Pekan (federal constituency)

Pekan (P085)
Pahang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Najib Razak; BN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2021)	91,444
Area (km²)	3,846

Pekan is a federal constituency in Pekan District and Kuantan District, Pahang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.

The federal constituency was created from parts of the Pahang Timor constituency in the 1958 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 Pekan's electorate as of 2018^[3]

Malay (88.79%)

Other ethnicities (9.43%)

Chinese (2.01%)

Indian (0.32%)

History[]

Polling districts[]

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Pekan constituency is divided into 56 polling districts.^[4]

State conatituency	Polling district	Code	Location
Pulau Manis（N20）	Seri Mahkota	085/20/01	SK Wira
	Jaya Gading	085/20/02	SK Jaya Gading
	Kampung Seri Damai	085/20/03	SMK Seri Damai
	Gudang Rasau	085/20/04	SK Mat Kilau
	Pulau Rusa	085/20/05	SK Pulau Rusa
	Ganchong	085/20/06	SK Ganchong
	Pulau Manis	085/20/07	SK Pulau Manis
	Lepar	085/20/08	SK Lepar
	Pelak	085/20/09	SK Pelak
	Seri Makmur	085/21/10	SK Seri Makmur
	Belimbing	085/21/11	SK Belimbing
Peramu Jaya (N21)	Kampung Lamir	085/21/01	Pusat Perpindahan Banjir Kampung Lamir
	Tanah Putih	085/21/02	SMK Dato' Mahmud Mat
	Peramu Jaya	085/21/03	SK Peramu Jaya
	Serandu	085/21/04	SK Serandu
	Kuala Pahang	085/21/05	SJK (C) Yoke Hwa Kuala Pahang
	Kampung Marhum	085/21/06	SK Indera Shahbandar
	Pasir Panjang	085/21/07	SK Pasir Panjang
	Ketapang	085/21/08	SMA Al-Attas
	Sungai Miang	085/21/09	SK Sinar Mutiara
	Bandar Pekan	085/21/10	SK Ahmad
	Mengkasar	085/21/11	SM Sains Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Pekan
	Pulau Jawa	085/21/12	SK Sri Maulana
	Kelat Rendang	085/21/13	SMK Peramu Jaya
	Kampung Langgar	085/21/14	SK Langgar
	Pahang Tua	085/21/15	SK Pahang Tua
	Shahbandar	085/21/16	SK Pekan Jaya
Bebar (N22)	Serambi	085/22/01	SK Serambi
	Padang Rumbia	085/22/02	SK Padang Rumbia
	Temai	085/22/03	SK Temai
	Acheh	085/22/04	SK Kampung Acheh
	Tanjung Medang	085/22/05	SK Tanjung Medang
	Padang Polo	085/22/06	SK Seri Terentang
	Tanjung Batu	085/22/07	SK Tanjung Batu
	Landai	085/22/08	SK Nenasi
	Nenasi	085/22/09	SMK Nenasi
	Merchong	085/22/10	SK Merchong Jaya
	Api Larat	085/22/11	Dewan Orang Ramai Kampung Api Larat
	Sawah Batu	085/22/12	Balai Raya Kampung Sawah Batu
	Kota Perdana	085/22/13	SK Kota Perdana
	Simpai	085/22/14	SK Simpai
	Runchang	085/22/15	SK Runchang
	Bandar Dua	085/22/16	SK Bandar 2 Paloh Hinai
Chini (N23)	Terpai	085/23/01	SK Kinchir
	Salong	085/23/02	Dewan Mempelas Kampung Baru PPSK Salong Mukim Penyor 1
	Mambang	085/23/03	SK Mambang
	Paloh Hinai	085/23/04	SMK Paloh Hinai
	Kampung Dusun	085/23/05	Balai Raya Dan Perpustakaan Desa Kampung Dusun
	FELDA Chini Timur 3 & 4	085/23/06	SK LKTP Chini Timur 2
	FELDA Chini Timur 1	085/23/07	SK LKTP Chini Timur 1
	FELDA Chini Timur 2	085/23/08	SMK Chini Timur
	FELDA Chini 5	085/23/09	SK LKTP Chini 3 & 5
	FELDA Chini 4	085/23/10	SK LKTP Chini 1 & 4
	FELDA Chini 1	085/23/11	SA Rakyat (KAFA) Nur Ilham FELDA Chini 1
	FELDA Chini 2	085/23/12	SMK Chini
	FELDA Chini 3	085/23/13	KAFA Kelas Al-Quran Dan Fardu Ain FELDA Chini 03

Representation history[]

Members of Parliament for Pekan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Pahang Timor
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Abdul Razak Hussein	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Abdul Razak Hussein	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969	Abdul Razak Hussein	Alliance (UMNO)
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[5]^[6]
3rd	1971-1973	Abdul Razak Hussein	Alliance (UMNO)
3rd	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
4th	1974-1976
4th	1976-1978	Najib Razak
5th	1978-1982	Najib Razak
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	Najib Razak
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018
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
Pekan			Bandar Pekan
					Bebar
			Bukit Ibam
			Chini			Chini
					Cini
		Kuala Pahang
		Pahang Tua
				Paya Besar
				Peramu
						Peramu Jaya
						Pulau Manis
		Rompin

Current state assembly members[]

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N20	Pulau Manis	Khairuddin Mahmud	BN (UMNO)
N21	Peramu Jaya	Sh Mohamed Puzi Sh Ali
N22	Bebar	Mohd. Fakhruddin Mohd. Arif
N23	Chini	Mohd Sharim Md Zain

Local governments[]


No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N20	Pulau Manis	Kuantan City Council Pekan District Council
N21	Peramu Jaya	Pekan District Council
N22	Bebar	Pekan District Council
N23	Chini	Pekan District Council

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Najib Abd Razak	43,854	62.10	-14.50
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ahiatudin Daud	18,995	26.90	+26.90
	PH	Muhammad Zahid Md Arip	7,662	10.85	+10.85
	Independent	Abd Kadir Sainudin	103	0.15	+0.15
Total valid votes			70,614	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,393
Unreturned ballots			301
Turnout			72,308	81.34
Registered electors			88,899
Majority			24,859	35.20
	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.^{[permanent dead link]} "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.^{[permanent dead link]}

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Najib Abd Razak	51,278	76.60	- 2.13
	PKR	Mohd. Fariz Abd. Talib @ Musa	15,665	23.40	+ 23.40
Total valid votes			66,943	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,275
Unreturned ballots			246
Turnout			68,464	85.30
Registered electors			80,260
Majority			35,613	53.20
	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 2016-04-27.^{[permanent dead link]} "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Najib Abd Razak	36,262	78.73	+ 0.77
	PKR	Khairul Anuar Ahmad Zainudin	9,798	21.27	+ 21.27
Total valid votes			46,060	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,261
Unreturned ballots			549
Turnout			47,870	82.23
Registered electors			58,217
Majority			26,464	57.46
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Najib Abd Razak	31,956	77.96	+ 27.50
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Zakaria Dahlan	9,034	22.04	- 27.50
Total valid votes			40,990	100.00
Total rejected ballots			56
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			41,046	77.91
Registered electors			52,683
Majority			22,922	55.92
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Najib Abd Razak	13,148	50.46	- 22.79
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ramli Mohamed	12,907	49.54	+ 49.54
Total valid votes			26,055	100.00
Total rejected ballots			631
Unreturned ballots			111
Turnout			26,797	74.78
Registered electors			35,834
Majority			241	0.92
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Najib Abd Razak	17,004	73.25	+ 6.92
	S46	M. Samueil Mohamad Kameil	6,211	26.75	- 6.92
Total valid votes			23,215	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,127
Unreturned ballots			223
Turnout			24,565	71.60
Registered electors			34,308
Majority			10,793	46.50
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Najib Abd Razak	21,262	66.33	- 8.17
	S46	Othman Hitam	10,795	33.67	+ 33.67
Total valid votes			32,057	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,357
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			33,414	71.36
Registered electors			46,824
Majority			10,467	32.66
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohd Najib Abd Razak	16,431	74.50
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ali Abdullah @ Lee Kin Hong	5,623	25.50
Total valid votes			22,054	100.00
Total rejected ballots			694
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,748	66.87
Registered electors			34,017
Majority			10,808	49.00
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohamed Amin Daud	18,648	71.03
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohamed Rusdi Arif	7,604	28.97
Total valid votes			26,252	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,090
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			27,342	71.46
Registered electors			38,260
Majority			11,044
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohd Najib Abd Razak	13,876	76.16
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohamed Rusdi Arif	4,343	23.84
Total valid votes			18,219	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			26,819
Majority			9,533
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 21 February 1976
The by-election was called due to the death of incumbent, Abdul Razak Hussein.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Najib Razak won uncontested.
	BN	Mohd Najib Abd Razak
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Abdul Razak Hussein won uncontested.
	BN	Abdul Razak Hussein
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			22,957
Majority
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Abdul Razak Hussein	12,641	77.28
	PMIP	Yazid Jaafar	3,716	22.72
Total valid votes			16,357	100.00
Total rejected ballots			488
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,845	71.24
Registered electors			23,644
Majority			8,925
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Abdul Razak Hussein	11,858	87.39
	PMIP	Abdul Hamid Awang Hitam	1,711	12.61
Total valid votes			13,569	100.00
Total rejected ballots			596
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,165	76.63
Registered electors			18,486
Majority			10,147
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Abdul Razak Hussein	8,811	77.26
	PMIP	Mohamed Ariff Abas	2,593	22.74
Total valid votes			11,404	100.00
Total rejected ballots			104
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,508	74.52
Registered electors			15,443
Majority			6,218
This was a new constituency created out of Pahang Timor which went to Alliance in the previous election.

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