He won the seat and was elected into the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly as the Paka MLA for the first term after defeating defending candidate of Barisan Nasional (BN) by a majority of 2,686 votes.
In the 2008 Terengganu state election, Satiful was renominated by PAS to contest for the Paka seat.
He regained the seat and was elected as the Paka MLA for the second term after defeating candidate of BN by a majority of 1,287 votes.
He defended the seat and was elected as the Paka MLA for the third term after defeating candidates of BN and Pakatan Harapan (PH) by a majority of 3,405 votes.
On 10 May 2018 after PAS took over the state administration from BN after PAS defeated BN in the 2018 state election, Satiful was appointed as Terengganu EXCO Member in charge of Syariah Implementation, Education and Higher Education by Menteri Besar Ahmad Samsuri.