| Paya Besar (P084) | |
| State: | Pahang |
| Fed-Rep: | Mohd Shahar Abdullah |
| Fed-Rep-Party: | Barisan Nasional |
| Fed-Status: | active |
| Fed-Created: | 1994 |
| Fed-Election-First: | 1995 |
| Fed-Election-Last: | 2022 |
| Demo-Census-Date: | 2020 |
| Demo-Pop: | 128041 |
| Demo-Pop-Ref: | [1] |
| Demo-Electors: | 79,744 |
| Demo-Electors-Date: | 2022 |
| Demo-Electors-Ref: | [2] |
| Demo-Area: | 2218 |
| Demo-Area-Ref: | [3] |
Paya Besar is a federal constituency in Kuantan District, Pahang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.
The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
https://live.chinapress.com.my/ge15/parliament/PAHANG
According to the federal gazette issued on 30 October 2022, the Paya Besar constituency is divided into 24 polling districts.[4]
| State constituency | Polling districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sungai Lembing (N17) | Kampung Nadak | 084/17/01 | SK Nadak |
| Pekan Sungai Lembing | 084/17/02 | SMK Sungai Lembing | |
| Kuala Kenau | 084/17/03 | SK Sungai Lembing | |
| FELDA Bukit Sagu | 084/17/04 |
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| FELDA Bukit Kuantan | 084/17/05 | SK LKTP Bukit Kuantan | |
| FELDA Bukit Goh | 084/17/06 |
| |
| Bukit Kuin | 084/17/07 | SK Bukit Kuin | |
| Lepar (N18) | Mahkota Jaya | 084/18/01 |
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| Seri Fajar | 084/18/02 | SK Gambang | |
| Gambang | 084/18/03 | SJK (C) Gambang | |
| Jalan Besar | 084/18/04 | Dewan Orang Ramai Gambang | |
| FELDA Lepar Hilir Satu | 084/18/05 | SK LKTP Lepar Hilir 1 | |
| FELDA Lepar Hilir Dua | 084/18/06 | SK LKTP Lepar Hilir 2 | |
| FELDA Lepar Hilir Tiga | 084/18/07 | SK LKTP Lepar Hilir 3 | |
| Paya Bungor | 084/18/08 | SK Paya Bungor | |
| FELDA Lepar Utara Satu | 084/18/09 | SMK Lepar Utara | |
| Panching (N19) | Bukit Rangin | 084/19/01 | SMK Bukit Rangin |
| Kampung Permatang Badak | 084/19/02 | SK Permatang Badak | |
| Pandan Permai | 084/19/03 | SMK Padang Garuda | |
| Taman Tas | 084/19/04 | SMK Pandan | |
| FELDA Sungai Panching Selatan | 084/19/05 | SK LKTP Sungai Panching Selatan | |
| FELDA Sungai Panching Timur | 084/19/06 | SK LKTP Sungai Panching Timur | |
| FELDA Sungai Panching Utara | 084/19/07 | SK LKTP Sungai Panching Utara | |
| Kampung Panching | 084/19/08 | SK Panching |
| Members of Parliament for Paya Besar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Kuantan and Pekan | ||||
| P079 | 1995–1999 | Siti Zaharah Sulaiman (سيتي زهرة سليمان) | ||
| 1999–2004 | ||||
| P084 | 2004–2008 | |||
| 2008–2013 | Abdul Manan Ismail (عبدالمانن اسماعيل) | |||
| 2013–2018 | ||||
| 2018 | Vacant | |||
| 2018–2022 | Mohd Shahar Abdullah (محمد شاهر عبدﷲ) | |||
| 2022–present | ||||
| Parliamentaryconstituency | State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Paya Besar | Lepar | ||||||
| Panching | |||||||
| Penur | |||||||
| Sungai Lembing | |||||||
| No. | State Constituency | Member | Coalition (Party) |
|---|---|---|---|
| N17 | Sungai Lembing | Mohamad Ayub Asri | |
| N18 | Lepar | Mohd Yazid Mohd Yunus | |
| N19 | Panching | Mohd Tarmizi Yahaya | |
| N17 | Sungai Lembing | Kuantan City Council |
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| N18 | Lepar | ||
| N19 | Panching |