Galas (state constituency)

Galas

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Syahbuddin Hashim BN
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Population (2020)	50,230
Electors (2023)	29,638

Galas is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

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.

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Galas constituency has a total of 15 polling districts.^[3]

Kelantan state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Syahbuddin Hashim	10,742	59.19	13.10
	PAS	Mohd Tarmizi Abd Rahman	7,405	40.81	5.72
Total valid votes			18,147	100.00
Total rejected ballots			27
Unreturned ballots			140
Turnout			18,314	61.79	17.60
Registered electors			29,638
Majority			3,337	18.38	7.38
	BN hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Syahbuddin Hashim	7,281	46.09	9.07
	PAS	Suhaimi Mat Deris	5,543	35.09	9.75
	PH	Nasir Dollah	2,973	18.82	18.82
Total valid votes			15,797	100.00
Total rejected ballots			317
Unreturned ballots			81
Turnout			16,195	79.39	6.91
Registered electors			20,399
Majority			1,738	11.00	0.68
	BN hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Aziz Yusoff	6,956	55.16	1.13
	PAS	Abdullah Hussein	5,655	44.84	1.13
Total valid votes			12,611	100.00
Total rejected ballots			273
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			12,908	86.30	3.27
Registered electors			14,962
Majority			1,301	10.32	2.26
	BN hold		Swing

Kelantan state by-election, 4 November 2010
The by-election was called due to the death of incumbent, Che Hashim Sulaiman.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Aziz Yusoff	5,324	56.29	10.25
	PAS	Zulkefli Mohamed	4,134	43.71	10.25
Total valid votes			9,458	100.00
Total rejected ballots			132
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			9,593	83.03	2.14
Registered electors			11,553
Majority			1,190	12.58	4.66
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?
Source(s) "Pilihan Raya Kecil N.45 Galas". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-09-19.

Kelantan state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Che Hashim Sulaiman	4,399	53.96	16.98
	BN	Omar Mohamed	3,753	46.04	16.98
Total valid votes			8,152	100.00
Total rejected ballots			171
Unreturned ballots			33
Turnout			8,356	80.89	5.04
Registered electors			10,330
Majority			646	7.92	18.12
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Saufi Deraman	4,184	63.02	0.44
	PAS	Che Hashim Sulaiman	2,455	36.98	36.98
Total valid votes			6,639	100.00
Total rejected ballots			156
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			6,805	75.85	3.85
Registered electors			8,972
Majority			1,729	26.04	0.88
	BN hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Saufi Deraman	5,336	63.46	20.85
	PKR	Zulkifli Mohamad	3,072	36.54	36.54
Total valid votes			8,408	100.00
Total rejected ballots			297
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,705	72.00	1.19
Registered electors			12,091
Majority			2,264	26.92	14.90
	BN gain from S46		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Omar Mohamed	4,056	54.63	17.10
	BN	Abd. Aziz Talib	3,163	42.61	14.34
	KITA	Nik Ismail Wan Idris	205	2.76	2.76
Total valid votes			7,424	100.00
Total rejected ballots			472
Unreturned ballots			57
Turnout			7,953	70.81	2.72
Registered electors			11,231
Majority			893	12.02	31.44
	S46 hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Omar Mohamed	4,465	71.73	71.73
	BN	Zakaria Hasan	1,760	28.27	44.48
Total valid votes			6,225	100.00
Total rejected ballots			199
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,424	73.53	3.55
Registered electors			8,737
Majority			2,705	43.46	2.04
	S46 gain from BN		Swing		?