Tepuh

Tepuh
Terengganu constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Hishamuddin Abdul Karim; PN
;
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	30,448

Tepuh 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 1986 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 Tepuh's electorate as of 2018^[2]

Malay (99%)

Chinese (0.63%)

Other ethnicities (0.31%)

Indian (0.06%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Tepuh constituency has a total of 11 polling districts.^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Tepuh (N09)	FELDA Belara	035/09/01	SK LKTP Belara
	Gemuruh	035/09/02	SK Kampung Gemuroh
	Bukit Guntung	035/09/03	SK Bukit Guntong
	Tepuh	035/09/04	SK Bukit Nenas
	Padang Air	035/09/05	SK Padang Air
	Tok Jiring	035/09/06	SMA Dato' Haji Abbas
	Padang Nanas	035/09/07	Dewan Sivik Padang Nenas
	Taman Perumahan Gong Badak	035/09/08	SK Gong Badak
	Lerek	035/09/09	SMK Bukit Guntong
	Gong Datuk	035/09/10	SK Tanjung Gelam
	Wakaf Tembesu	035/09/11	SMK Kompleks Gong Badak

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tepuh
Assembly	Years	Members	Party
Constituency created from Jeram
7th	1986–1990	Abdul Rashid Muhammad	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990–1995	Abdullah @ Wahab Said	BN (UMNO)
9th	1995–1999	Abu Bakar Abdullah	PAS
10th	1999–2004	Abu Bakar Abdullah	PAS
11th	2004–2008	Muhammad Ramli Nuh	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013	Muhammad Ramli Nuh	BN (UMNO)
13th	2013–2018	Hishamuddin Abdul Karim	PR (PAS)
14th	2018–2020		PAS
14th	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present		PN (PAS)

Election results

Terengganu state election, 2023: Tepuh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hishamuddin Abdul Karim	17,049	73.47	19.15
	BN	Muhammad Hanafi Hasan	6,155	26.53	14.10
Total valid votes			23,204	100.00
Total rejected ballots			122
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			23,352	76.69	10.41
Registered electors			30,448
Majority			10,894	46.94	33.25
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2018: Tepuh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hishamuddin Abdul Karim	10,782	54.32	3.80
	BN	Basir Ismail	8,065	40.63	8.85
	Pakatan Harapan (2018)	Wan Hafizie Suzlie Wan Hassan	1,002	5.05	5.05
Total valid votes			19,849	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,132	87.10	1.50
Registered electors
Majority			2,717	13.69	12.65
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2013: Tepuh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hishamuddin Abdul Karim	11,128	50.52	1.80
	BN	Muhammad Ramli Nuh	10,899	49.48	1.80
Total valid votes			22,027	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,247	88.60	4.39
Registered electors
Majority			229	1.04	1.52
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Terengganu state election, 2008: Tepuh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Muhammad Ramli Nuh	8,445	51.28	1.41
	PAS	Abu Bakar Abdullah	8,025	48.72	1.41
Total valid votes			16,470	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout				84.21	3.22
Registered electors
Majority			430	2.56	2.82
	BN hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2004: Tepuh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Muhammad Ramli Nuh	7,583	52.69
	PAS	Abu Bakar Abdullah	6,809	47.31
Total valid votes			14,392	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout				87.43
Registered electors
Majority			774	5.38
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?