Batu Caves (state constituency)

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Batu Caves
Flag of Selangor.svg Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created2003
Constituency abolished2018
First contested2004
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.

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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.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Batu Caves
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Sungai Tua
11th 2004–2008 Jagarasah Verasamy BN (MIC)
12th 2008–2013 Amirudin Shari PR (PKR)
13th 2013–2015
2015–2018PH (PKR)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Sungai Tua [2]

Results

Selangor state election, 2013
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PKR Amirudin Shari 14,55255.92- 2.76
BN Rawisandran Narayanan11,29143.39+ 3.49
Independent Suman Gopal1820.70+ 0.70
Total valid votes26,025100.00
Total rejected ballots418
Unreturned ballots80
Turnout26,52385.92
Registered electors30,869
Majority3,261
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.
Selangor state election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PKR Amirudin Shari 11,01558.68+ 13.94
BN Mohan Thangarasu 7,37639.30- 15.96
Independent Azmi Hussain3792.02+ 2.02
Total valid votes18,770100.00
Total rejected ballots320
Unreturned ballots75
Turnout19,16574.51
Registered electors25,720
Majority3,639
PKR gain from BN Swing ?
Selangor state election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Jagarasah Verasamy9,36255.26
PKR Kamarul Baharin Abbas 7,58144.74
Total valid votes16,943100.00
Total rejected ballots295
Unreturned ballots80
Turnout17,31873.56
Registered electors23,544
Majority1,781
This was a new constituency created.

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