Bunut Payong

Bunut Payong is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly.

Bunut Payong

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Shaari Mat Yaman PN
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	36,844

The state constituency was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

As of 2020, Bunut Payong has a population of 43,665 people.

Ethnic breakdown of Bunut Payong's electorate as of 2023

1. Malay (93.8%)
2. Chinese (5.17%)
3. Other ethnicities (0.61%)
4. Indian (0.46%)

History

Polling districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Bunut Payong constituency has a total of 11 polling districts.

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bunut Payong（N10）	Kg Sireh Bawah Lembah	021/10/01	Tadika Tg. Anis 1
	Kubor Kuda	021/10/02	SMA Naim Lil-Banat
	Jalan Raja Dewa	021/10/03	SMK Sultan Ismail
	Telipot	021/10/04	Maktab Sultan Ismail
	Kampung Belukar	021/10/05	SMK Zainab (1)
	Bunut Payong Hilir	021/10/06	SK Sultan Ismail (1)
	Pintu Geng	021/10/07	SMK Pintu Geng
	Kota Utata	021/10/08	SK Kota
	Lundang	021/10/09	SK Lundang
	Bunut Payong	021/10/10	SK Bunut Payong
	Kampung Wakaf Che Yeh	021/10/11	SMK Kota

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bunut Payong
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Telipot
7th	1986–1990	Ahmad Rastom Ahmad Maher	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990–1995	Halim Mohamad	APU (PAS)
9th	1995–1999
10th	1999–2004	Takiyuddin Hassan	BA (PAS)
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008–2013		PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2015	Ramli Mamat
	2015–2016		PAS
	2016–2018		GS (PAS)
14th	2018–2020
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present	Shaari Mat Yaman

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023: Bunut Payong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Shaari Mat Yaman	13,887	62.66	12.57
	BN	Mohamed Hasnan Che Hussin	8,277	37.34	8.47
Total valid votes			22,164	100.00
Total rejected ballots			114
Unreturned ballots			57
Turnout			22,278	60.62	19.24
Registered electors			36,844
Majority			5,610	25.32	4.10
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018: Bunut Payong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ramli Mamat	10,921	50.09	13.63
	BN	Mohamed Hasnan Che Hussin	6,294	28.87	7.41
	PH	Sanusi Othman	4,586	21.04	21.04
Total valid votes			21,801	100.00
Total rejected ballots			214
Unreturned ballots			256
Turnout			22,271	79.86	3.79
Registered electors			28,437
Majority			4,627	21.22	6.22
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013: Bunut Payong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ramli Mamat	13,447	63.72	0.47
	BN	Mohd Fakhrurazi Abdul Rahim	7,655	36.28	0.47
Total valid votes			21,102	100.00
Total rejected ballots			189
Unreturned ballots			75
Turnout			21,336	83.65	3.77
Registered electors			25,506
Majority			5,792	27.44	0.94
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2008: Bunut Payong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Takiyuddin Hassan	10,360	63.25
	BN	Rosmadi Ismail	6,019	36.75
Total valid votes			16,379	100.00
Total rejected ballots			146
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			16,525	79.88
Registered electors			20,688
Majority			4,341	26.50
	PAS hold		Swing