Batu Kawan (federal constituency)

Batu Kawan (P046)

Penang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Chow Kon Yeow PH
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020) [1]	164,468
Electors (2023) [2]	89,610
Area (km²) [3]	129
Pop. density (per km²)	1,274.9

Batu Kawan is a federal constituency in South Seberang Perai District and Central Seberang Perai District, Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

https://live.chinapress.com.my/ge15/parliament/PENANG

Ethnic breakdown of Batu Kawan's electorate as of 2022

1. Chinese (54.1%)
2. Malay (23.7%)
3. Indian (21.9%)
4. Other ethnicities (0.3%)

Age breakdown of Batu Kawan's electorate as of 2022

1. 18-20 (6.37%)
2. 21-29 (20.33%)
3. 30-39 (20.02%)
4. 40-49 (17.89%)
5. 50-59 (16%)
6. 60-69 (11.56%)
7. 70-79 (5.76%)
8. 80-89 (1.72%)
9. above 90 (0.34%)

Gender breakdown of Batu Kawan's electorate as of 2022

1. Male (49.03%)
2. Female (50.97%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023 the Batu Kawan constituency is divided into 24 polling districts. ^[4]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Perai (N16)	Taman Indrawasih	046/16/01	SMK Taman Inderawasih
	Taman Chai Leng	046/16/02	SK Taman Inderawasih
	Perai	046/16/03	SJK (T) Perai
	Taman Perai	046/16/04	SK Khir Johari
	Taman Supreme	046/16/05	SMK Prai
	Taman Kimsar	046/16/06	SJK (C) Chung Hwa 3
Bukit Tengah (N17)	Kampong Jawa	046/17/01	SJK (T) Ladang Prye
	Jalan Pengkalan	046/17/02	SK Kebun Sireh
	Kebun Sireh	046/17/03	SK Kebun Sireh
	Bukit Tengah	046/17/04	SJK (C) Peng Bin
	Kuala Juru	046/17/05	SK Juru SJK (T) Juru
	Juru	046/17/06	SJK (C) True Light
	Taman Perwira	046/17/07	SMK Taman Perwira
	Taman Sejati	046/17/08	SJK (C) Peng Bin
	Taman Sentul Jaya	046/17/09	SMK Permai Indah
Bukit Tambun (N18)	Pulau Aman	046/18/01	Dewan Serbaguna Pulau Aman
	Batu Kawan	046/18/02	SMK Batu Kawan
	Bukit Tambun	046/18/03	SK Bkt Tambun
	Taman Merak	046/18/04	SK Taman Merak SJK (C) Keng Koon
	Kampong Baharu	046/18/05	SMK Simpang Empat
	Ladang Valdor	046/18/06	SJK (T) Ladang Valdor
	Perkampungan Valdor	046/18/07	SMK Valdor
	Badak Mati	046/18/08	SK Bakap Indah
	Rumah Murah Valdor	046/18/09	SJK (C) Kampung Valdor

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Batu Kawan
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bagan, Bukit Mertajam and Nibong Tebal
11th	P046	2004–2008	Huan Cheng Guan (范清渊)	BN (GERAKAN)
12th		2008–2013	Ramasamy Palanisamy (இராமசாமி பழனிசாமி)	PR (DAP)
13th		2013–2015	Kasthuriraani Patto (கஸ்தூரி பட்டு)
		2015–2018		PH (DAP)
14th		2018–2022
15th		2022–present	Chow Kon Yeow (曹观友)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–1959*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Batu Kawan						Bukit Tambun
						Bukit Tengah
						Perai

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N16	Perai	Sundarajoo Somu	PH (DAP)
N17	Bukit Tengah	Gooi Hsiao Leung	PH (PKR)
N18	Bukit Tambun	Goh Choon Aik

Local governments & postcodes

No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N16	Perai	Seberang Perai City Council	13600, 13609, 13700 Perai 14100, 14110 Simpang Ampat 14200 Sungai Jawi
N17	Bukit Tengah
N18	Bukit Tambun

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Chow Kon Yeow	50,744	73.72	4.30
	PN	Wong Chia Zhen	10,344	15.03	15.03
	BN	Tan Lee Huat	7,145	10.38	6.31
	Heritage	Ong Chin Wen	450	0.65	0.65
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Lee Ah Liang	148	0.22	0.22
Total valid votes			68,831	100.00
Total rejected ballots			839
Unreturned ballots			89
Turnout			69,759	78.50	6.34
Registered electors			88,812
Majority			40,400	58.69	2.64
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753273/PUB609%20(2022).pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Kasthuriraani Patto	42,683	78.02	78.02
	BN	Jayanthi Devi Balaguru	9,130	16.69	4.91
	PAS	Jay Kumar Balakrishna	2,636	4.82	4.82
	Penang Front Party	Ooi Khar Giap	256	0.47	0.47
Total valid votes			54,705	100.00
Total rejected ballots			675
Unreturned ballots			99
Turnout			55,479	84.84	2.48
Registered electors			65,394
Majority			33,553	61.33	8.79
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 236/2018]" (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 State of Penang [P.U. (B) 310/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[ permanent dead link ]

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Kasthuriraani Patto	36,636	74.14	11.20
	BN	Gobalakrishnan Narayanasamy	10,674	21.60	15.46
	Love Malaysia Party	Huan Cheng Guan	1,801	3.64	3.64
	Independent	Mohan Apparoo	305	0.62	0.62
Total valid votes			49,416	100.00
Total rejected ballots			723
Unreturned ballots			69
Turnout			50,208	87.32	8.61
Registered electors			57,500
Majority			25,962	52.54	26.66
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 173/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10.[ 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 State of Penang [P.U. (B) 214/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 2016-05-10.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Ramasamy Palanisamy	23,067	62.94	42.30
	BN	Koh Tsu Koon	13,582	37.06	16.79
Total valid votes			36,649	100.00
Total rejected ballots			640
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			37,292	78.71	3.09
Registered electors			47,378
Majority			9,485	25.88	2.76
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Huan Cheng Guan	17,097	53.85
	PKR	Law Choo Kiang	8,099	25.51
	DAP	Tanasekharan Autherapady	6,552	20.64
Total valid votes			31,748	100.00
Total rejected ballots			811
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			32,559	75.62
Registered electors			43,056
Majority			8,998	28.64
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia . Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-08-12.

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