The 1997 Pulai Chondong by-election was a by-election that was held on 6 January 1997 for the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly seat of Pulai Chondong. It was called following the death of its Parti Melayu Semangat 46 assemblyman Noor Ahmad, who recently moved to UMNO about a month before. Ahmad won the seat on 1995 Malaysian general election under Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah banner against Nooruddin Hassan of Barisan Nasional with a majority of 1,461.
Zulkifli Mamat of PAS won the seat against Barisan Nasional Yusoff Hamzah with a slim majority of 118 votes. The constituency have 12,238 registered voters.
Nomination.
On nomination day, two candidate were confirmed. Barisan Nasional nominated local candidate which is former Kelantan South Development Authority deputy general manager, Yusoff Hamzah. PAS nominated former senior lecturer with the Kelantan branch of Universiti Teknologi MARA, Zulkifli Mamat.
Timeline.
The key dates are listed below.