CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
EN/FR
Search
Menu
Research dossier · General Reference

Bunut Payong

state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia

Cross-disciplinary reference desk with index cards, atlas, dictionary and catalogue
General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ48732315 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bunut Payong is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly.

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.

Demographics

As of 2020, Bunut Payong has a population of 43,665 people.

History

Polling districts

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

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Bunut Payong” is state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Bunut, Payong and state, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1986, 2020, 2018—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Bunut, Payong and state is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q48732315. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1986, 2020 and 2018.

Critical limits

The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
Verify next

The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Bunut Payong”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Bunut Payong primary sources, Bunut Payong archive and Bunut research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Bunut Payong”?
  2. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
  3. What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Bunut Payong” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.