Beserah (state constituency)

Beserah is a state constituency in Pahang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly.

Beserah

Pahang constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Pahang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Andansura Rabu PN
Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)	59,370

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Besrah's electorate as of 2022

  Malay (74.32%)

  Chinese (20.94%)

  Indian (2.71%)

  Other ethnicities (2.03%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Beserah constituency is divided into 13 polling districts.

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Beserah (N12)	Cherating	082/12/01	SK Cherating
	Sungai Ular	082/12/02	SK Sungai Ular
	Balok Makmur	082/12/03	SK Balok Baru
	Balok Baru	082/12/04	SK Balok Makmur
	Balok	082/12/05	SK Balok SMK Chengal Lempong
	Sungai Karang	082/12/06	SK Sungai Karang
	Alor Batu	082/12/07	SK Jabor
	Batu Hitam	082/12/08	SMK Beserah
	Kampung Beserah	082/12/09	SK Beserah
	Seri Pelindong	082/12/10	SMK Pelindung
	Alor Akar	082/12/11	Kolej Vokesional Kuantan
	Air Putih Baru	082/12/12	SMK Air Putih
	Air Putih	082/12/13	SJK (C) Pei Chai

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Beserah
Assembly	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959–1964	Abdul Aziz Ahmad	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964–1969
	1969–1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971–1974	Abdul Aziz Ahmad	Alliance (UMNO)
4th	1974–1978	Ismail Siabit	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978–1982	Abdul Rahim Abu Bakar
6th	1982–1986	Latifah Abdul Ghaffar
7th	1986–1990	Mohamed Yusof Mohamed Ali
8th	1990–1995
9th	1995–1999	Jamal Ab Nasir Ismail
10th	1999–2004	Fauzi Abdul Rahman
11th	2004–2008	Fisar Abdullah
12th	2008–2013	Syed Mohammed Tuan Lonnik	PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018	Andansura Rabu
14th	2018–2020		PAS
	2020–2022		PN (PAS)
15th	2022–present

Election results

Pahang state election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Andansura Rabu	23,867	51.80	51.80
	PH	Zulkifli Mohamed	12,346	26.79	7.48
	BN	Mustaffar Kamal Ab Hamid	9,346	20.28	7.09
	GTA	Mohd Pauzi Taib	394	0.86	0.86
	Independent	Joseph Tang Sian Yew	126	0.27	0.27
Total valid votes			46,079	100.00
Total rejected ballots			405
Unreturned ballots			186
Turnout			46,670	78.61	5.02
Registered electors			59,370
Majority			11,521	25.01	20.92
	PN hold		Swing

Pahang state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Andansura Rabu	12,239	38.36	19.14
	PH	Zulkifli Mohamed	10,934	34.27	34.27
	BN	Suhaimi Jusoh @ Sulong	8,732	27.37	15.13
Total valid votes			31,905
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			32,384	83.63	1.45
Registered electors			38,721
Majority			1,305	4.09	10.91
	PAS hold		Swing

Pahang state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Andansura Rabu	15,346	57.50
	BN	Mohd Hazmi Yusof	11,359	42.50
Total valid votes			26,705
Total rejected ballots			305
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			27,010	85.08
Registered electors			31,746
Majority			3,987	15.00
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?