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%)

History

Polling districts

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

Polling District Code Location
Kampung Selayang Lama 115/00/01 SK Kg. Selayang
Taman Sri Murni 115/00/02 SK Seri Murni
Taman Intan Baiduri 115/00/03 SK Intan Baiduri
Taman Beringin 115/00/04 Sekolah Integrasi Rendah Agama Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (SIRAJ) Abu Bzae Al-Ghifari
Taman Wahyu 115/00/05 SK Seri Delima
Taman Batu Permai 115/00/06 SMK Dato' Ibrahim Yaacob
Taman Batu Muda 115/00/07 SK Batu Muda
Batu Muda 115/00/08 SMK Batu Muda
Taman Koperasi Fasa II 115/00/09 SK Taman Koperasi Polis
Batu Kentonmen 115/00/10 SK Kampung Batu
Pekan Batu 115/00/11
  • SK (1) Batu 4 Jalan Ipoh
  • SK (2) Batu 4 Jalan Ipoh
Taman Rainbow 115/00/12 SJK (C) Lai Chee
Taman Million 115/00/13 SM (Persendirian) Chong Hwa
Sentul Pasar 115/00/14 SMK Convent Sentul
Sentul Jaya 115/00/15 SK Sentul 1
Sentul Utara 115/00/16 SRA Ibnu Hajar Al-'Asqalani (SRA Raudhatul Muttaqin), Taman Dato' Senu
Pekan Setapak 115/00/17 SJK (C) Chong Hwa, Setapak
Rumah Pangsa Sri Perak 118/00/18
  • SK Bandar Baru Sentul
  • SK Seri Perak
Bandar Baru Sentul 115/00/19
  • SMK Bandar Baru Sentul
  • Majlis Kebajikan dan Pembangunan Masyarakat Kebangsaan Malaysia (MAKPEM)
Sentul Tengah 115/00/20
  • SK Convent Sentul 1
  • SK Convent Sentul 2
Kampung Kovil Utara 115/00/21 SMK (L) Methodist Sentul
Kampung Kovil Selatan 115/00/22 SK La Salle (1) Sentul
Sentul Selatan 115/00/23 SK (L) Methodist Sentul

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Batu
Parliament No Years Member Party
Constituency created from Kepong and Setapak
7th P097 1986–1990 Alexander Lee Yu Lung (李裕隆) BN (GERAKAN)
8th 1990–1995
9th P104 1995–1999 Chong Chek Ah (庄智雅)
10th 1999–2004 Ng Lip Yong (吴立洋)
11th P115 2004–2008
12th 2008–2013 Chua Tian Chang (蔡添强) PR (PKR)
13th 2013–2018
14th 2018 Prabakaran Parameswaran (பிரபாகரன் பரமேஸ்வரன்) Independent
2018–2022 PH (PKR)
15th 2022–present

Local governments

No. Local Government
P115 Kuala Lumpur City Hall

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PH Prabakaran Parameswaran 45,716 52.46 Increase 52.46
PN Azhar Yahya 23,475 26.94 Increase 26.94
BN Kohilan Pillay Appu 10,398 11.93 Decrease 9.86
Independent Chua Tian Chang 4,603 5.28 Increase 5.28
Homeland Fighters' Party Wan Azliana Wan Adnan 849 0.97 Increase 0.97
Independent Siti Zabedah Kasim 653 0.75 Increase 0.75
Independent Nur Fathiah Syazwana @ Cleo Shaharuddin 628 0.72 Increase 0.72
Sabah Heritage Party Naganathan Pillai 575 0.66 Increase 0.66
Parti Rakyat Malaysia Zulkifli Abdul Fadlan 137 0.16 Increase 0.16
Independent Too Cheng Huat @ Too Gao Lan 112 0.13 Increase 0.13
Total valid votes 87,146 100.00
Total rejected ballots 477
Unreturned ballots 218
Turnout 87,841 76.54 Decrease 6.78
Registered electors 113,863
Majority 22,241 25.52 Decrease 13.39
PH gain from Independent Swing ?
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
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Independent Prabakaran Parameswaran 38,125 60.70 Increase 60.70
BN Dominic Lau Hoe Chai 13,687 21.79 Decrease 17.98
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Azhar Yahya 10,610 16.89 Increase 16.89
Independent Panjamorthy Muthusami 383 0.61 Increase 0.61
Total valid votes 62,805 100.00
Total rejected ballots 498
Unreturned ballots 297
Turnout 63,000 83.32 Decrease 1.16
Registered electors 76,328
Majority 24,438 38.91 Increase 20.30
Independent gain from PKR Swing ?
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
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PKR Chua Tian Chang 41,672 58.38 Decrease 1.05
BN Dominic Lau Hoe Chai 28,388 39.77 Decrease 0.80
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front Hashim Karim 949 1.33 Increase 1.33
Independent Nazariah Abbas 209 0.29 Increase 0.29
Independent Atan Jasin 164 0.23 Increase 0.23
Total valid votes 71,382 100.00
Total rejected ballots 606
Unreturned ballots 159
Turnout 72,147 84.48 Increase 11.76
Registered electors 85,402
Majority 13,284 18.61 Decrease 0.26
PKR hold Swing
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
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PKR Chua Tian Chang 29,785 59.43 Increase 21.97
BN Lim Si Pin 20,330 40.57 Decrease 21.97
Total valid votes 50,115 100.00
Total rejected ballots 614
Unreturned ballots 574
Turnout 51,303 72.72 Increase 4.39
Registered electors 70,544
Majority 9,455 18.87 Decrease 6.21
PKR gain from BN Swing ?


Malaysian general election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Ng Lip Yong @ Ng Lip Sat 28,718 62.54 Increase 9.87
PKR Chua Tian Chang 17,201 37.46 Increase 37.46
Total valid votes 45,919 100.00
Total rejected ballots 309
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 46,228 68.33 Decrease 5.20
Registered electors
Majority 11,517 25.08 Increase 19.74
BN hold Swing


Malaysian general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Ng Lip Yong @ Ng Lip Sat 22,639 52.67 Decrease 16.45
Parti Rakyat Malaysia Sanusi Osman 20,342 47.33 Increase 16.45
Total valid votes 42,981 100.00
Total rejected ballots 565
Unreturned ballots 1,370
Turnout 44,916 73.53 Increase 5.04
Registered electors
Majority 2,297 5.34 Decrease 32.91
BN hold Swing


Malaysian general election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Chong Chek Ah 26,823 69.12 Increase 10.90
Parti Rakyat Malaysia Sanusi Osman 11,981 30.88 Decrease 9.25
Total valid votes 38,804 100.00
Total rejected ballots 284
Unreturned ballots 842
Turnout 39,930 68.49 Decrease 1.50
Registered electors
Majority 14,842 38.25 Increase 20.16
BN hold Swing


Malaysian general election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Alexander Lee Yu Lung 36,646 58.22 Increase 6.03
Parti Rakyat Malaysia Syed Husin Ali 25,259 40.13 Increase 40.13
Independent Azizi Shariff 1,043 1.66 Increase 1.66
Total valid votes 62,948 100.00
Total rejected ballots 215
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 63,163 69.99 Increase 7.44
Registered electors
Majority 11,387 18.09 Increase 3.40
BN hold Swing


Malaysian general election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes %
BN Alexander Lee Yu Lung 22,262 52.19
DAP Chan Beng Shin 15,997 37.50
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 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 0
Turnout 43,074 62.55
Registered electors 68,865
Majority 6,265 14.69
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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