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2023 Kuala Terengganu By-election
The 2023 Kuala Terengganu by-election is a by-election that were held on 12 August 2023 for the Dewan Rakyat seat of Kuala Terengganu. It was called following the disqualification of incumbent, Ahmad Amzad Hashim on 27 June 2023. The election is the first by-election since GE15 and the second by-election that was held in the constituency since 2009. The by-election was held concurrently with the 2023 Terengganu state election. Background Kuala Terengganu is a Malay/Muslim-majority seat comprising predominantly 90.8% of the overall voters, followed by 8.6% Chinese, 0.5% Indians and 0.2% of other ethnicities. Ahmad Amzad, a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) of Perikatan Nasional (PN) was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuala Terengganu in Terengganu defeating Mohd Zubir Embong of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, Raja Kamarul Bahrin of the National Trust Party (AMANAH) of Pakatan Harapan (PH ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuala Terengganu (federal Constituency)
Kuala Terengganu is a federal constituency in Kuala Terengganu District, Terengganu, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (English: 'House of Representatives'; ) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament, the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The Dewan Ra ... since 1974. The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. Demographics https://live.chinapress.com.my/ge15/parliament/TERENGGANU History Polling districts According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Kuala Terengganu constituency is divided into 41 polling districts. Representation history State constituency Current state assembly members Local governments Election results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |