Melor (state constituency) explained

Melor
State:Kelantan
State-Rep:Wan Rohimi Wan Daud
State-Rep-Party:Perikatan Nasional
State-Status:active
State-Created:1994
State-Election-First:1995
State-Election-Last:2023
Demo-Electors:28,387
Demo-Electors-Date:2023

Melor 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.

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Melor constituency has a total of 9 polling districts.[2]

State ConstituencyPolling DistrictsCodeLocation
Melor (N23)Peringat026/23/01SK Peringat
Badak Mati026/23/02SK Padang Mokan
Bechah Keranji026/23/03SK Bechah Keranji
Padang Kala026/23/04SK Padang Kala
Padang Raja026/23/05SMA Melor
Melor026/23/06SMK Melor
Melor Lama026/23/07SK Sri Melor
Tegayong026/23/08SK Tegayong
Pangkal Pisang026/23/09SK Raja Abdullah

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Melor
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created from Ketereh
1995–1999 Zainal Abidin Ab. Kadir
1999–2004 Wan Ismail Wan Jusoh
2004–2008 Azmi Ishak
2008–2013 Wan Ismail Wan Jusoh
2013–2018 Md Yusnan Yusof
2018–2020
2020–2021
2021–2023Vacant[3]
15th2023–presentWan Rohimi Wan Daud

Notes

  1. Web site: 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Kelantan .
  2. http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20180330_PU%20B%20157.pdf Federal Gazette
  3. Vacant from 30 April 2021 until the 2023 state election due to the incumbent died in office. No by-election was held due to the emergency order declared in January in order to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.