Ajil (state constituency)

Ajil (N24)
Terengganu constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Maliaman Kassim; PN
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Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	24,922

Ajil 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 1995 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Ajil's electorate as of 2018^[2]

Malay (99.0%)
Chinese (0.70%)
Other ethnicities (0.28%)
Indian (0.06%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Ajil constituency has a total of 16 polling districts.^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Ajil (N24)	Bukit Perah	038/24/01	SK Bukit Perah
	Bukit Apit	038/24/02	SK Bukit Apit
	Tok Randok	038/23/03	SK Tok Randok
	Pengkalan Ajal	038/24/04	SK Kua
	Bukit Diman	038/24/05	SK Bukit Diman
	Bukir Bading	038/24/06	SK LKTP Bukit Bading
	Landas	038/24/07	SMK Landas
	Peruh	038/24/08	SK Peroh
	Menerung	038/24/09	SK Menerong
	Lubuk Periuk	038/24/10	SK Lubuk Periok
	Pekan Ajil	038/24/11	SK Ajil
	FELDA Tersat	038/24/12	SK (FELDA) Tersat
	FELDA Jerangau Barat	038/24/13	SK (FELDA) Jerangau Barat
	Pereh	038/24/14	SK Pereh
	Betung	038/24/15	SK Betong
	FELDA Mengkawang	038/24/16	SK (FELDA) Mengkawang

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Ajil
Assembly	No	Years	Members	Party
Constituency created from Tanggul and Kuala Berang
9th	N24	1995–1999	Othman Daud	BN (UMNO)
10th		1999–2004	Rosol Wahid
11th		2004–2008
12th		2008–2013
13th		2013–2018	Ghazali Taib
14th		2018–2020	Maliaman Kassim	PAS
14th		2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th		2023–present		PN (PAS)

Election results

Terengganu state election, 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Maliaman Kassim	12,362	66.94	18.94
	BN	Jailani Johari	6,104	33.06	14.93
Total valid votes			18,466	100.00
Total rejected ballots			132
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			18,610	74.67	9.56
Registered electors			24,922
Majority			6,258	33.89	33.87
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Maliaman Kassim	8,132	48.01	9.33
	BN	Ghazali Taib	8,128	47.98	8.94
	PKR	Zamani Mamat	679	4.01	4.01
Total valid votes			16,939	100.00
Total rejected ballots			285
Unreturned ballots			70
Turnout			17,294	84.23	3.07
Registered electors			20,532
Majority			4	0.02	18.22
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		-

Terengganu state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ghazali Taib	8,680	56.93	12.24
	PAS	Mohd Razki Yah @ Alias	5,898	38.68	7.84
	Independent	Mohd Nuhairi Muhammad	670	4.39	4.39
Total valid votes			15,248	100.00
Total rejected ballots			305
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			15,569	87.30	1.13
Registered electors			17,834
Majority			2,782	18.25	20.08
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rosol Wahid	8,530	69.16	1.95
	PAS	Mohd Razki Yah @ Alias	3,803	30.84	1.95
Total valid votes			12,333	100.00
Total rejected ballots			186
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			12,531	86.17	2.52
Registered electors			14,543
Majority			4,727	38.33	3.90
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rosol Wahid	7,386	67.21	16.48
	PAS	Mohd Razki Yah @ Alias	3,603	32.79	16.48
Total valid votes			10,989	100.00
Total rejected ballots			142
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			11,137	88.68	4.06
Registered electors			12,558
Majority			3,783	34.43	32.95
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rosol Wahid	4,313	50.74	11.01
	PAS	Ismail Osman	4,188	49.26	49.26
Total valid votes			8,501	100.00
Total rejected ballots			308
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,809	84.63	0.97
Registered electors			10,409
Majority			125	1.47	22.01
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Othman Daud	5,166	61.74	2.74
	S46	Tengku Ibrahim Sultan Ismail	3,201	38.26	38.26
Total valid votes			8,367	100.00
Total rejected ballots			228
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			8,605	85.60	1.18
Registered electors			10,053
Majority			1,965	23.49	5.48
This was a new constituency created.

References

↑ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Terengganu". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
↑ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
↑ Federal Gazette ^{[dead link]}

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[1] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Terengganu". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[star-2] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2023-03-05.

[3] Federal Gazette ^{[dead link]}

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