Batu (federal constituency)

Batu

the Federal Territories of Malaysia constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Chua Tian Chang PKR
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Batu is a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974, from 1986 to present.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1974 after it was redistributed. It was re-created in 1984.

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kampong Selayang Lama, Taman Wahyu, Pekan Batu, Taman Batu Muda, Changkat, Batu Muda, Kampong Padang Balang, Jinjang Tempatan Keduabelas, Batu Kantomen, Taman Rainbow, Sentul Pasar, Sentul Tengah, Sentul Utara, Kampong Kovil Utara, Bandar Baru Sentul, Sentul Selatan, Kampong Kovil Selatan, Kolam Ayer, Rumah Pangsa Sri Perak, Taman Intan Baiduri, Taman Beringin, Taman Million, Sentul Jaya, Taman Sri Murni, Taman Batu Permai.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Batu
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created in the state of Selangor
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Ng Ann Teck	Socialist Front
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Ng Ann Teck	Socialist Front
2nd	1964-1968	Tan Chee Khoon
	1968-1969		Gerakan
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1972	Tan Chee Khoon	Gerakan
	1972-1974		PEKEMAS
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
7th	1986-1990	Yu Lung Lee	BN
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999	Chong Chek Ah
10th	1999-2004	Ng Lip Yong @ Ng Lip Sat
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Chua Tian Chang	PKR
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Chua Tian Chang	41,672	58.38
	BN	Dominic Lau Hoe Chai	28,388	39.77
	Berjasa	Hashim Karim	949	1.33
	Independent	Nazariah Abbas	209	0.29
	Independent	Atan Jasin	164	0.23
Total valid votes			71,382	100.00
Total rejected ballots			606
Unreturned ballots			159
Turnout			72,147	84.48
Registered electors			85,402
Majority			13,284
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Chua Tian Chang	29,785	59.43
	BN	Lim Si Pin	20,330	40.57
Total valid votes			50,115	100.00
Total rejected ballots			614
Unreturned ballots			574
Turnout			51,303	72.72
Registered electors			70,544
Majority			9,455
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ng Lip Yong @ Ng Lip Sat	28,718	62.54
	KEADILAN	Chua Tian Chang	17,201	37.46
Total valid votes			45,919	100.00
Total rejected ballots			309
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			46,228	68.33
Registered electors
Majority			11,517
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ng Lip Yong @ Ng Lip Sat	22,639	52.67
	PRM	Sanusi Osman	20,342	47.33
Total valid votes			42,981	100.00
Total rejected ballots			565
Unreturned ballots			1,370
Turnout			44,916	73.53
Registered electors
Majority			2,297
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chong Chek Ah	26,823	69.12
	PRM	Sanusi Osman	11,981	30.88
Total valid votes			38,804	100.00
Total rejected ballots			284
Unreturned ballots			842
Turnout			39,930	68.49
Registered electors
Majority			14,842
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yu Lung Lee	36,646	58.22
	PRM	Syed Husin Ali	25,259	40.13
	Independent	Azizi Shariff	1,043	1.66
Total valid votes			62,948	100.00
Total rejected ballots			215
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			63,163	69.99
Registered electors
Majority			11,387
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yu Lung Lee	22,262	52.19
	DAP	Chan Beng Shin	15,997	37.50
	PAS	Hassan Shukri	3,923	9.20
	SDP	Omar Din Mawai Din	477	1.12
Total valid votes			42,659	100.00
Total rejected ballots			415
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			43,074	62.55
Registered electors			68,865
Majority			6,265
	BN gain from Gerakan		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Gerakan	Tan Chee Khoon
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Gerakan gain from Socialist Front		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Socialist Front	Tan Chee Khoon
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Socialist Front hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Socialist Front	Ng Ann Teck
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.