Ru Rendang

Ru Rendang

Terengganu constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar PN
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	32,867

Ru Rendang is a state constituency in Terengganu, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly. 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 Ru Rendang's electorate as of 2018

  Malay (99.39%)

  Chinese (0.37%)

  Other ethnicities (0.16%)

  Indian (0.07%)

History

Polling Districts

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

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Ru Rendang (N19)	Rusila	037/19/01	SK Rusila
	Medan Jaya	037/19/02	SMK Rusila
	Sentul Patah	037/19/03	SK Sentol Patah
	Marang	037/19/04	SK Marang
	Bandar Marang	037/19/05	SMA Marang
	Seberang Marang	037/19/06	SK Bukit Gasing
	Bukit Gasing	037/19/07	SMK Seberang Marang
	Batangan	037/19/08	SK Batangan
	Ru Muda	037/19/09	SK Seberang Marang
	Pulau Kerengga	037/19/10	SK Pulau Kerengga
	Kelulut	037/19/11	SK Kelulut

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Ru Rendang
Parliament	Years	Members	Party
Constituency created from Marang
7th	1986–1990	Abdul Hadi Awang	PAS
8th	1990–1995		APU (PAS)
9th	1995–1999
10th	1999–2004		BA (PAS)
11th	2004–2008		PAS
12th	2008–2013		PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2020	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar	GS (PAS)
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Terengganu state election, 2023: Ru Rendang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar	20,927	85.18
	PH	Suhaimi Sulaiman	3,641	14.82
Total valid votes			24,568	100.00
Total rejected ballots			179
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			24,773	75.37
Registered electors			32,867
Majority			17,286
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2018: Ru Rendang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar	13,851	61.83
	BN	Nik Dir Nik Wan Ku	7,823	34.92
	Pakatan Harapan (2018)	Zarawi Sulong	729	3.25
Total valid votes			22,403	100.00
Total rejected ballots			249
Unreturned ballots			76
Turnout			22,728	87.40
Registered electors			25,999
Majority			6,028
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2013: Ru Rendang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	11,468	56.83
	BN	Nik Dir Nik Wan Ku	8,649	42.86
Total valid votes			20,117	100.00
Total rejected ballots			166
Unreturned ballots			64
Turnout			20,347	89.78
Registered electors			22,662
Majority			2,819
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2008: Ru Rendang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	9,379	58.36
	BN	Razali Idris	6,693	41.64
Total valid votes			16,072	100.00
Total rejected ballots			137
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,209	86.23
Registered electors			18,798
Majority			2,686
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 2004: Ru Rendang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	7,736	54.06
	BN	Tengku Zainuddin Tengku Zahid	6,301	44.04
Total valid votes			14,037	100.00
Total rejected ballots			137
Unreturned ballots			272
Turnout			14,446	89.38
Registered electors			16,163
Majority			1,435
	PAS hold		Swing

Terengganu state election, 1999: Ru Rendang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	7,881	66.02
	BN	Tengku Zainuddin Tengku Zahid	4,038	33.83
Total valid votes			11,919	100.00
Total rejected ballots			206
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,125	81.37
Registered electors			14,901
Majority			3,843
	PAS hold		Swing