Batu Kawan (federal constituency)

Batu Kawan

Penang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Kasthuriraani Patto DAP
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2013

Batu Kawan is a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Taman Indrawasih, Taman Chai Leng, Perai, Taman Perai, Taman Supreme, Taman Kimsar, Kampong Jawa, Jalan Pengkalan, Kebun Sireh, Bukit Tengah, Kuala Juru, Juru, Taman Perwira, Taman Sejati, Taman Sentul Jaya, Pulau Aman, Batu Kawan, Bukit Tambun, Taman Merak, Kampong Baharu, Ladang Valdor, Perkampungan Valdor, Badak Mati, Rumah Murah Valdor.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Batu Kawan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
11th	2004-2008	Huan Cheng Guan	BN
12th	2008-2013	Ramasamy Palanisamy	DAP
13th	2013-present	Kasthuriraani Patto

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Kasthuriraani Patto	36,636	74.14
	BN	Gobalakrishnan Narayanasamy	10,674	21.60
	PCM	Huan Cheng Guan	1,801	3.64
	Independent	Mohan Apparoo	305	0.62
Total valid votes			49,416	100.00
Total rejected ballots			723
Unreturned ballots			69
Turnout			50,208	87.32
Registered electors			57,500
Majority			25,962
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Ramasamy Palanisamy	23,067	62.94
	BN	Koh Tsu Koon	13,582	37.06
Total valid votes			36,649	100.00
Total rejected ballots			640
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			37,292	78.71
Registered electors			47,378
Majority			9,485
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Huan Cheng Guan	17,097	53.85
	KEADILAN	Law Choo Kiang	8,099	25.51
	DAP	Tanasekharan Autherapady	6,552	20.64
Total valid votes			31,748	100.00
Total rejected ballots			811
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			32,559	75.62
Registered electors
Majority			8,998
This was a new constituency created.