Cukai (Terengganu state constituency) explained

Cukai
State:	Terengganu
State-Rep:	Hanafiah Mat
State-Rep-Party:	Perikatan Nasional
State-Status:	active
State-Created:	1959
State-Election-First:	1959
State-Election-Last:	2023
Demo-Electors:	39,153
Demo-Electors-Date:	2023

Cukai is a state constituency in Terengganu, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Cukai constituency has a total of 14 polling districts.^[2]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Cukai (N31)	Bakau Tinggi	040/31/01	SMK Sultan Ismail
	Kampung Besut	040/31/02	SK Seri Kemaman
	Kampung Tuan	040/31/03	SK Chukai
	Gong Limau	040/31/04	SK Seri Iman
	Gong Pauh	040/31/05	SMK Bukit Mentok
	Kubang Kurus	040/31/06	SMK Chukai
	Banggul	040/31/07	SMK Chukai
	Kampung Tengah	040/31/08	SK Chukai
	Kuala Kemaman	040/31/09	SK Kuala Kemaman
	Geliga	040/31/10	SMK Geliga
	Jakar	040/31/11	SJK (C) Chukai
	Fikri	040/31/12	SK Mak Lagam
	Paya Berenjut	040/31/13	SMK Banggol
	Geliga Besar	040/31/14	SK Seri Geliga

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Cukai
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Chukai
1st	1959–1964	Yeo Eng Cho
2nd	1964–1969	Mohd Taha Embong
	1969–1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971–1974	Teh Hassan
4th	1974–1978
5th	1978–1982
6th	1982–1986
Cukai
7th	1986–1990
8th	1990–1995
9th	1995–1999
10th	1999–2004	Awang Jusoh
11th	2004–2008	Mohamad Awang Tera
12th	2008–2013
13th	2013–2018	Hanafiah Mat
14th	2018–2020
	2020–2023
15th	2023–present

Notes and References

1. Web site: 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Terengganu .
2. http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20180330_PU%20B%20157.pdf Federal Gazette