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![]() Batu Lanchang (olive) on Penang | |||
State constituency | |||
Legislature | Penang State Legislative Assembly | ||
MLA |
PH | ||
Constituency created | 1986 | ||
First contested | 1986 | ||
Last contested | 2023 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors (2023) [1] | 33,106 | ||
Area (km²) [2] | 3 |
Batu Lancang is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly since 2004. It covers two of George Town's suburbs - Batu Lanchang and parts of Jelutong.
The state constituency was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Penang State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2018 [update] , the State Assemblyman for Batu Lancang is Ong Ah Teong from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).
According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Batu Lanchang constituency is divided into 10 polling districts. [3]
State constituency | Polling districts | Code | Location |
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Batu Lanchang (N31) | Lilitan Hargreaves | 050/31/01 | SK Jalan Hamilton |
Chemor Lane | 050/31/02 | SMJK Heng Ee | |
Lorong Parit Buntar | 050/31/03 | SJK (C) Kheng Tean | |
Jelutong Road | 050/31/04 | SJK (C) Beng Teik (Cawangan) | |
Panchor Road | 050/31/05 | SJK (C) Jelutong | |
Batu Lanchang | 050/31/06 | SJK (C) Jelutong | |
Solok Batu Lanchang | 050/31/07 | SMK Jelutong | |
Jalan Penaga | 050/31/08 | SK Jelutong Barat | |
Tingkat Jelutong | 050/31/09 | SMK Jelutong | |
Desa Green | 050/31/10 | SMK Convent Green Lane |
This state seat encompasses all of the Batu Lanchang suburb and a small western portion of Jelutong up to Jelutong Road to the east. [4]
To the west, the Batu Lancang seat is separated from the neighbouring Seri Delima constituency by Green Lane, with the affluent neighbourhood of Green Lane west of the road falling under Seri Delima. The Batu Lancang constituency also stretches north up to Free School Road and Jalan Perak.
Polling district | Electors |
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Batu Lanchang | 2,576 |
Chemor Lane | 3,728 |
Desa Green | 2,882 |
Jalan Penaga | 2,201 |
Jelutong Road | 2,381 |
Lilitan Hargreaves | 1,066 |
Lorong Parit Buntar | 3,796 |
Panchor Road | 2,302 |
Solok Batu Lanchang | 2,737 |
Tingkat Jelutong | 2,589 |
Total | 26,258 |
Source: Malaysian Election Commission [6] |
During the 1995 State Election, Chong Eng from the DAP was elected as the State Assemblyman for Batu Lancang, becoming the first woman to be elected into the Penang State Legislative Assembly. [7] Between 1995 and 1999, she was also the sole opposition assemblyman in the State Legislative Assembly, which was dominated at the time by the Barisan Nasional (BN) federal ruling coalition.
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Batu Lanchang | |||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Bukit Gelugor | |||
7th | 1986 – 1990 | Tan Loo Jit | DAP |
8th | 1990 – 1995 | ||
9th | 1995 – 1999 | Chong Eng | |
10th | 1999 – 2004 | Law Heng Kiang | |
11th | 2004 – 2008 | Ng Fook On | BN (GERAKAN) |
12th | 2008 – 2013 | Law Heng Kiang | PR (DAP) |
13th | 2013 – 2018 | ||
14th | 2018 – 2023 | Ong Ah Teong | PH (DAP) |
15th | 2023–present |
The electoral results for the Batu Lancang state constituency in 2008, 2013 and 2018 are as follows.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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PH | Ong Ah Teong | 21,796 | 92.10 | ![]() | ||
PN | Mohd Aswaad Jaafar | 1,865 | 7.90 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 23,661 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 148 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 39 | |||||
Turnout | 23,848 | 72.04 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 33,106 | |||||
Majority | 19,931 | 84.20 | ![]() | |||
PH hold | Swing | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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Pakatan Harapan (2018) | Ong Ah Teong | 20,615 | 89.00 | ![]() | ||
BN | Koo Pei Chee | 2,407 | 10.40 | ![]() | ||
Malaysian United Party | Kee Lean Ee | 139 | 0.60 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 23,161 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 161 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 48 | |||||
Turnout | 23,370 | 85.20 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 27,444 | |||||
Majority | 18,208 | 78.60 | ![]() | |||
Batu Lancang hold | Swing | PH (2018) | ||||
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 252/2018]" (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, State Constituencies for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 326/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-01. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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DAP | Law Heng Kiang | 18,760 | 84.70 | ![]() | ||
BN | Lee Boon Ten | 3,396 | 15.30 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 22,156 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 157 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 85 | |||||
Turnout | 22,398 | 86.70 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 25,846 | |||||
Majority | 15,364 | 69.40 | ![]() | |||
Batu Lancang hold | Swing | DAP | ||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 189/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.[ permanent dead link ] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 230/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 2016-05-21. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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DAP | Law Heng Kiang | 11,945 | 69.70 | ||
BN | Ng Fook On | 5,200 | 30.30 | ||
Total valid votes | 17,145 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 171 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 3 | ||||
Turnout | 17,319 | 78.10 | |||
Registered electors | 22,166 | ||||
Majority | 6,745 | 39.40 | |||
DAP gain from BN | Swing | ? |
Chong Eng, is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Chief Ministers Lim Guan Eng and Chow Kon Yeow and as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Padang Lalang from May 2018 to August 2023, Member of Parliament (MP) of for Bukit Mertajam from November 1999 to May 2013 and MLA of Penang for Batu Lancang from April 1995 to November 1999. She is the member, Women Chief and Deputy Secretary-General of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. She also served as Women Chief of PH from March to September 2021. She is also Deputy Head for Women Parliamentary Caucus and sits as a Standing Order Committee member. She also served in the Women Crisis Center and Community AIDS Service Penang.
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