Registered electors			48,812
Majority			1,946	5.24
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar	21,349	62.35	+ 10.02
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Hamzah Jaafar	12,892	37.65	- 10.02
Total valid votes			34,241	100.00
Total rejected ballots			776
Unreturned ballots			1,427
Turnout			36,444	79.12
Registered electors			46,061
Majority			8,457	24.70
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar	16,424	52.33	- 10.32
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Syed Ibrahim Syed Abd Rahman	14,961	47.67	+ 10.32
Total valid votes			31,385	100.00
Total rejected ballots			687
Unreturned ballots			104
Turnout			32,176	75.49
Registered electors			42,622
Majority			1,463	4.66
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Kamaruzaman Mohamed Baria	17,812	62.65	+ 2.93
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Syed Ibrahim Syed Abd Rahman	10,618	37.35	- 2.93
Total valid votes			28,430	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,213
Unreturned ballots			141
Turnout			29,784	74.58
Registered electors			39,935
Majority			7,194	25.30
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Abu Bakar Wan Mohamad	16,421	59.72	- 6.19
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Syed Ibrahim Syed Abd Rahman	11,075	40.28	+ 6.19
Total valid votes			27,496	100.00
Total rejected ballots			858
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,354	76.86
Registered electors			36,890
Majority			5,346	19.44
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Wan Abu Bakar Wan Mohamad	15,159	65.91
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Syed Ibrahim Syed Abd Rahman	7,842	34.09
Total valid votes			23,001	100.00
Total rejected ballots			806
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,807	72.12
Registered electors			33,010
Majority			7,317	31.82
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Wan Abu Bakar Wan Mohamad	18,675	63.20
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Syed Ibrahim Syed Abd Rahman	10,872	36.80
Total valid votes			29,547	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,408
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			30,955
Registered electors			40,514
Majority			7,803
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Shariff Ahmad	14,052	65.51
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Solahuddin Mohd Ali	7,399	34.49
Total valid votes			21,451	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			30,402
Majority			6,653
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Shariff Ahmad won uncontested.
	BN	Shariff Ahmad
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			24,662
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

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

"Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 18. 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.
"14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
"Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.

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[1] "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 18. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

[2] 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.

[3] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.

[4] "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.