| Kuala Besut | |
| State: | Terengganu |
| State-Rep: | Azmi Salleh |
| State-Rep-Party: | Perikatan Nasional |
| State-Status: | active |
| State-Created: | 1959 |
| State-Election-First: | 1959 |
| State-Election-Last: | 2023 |
| Demo-Electors: | 26,992 |
| Demo-Electors-Date: | 2023 |
Kuala Besut 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.
According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Kuala Besut constituency has a total of 9 polling districts.[2]
| State Constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuala Besut (N01) | Pulau Perhentian | 03/01/01 | SK Pulau Perhentian |
| Seberang Berat | 033/01/02 | SK Kuala Besut | |
| Nail | 033/01/03 | SK Kampung Nail | |
| Seberang Barat Luar | 033/01/04 | SMK Kuala Besut | |
| Tok Saboh | 033/01/05 | SK Alor Peroi | |
| Kampung Nangka | 033/01/06 | SK Kampung Nangka | |
| Kampung Baru | 033/01/07 | SMK Seri Bukit Puteri | |
| Bukit Puteri | 033/01/08 | SK Bukit Puteri | |
| Air Terjun | 033/01/09 | SK Ayer Terjun |
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kuala Besut | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 1st | 1959–1964 | Wan Said Mohamed Nor | ||
| 2nd | 1964–1969 | Zakariah Muda | ||
| 1969–1971 | Assembly dissolved | |||
| 3rd | 1971–1974 | Mohamad Said | ||
| 4th | 1974–1978 | Hussin Jusoh | ||
| 5th | 1978–1979 | Zakariah Muda | ||
| 1979–1982 | Wan Zakaria Wan Abd. Rahman | |||
| 6th | 1982–1986 | |||
| 7th | 1986–1990 | |||
| 8th | 1990–1995 | |||
| 9th | 1995–1999 | |||
| 10th | 1999–2004 | Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh | ||
| 11th | 2004–2008 | Abdullah Che Muda | ||
| 12th | 2008–2013 | Abdul Rahman Mokhtar | ||
| 13th | 2013 | |||
| 2013–2018 | Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abd Rahman | |||
| 14th | 2018–2023 | |||
| 15th | 2023–present | Azbi Salleh | ||