# Padang Terap (federal constituency)

Padang Terap is a federal constituency in Padang Terap District, Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat 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/KEDAH
* Malay 91.9 (91.8%)
* Other ethnicities 4.9 (4.90%)
* Chinese 1.8 (1.80%)
* Indian 1.5 (1.50%)
* 18-20 (6.29%)
* 21-29 (22.21%)
* 30-39 (23.34%)
* 40-49 (17.33%)
* 50-59 (14.15%)
* 60-69 (9.88%)
* 70-79 (4.83%)
* 80-89 (1.74%)
* above 90 (0.21%)
* Male (49.72%)
* Female (50.28%)

## History
### Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Padang Terap constituency is divided into 31 polling districts.
| State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
| Kuala Nerang (N07） | Padang Sanai | 007/07/01 | SK Padang Sanai |
| Kuala Nerang (N07） | Kuala Palas | 007/07/02 | SK Kubang Palas |
| Kuala Nerang (N07） | Gula Padang Terap | 007/07/03 | SMK Padang Terap |
| Kuala Nerang (N07） | Padang Nyior | 007/07/04 | Maktab Mahmud Padang Terap |
| Kuala Nerang (N07） | Kampung Pisang | 007/07/05 | Maktab Mahmud Padang Terap |
| Kuala Nerang (N07） | Kampung Tanjong | 007/07/06 | SK Padang Terap |
| Kuala Nerang (N07） | Tualak | 007/07/07 | SK Tualak |
| Kuala Nerang (N07） | Belimbing | 007/07/08 | SK Kuala Nerang |
| Kuala Nerang (N07） | Kampung Bendang | 007/07/09 | SK Tuanku Abdul Rahman Putra |
| Kuala Nerang (N07） | Perik | 007/07/10 | SK Perik |
| Kuala Nerang (N07） | Kurong Hitam | 007/07/11 | SK Kurong Hitam |
| Kuala Nerang (N07） | Pekan Kuala Nerang | 007/07/12 | SMK Dato' Syed Ahmad |
| Kuala Nerang (N07） | Rambutan | 007/07/13 | SK Seri Bakti |
| Kuala Nerang (N07） | Kampung Nai Teh | 007/07/14 | SK Toh Puan Sharifah Hanifah |
| Kuala Nerang (N07） | Bukit Tembaga | 007/07/15 | SK Bukit Tembaga |
| Kuala Nerang (N07） | Kampung Barokhas | 007/07/16 | SMA Al-Khairiah |
| Kuala Nerang (N07） | Nako Nambua | 007/07/17 | SK Panglima Awang |
| Pedu (N08) | Kuala Tekai | 007/08/01 | SMK Pedu |
| Pedu (N08) | Kampung Musa | 007/08/02 | SK Pedu |
| Pedu (N08) | Pedu | 007/08/03 | SK Pedu |
| Pedu (N08) | Tong Pelu | 007/08/04 | SK Datin Fatimah |
| Pedu (N08) | Kampung Mesjid | 007/08/05 | SMK Naka |
| Pedu (N08) | Belukar Luas | 007/08/06 | SK Kampong Belukar |
| Pedu (N08) | Kubang Bemban | 007/08/07 | SK Tandop Besar |
| Pedu (N08) | Tandop Besar | 007/08/08 | SK Tandop Besar |
| Pedu (N08) | Naka | 007/08/09 | SK Naka |
| Pedu (N08) | Lamdin | 007/08/10 | SK Lamdin |
| Pedu (N08) | Nami | 007/08/11 | SK Nami |
| Pedu (N08) | FELDA Lubok Merbau A | 007/08/12 | SK Lubok Merbau |
| Pedu (N08) | FELDA Lubok Merbau B | 007/08/13 | SMK Lubok Merbau |
| Pedu (N08) | Kampung Mahawangsa Padang Terap | 008/08/14 | SMA Al-Islahiah Al-Islamiah |

### Representation history

Members of Parliament for Padang Terap :
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created, renamed from Jitra-Padang Terap |||||
| 4th | P005 | 1974–1978 | Ahmad Shukri Abdul Shukur (أحمد شکري عبدالشکور) | BN (PAS) |
| 5th | P005 | 1978–1982 | Syed Ahmad Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin (سيد أحمد سيد محمود شهاب الدين) | BN (UMNO) |
| 6th | P005 | 1982–1984 | Syed Ahmad Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin (سيد أحمد سيد محمود شهاب الدين) | BN (UMNO) |
| 6th | P005 | 1985–1986 | Baharom Bakar (بهاروم بكر) | BN (UMNO) |
| 7th | P005 | 1986–1990 | Affifudin Omar (عَفِيفُ ٱلدِّين عُمَر) | BN (UMNO) |
| 8th | P005 | 1990–1995 | Affifudin Omar (عَفِيفُ ٱلدِّين عُمَر) | BN (UMNO) |
| 9th | P007 | 1995–1999 | Affifudin Omar (عَفِيفُ ٱلدِّين عُمَر) | BN (UMNO) |
| 10th | P007 | 1999–2004 | Zawawi Ahmad (زواوي أحمد) | BA (PAS) |
| 11th | P007 | 2004–2008 | Ghazali Ibrahim (غزالي إبراهيم) | BN (UMNO) |
| 12th | P007 | 2008–2013 | Mohd Nasir Zakaria (محمد ناصر زکريا) | PR (PAS) |
| 13th | P007 | 2013–2018 | Mahdzir Khalid (محاضر بن خالد) | BN (UMNO) |
| 14th | P007 | 2018–2022 | Mahdzir Khalid (محاضر بن خالد) | BN (UMNO) |
| 15th | P007 | 2022–present | Nurul Amin Hamid (نُورُٱلْأَمِين حَمِيْد) | PN (PAS) |

### State constituency

| Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency |
| Parliamentary constituency | 1955–1959* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present |
| Padang Terap | | | Kuala Nerang | Kuala Nerang | Kuala Nerang | Kuala Nerang | Kuala Nerang |
| Padang Terap | | | | | Pedu | Pedu | Pedu |
| Padang Terap | | | Pokok Sena | Pokok Sena | | | |

### Current state assembly members

| No. | State Constituency | Member | Coalition (Party) |
| N7 | Kuala Nerang | Mohamad Yusoff Zakaria | PN (PAS) |
| N8 | Pedu | Mohd Radzi Md Amin | PN (PAS) |

### Local governments & postcodes

| No. | State Constituency | Local Government | Postcode |
| N7 | Kuala Nerang | Padang Terap District Council | 06010, 06300 Kuala Nerang |
| N8 | Pedu | Padang Terap District Council | 06010, 06300 Kuala Nerang |