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Mentakab (C30)
Pahang constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Pahang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Woo Chee Wan; PH
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Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1984
Constituency re-created	2003
First contested	1974
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)	37,269

Mentakab is a state constituency in Pahang, Malaysia. The current state assemblyman is Woo Chee Wan from DAP.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Mentakab's electorate as of 2022^[2]

Malay (46.80%)

Chinese (39.26%)

Indian (11.41%)

Other ethnicities (2.53%)

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Mentakab constituency is divided into 12 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling district	Code	Location
Mentakab (N30）	Taman Rimba	088/30/01	Kawasan Lapang Jalan Bendera Puteri Taman Bukit Bendera Mentakab
	Bukit Bendera	088/30/02	SMJK Hwa Lian
	Bandar Mentakab	088/30/03	SJK (T) Mentakab
	Sungai Semantan	088/30/04	Dewan Seri Mentakab
	Tanjung Kerayong	088/30/05	SK Abu Bakar
	Kampung Baharu	088/30/06	SJK (C) Mentakab 1
	Kampung Sungai Ara	088/30/07	SK Bandar Mentakab
	Mentakab Tengah	088/30/08	SJK (C) Mentakab 2
	Taman Ksm	088/30/09	SMK Mentakab
	Kampung Chatin	088/30/10	SMK Bukit Cermin
	Sri Kemuning	088/30/11	SK Tanjong Lalang
	Temerloh Jaya	088/30/12	SK Temerloh Jaya

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Mentakab
Assembly	Years	Name	Party
Mentekab
Constituency created from Sanggang
4th	1974-1978	Annuar Mohammad Seh	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982	Idris Long
6th	1982-1986	Abdul Aziz Rahman
Constituency split into Lanchang and Sanggang
Constituency renamed from Sanggang
Mentakab
11th	2004-2008	Chuah Boon Seong	BN (MCA)
12th	2008-2013	Chuah Boon Seong	BN (MCA)
13th	2013-2018	Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji	PR (DAP)
14th	2018-2022	Woo Chee Wan	PH (DAP)
15th	2022–present	Woo Chee Wan	PH (DAP)

Pahang state election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Woo Chee Wan	12,905	44.97	5.81
	PN	Mohd Yusoff Abdullah	9,248	32.22	33.22
	BN	Wong Tze Shiang	5,996	20.89	1.01
	GTA	Abdul Wahab Kadir	287	1.00	1.00
Total valid votes			28,699	100.00
Total rejected ballots			182
Unreturned ballots			81
Turnout			28,962	76.97	4.71
Registered electors			37,269
Majority			3,657	12.75	15.32
	PH hold		Swing

Pahang state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Woo Chee Wan	10,547	50.78	50.78
	PAS	Abirerah Awang Chik	4,718	22.71	22.71
	BN	Wong Tat Chee @ Wong Tai Chee	4,548	21.90	22.63
	Independent	Chuah Boon Seong	958	4.61	4.61
Total valid votes			20,771	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,771	81.68	3.25
Registered electors			25,431
Majority			5,829	28.07	17.13
	PH hold		Swing

Pahang state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji	7,882	55.47	20.49
	BN	Chuah Boon Seong	6,328	44.53	12.43
Total valid votes			14,210	100.00
Total rejected ballots			220
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,430	84.93	9.23
Registered electors			16,991
Majority			1,554	10.94	11.04
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Pahang state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chuah Boon Seong	6,321	56.96	11.57
	DAP	Ng Kwi Ling	3,882	34.98	3.51
	Independent	Mohd Shokri Mahmood	863	7.78	7.78
Total valid votes			11,097	100.00
Total rejected ballots			366
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,463	75.70	0.75
Registered electors			15,143
Majority			2,439	21.98	15.08
	BN hold		Swing