 Selangor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct state constituency | |
| Legislature | Selangor State Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency created | 2003 |
| Constituency abolished | 2018 |
| First contested | 2004 |
| Last contested | 2013 |
Batu Caves was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 2004 to 2018.
The state constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
From 2018, this constituency abolished, renamed to re-created as Sungai Tua.
History
2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Wira Damai, Taman Jasa, Sungai Tua, Kampung Nakhoda, Kampung Laksamana, Selayang Baharu Empat, Selayang Baharu Lima, Taman Selayang, Taman Batu Caves, Pekan Batu Caves Lama, Batu Caves, Batu 8 Sungai Tua.
2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Wira Damai, Taman Jasa, Sungai Tua, Kampung Nakhoda, Kampung Laksamana, Selayang Baharu Empat, Selayang Baharu Lima, Taman Selayang, Taman Batu Caves, Pekan Batu Caves Lama, Batu Caves, Batu 8 Sungai Tua.
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Batu Caves | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Sungai Tua | |||
| 11th | 2004-2008 | Jagarasah Verasamy | BN (MIC) |
| 12th | 2008-2013 | Amirudin Shari | PKR |
| 13th | 2013-2018 | ||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Sungai Tua[2] | |||
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKR | Amirudin Shari | 14,552 | 55.92 | - 2.76 | ||
| BN | Rawisandran Narayanan | 11,291 | 43.39 | + 3.49 | ||
| Independent | Suman Gopal | 182 | 0.70 | + 0.70 | ||
| Total valid votes | 26,025 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 418 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 80 | |||||
| Turnout | 26,523 | 85.92 | ||||
| Registered electors | 30,869 | |||||
| Majority | 3,261 | |||||
| PKR hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 192/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2016-05-21. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 233/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2016-05-21. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKR | Amirudin Shari | 11,015 | 58.68 | + 13.94 | |
| BN | Mohan Thangarasu | 7,376 | 39.30 | - 15.96 | |
| Independent | Azmi Hussain | 379 | 2.02 | + 2.02 | |
| Total valid votes | 18,770 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 320 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 75 | ||||
| Turnout | 19,165 | 74.51 | |||
| Registered electors | 25,720 | ||||
| Majority | 3,639 | ||||
| PKR gain from BN | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Jagarasah Verasamy | 9,362 | 55.26 | |||
| PKR | Kamarul Baharin Abbas | 7,581 | 44.74 | |||
| Total valid votes | 16,943 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 295 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 80 | |||||
| Turnout | 17,318 | 73.56 | ||||
| Registered electors | 23,544 | |||||
| Majority | 1,781 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
- ↑ "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
- ↑ "Cadang pinda nama 41 Parlimen, DUN | Berita Harian". www.bharian.com.my. Retrieved 2021-02-16.