Batu (Kuala Lumpur federal constituency)
Malaysian federal constituency
Malaysian electoral constituency
Batu (P115)
the Federal Territories of Malaysia constituency
Federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
MP
Prabakaran Parameswaran
PH
Constituency created1984
First contested1986
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]219,132
Electors (2022)[2]113,863
Area (km²)[3]20
Pop. density (per km²)10,956.6

Batu is a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1986.

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

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Ethnic breakdown of Batu's electorate as of 2022

  Malay (47.0%)
  Chinese (34.6%)
  Indian (17.5%)
  Other ethnicities (1.0%)

Age breakdown of Batu's electorate as of 2022

  18-20 (5.78%)
  21-29 (20.39%)
  30-39 (22.93%)
  40-49 (17.54%)
  50-59 (14.4%)
  60-69 (11.78%)
  70-79 (5.19%)
  80-89 (1.62%)
  above 90 (0.38%)

Gender breakdown of Batu's electorate as of 2022

  Male (49.81%)
  Female (50.19%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Batu constituency has a total of 23 polling districts.[4]

Polling DistrictCodeLocation
Kampung Selayang Lama115/00/01SK Kg. Selayang
Taman Sri Murni115/00/02SK Seri Murni
Taman Intan Baiduri115/00/03SK Intan Baiduri
Taman Beringin115/00/04Sekolah Integrasi Rendah Agama Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (SIRAJ) Abu Bzae Al-Ghifari
Taman Wahyu115/00/05SK Seri Delima
Taman Batu Permai115/00/06SMK Dato' Ibrahim Yaacob
Taman Batu Muda115/00/07SK Batu Muda
Batu Muda115/00/08SMK Batu Muda
Taman Koperasi Fasa II115/00/09SK Taman Koperasi Polis
Batu Kentonmen115/00/10SK Kampung Batu
Pekan Batu115/00/11
  • SK (1) Batu 4 Jalan Ipoh
  • SK (2) Batu 4 Jalan Ipoh
Taman Rainbow115/00/12SJK (C) Lai Chee
Taman Million115/00/13SM (Persendirian) Chong Hwa
Sentul Pasar115/00/14SMK Convent Sentul
Sentul Jaya115/00/15SK Sentul 1
Sentul Utara115/00/16SRA Ibnu Hajar Al-'Asqalani (SRA Raudhatul Muttaqin), Taman Dato' Senu
Pekan Setapak115/00/17SJK (C) Chong Hwa, Setapak
Rumah Pangsa Sri Perak118/00/18
  • SK Bandar Baru Sentul
  • SK Seri Perak
Bandar Baru Sentul115/00/19
  • SMK Bandar Baru Sentul
  • Majlis Kebajikan dan Pembangunan Masyarakat Kebangsaan Malaysia (MAKPEM)
Sentul Tengah115/00/20
  • SK Convent Sentul 1
  • SK Convent Sentul 2
Kampung Kovil Utara115/00/21SMK (L) Methodist Sentul
Kampung Kovil Selatan115/00/22SK La Salle (1) Sentul
Sentul Selatan115/00/23SK (L) Methodist Sentul

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Batu
ParliamentNoYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Kepong and Setapak
7thP0971986–1990Alexander Lee Yu Lung
(李裕隆)		BN (GERAKAN)
8th1990–1995
9thP1041995–1999Chong Chek Ah
(庄智雅)
10th1999–2004Ng Lip Yong
(吴立洋)
11thP1152004–2008
12th2008–2013Chua Tian Chang
(蔡添强)		PR (PKR)
13th2013–2018
14th2018Prabakaran Parameswaran
(பிரபாகரன் பரமேஸ்வரன்)		Independent
2018–2022PH (PKR)
15th2022–present

Local governments & postcodes

No.Local GovernmentPostcode
P115Kuala Lumpur City Hall
  • 68100 Batu Caves
  • 50400, 51000, 51100, 52000, 53000 Kuala Lumpur

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
PHPrabakaran Parameswaran45,71652.46Increase 52.46
PNAzhar Yahya23,47526.94Increase 26.94
BNKohilan Pillay Appu10,39811.93Decrease 9.86
IndependentChua Tian Chang4,6035.28Increase 5.28
GTAWan Azliana Wan Adnan8490.97Increase 0.97
IndependentSiti Zabedah Kasim6530.75Increase 0.75
IndependentNur Fathiah Syazwana @ Cleo Shaharuddin6280.72Increase 0.72
HeritageNaganathan Pillai5750.66Increase 0.66
Parti Rakyat MalaysiaZulkifli Abdul Fadlan1370.16Increase 0.16
IndependentToo Cheng Huat @ Too Gao Lan1120.13Increase 0.13
Total valid votes87,146 100.00
Total rejected ballots477
Unreturned ballots218
Turnout87,84176.54Decrease 6.78
Registered electors113,863
Majority22,24125.52Decrease 13.39
PH gain from IndependentSwing?
Source(s)
https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753271/PUB%20613%20(2022)%20-%20PARLIMEN%20WP%20KUALA%20LUMPUR.pdf
Malaysian general election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
IndependentPrabakaran Parameswaran38,12560.70Increase 60.70
BNDominic Lau Hoe Chai13,68721.79Decrease 17.98
PASAzhar Yahya10,61016.89Increase 16.89
IndependentPanjamorthy Muthusami3830.61Increase 0.61
Total valid votes62,805100.00
Total rejected ballots498
Unreturned ballots297
Turnout63,00083.32Decrease 1.16
Registered electors76,328
Majority24,43838.91Increase 20.30
Independent gain from PKRSwing?
Source(s)

"His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur [P.U. (B) 240/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link]"Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur [P.U. (B) 314/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link]

"Damansara parliamentary seat records biggest majority - Nation". The Star Online. 10 May 2018.
Malaysian general election, 2013
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
PKRChua Tian Chang41,67258.38Decrease 1.05
BNDominic Lau Hoe Chai28,38839.77Decrease 0.80
Pan-Malaysian Islamic FrontHashim Karim9491.33Increase 1.33
IndependentNazariah Abbas2090.29Increase 0.29
IndependentAtan Jasin1640.23Increase 0.23
Total valid votes71,382100.00
Total rejected ballots606
Unreturned ballots159
Turnout72,14784.48Increase 11.76
Registered electors85,402
Majority13,28418.61Decrease 0.26
PKR holdSwing
Source(s)

"Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur [P.U. (B) 177/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2016-05-07.

"Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur [P.U. (B) 218/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
Malaysian general election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
PKRChua Tian Chang29,78559.43Increase 21.97
BNLim Si Pin20,33040.57Decrease 21.97
Total valid votes50,115100.00
Total rejected ballots614
Unreturned ballots574
Turnout51,30372.72Increase 4.39
Registered electors70,544
Majority9,45518.87Decrease 6.21
PKR gain from BNSwing?


Malaysian general election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
BNNg Lip Yong @ Ng Lip Sat28,71862.54Increase 9.87
PKRChua Tian Chang17,20137.46Increase 37.46
Total valid votes45,919100.00
Total rejected ballots309
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout46,22868.33Decrease 5.20
Registered electors
Majority11,51725.08Increase 19.74
BN holdSwing


Malaysian general election, 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
BNNg Lip Yong @ Ng Lip Sat22,63952.67Decrease 16.45
Parti Rakyat MalaysiaSanusi Osman20,34247.33Increase 16.45
Total valid votes42,981100.00
Total rejected ballots565
Unreturned ballots1,370
Turnout44,91673.53Increase 5.04
Registered electors
Majority2,2975.34Decrease 32.91
BN holdSwing


Malaysian general election, 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
BNChong Chek Ah26,82369.12Increase 10.90
Parti Rakyat MalaysiaSanusi Osman11,98130.88Decrease 9.25
Total valid votes38,804100.00
Total rejected ballots284
Unreturned ballots842
Turnout39,93068.49Decrease 1.50
Registered electors
Majority14,84238.25Increase 20.16
BN holdSwing


Malaysian general election, 1990
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
BNAlexander Lee Yu Lung36,64658.22Increase 6.03
Parti Rakyat MalaysiaSyed Husin Ali25,25940.13Increase 40.13
IndependentAzizi Shariff1,0431.66Increase 1.66
Total valid votes62,948100.00
Total rejected ballots215
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout63,16369.99Increase 7.44
Registered electors90,251
Majority11,38718.09Increase 3.40
BN holdSwing


Malaysian general election, 1986
PartyCandidateVotes%
BNAlexander Lee Yu Lung22,26252.19
DAPChan Beng Shin15,99737.50
PASHassan Shukri3,9239.20
SDPOmar Din Mawai Din4771.12
Total valid votes42,659100.00
Total rejected ballots415
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout43,07462.55
Registered electors68,865
Majority6,26514.69
This was a new constituency created.

References

  1. ^ "Kawasanku". Department of Statistics Malaysia. 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  2. ^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  3. ^ Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  4. ^ "Portal Akta" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-19. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
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