Bachang (state constituency)

Bachang

Malacca constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Malacca State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1994
Constituency abolished	2018
First contested	1995
Last contested	2013

Bachang was a state constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Melaka State Legislative Assembly.

The state constituency was first contested in 1995 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Melaka State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bachang
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Ayer Molek
9th	N15	1995 – 1999	Chua Peng Song (蔡炳松)	BN (MCA)
10th		1999 – 2004	Lim Jak Wong (林敬賢)	DAP
11th		2004 – 2008	Chua Peng Song (蔡炳松)	BN (GERAKAN)
12th		2008 – 2013	Lim Jak Wong (林敬賢)	PR (DAP)
13th		2013 – 2017
		2017 - 2018		Independent
Constituency renamed to Pengkalan Batu

Results

The electoral results for the Bachang state constituency in 2004, 2008 and 2013 are as follows.

Malacca state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Jak Wong	13,688	55.41	3.97
	BN	Chua Lian Chye	11,016	44.59	3.97
Total valid votes			24,704	100.00
Total rejected ballots			365
Unreturned ballots			37
Turnout			25,106	88.50	7.16
Registered electors			28,367
Majority			2,672	10.82	7.94
	DAP 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 29 December 2019. 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 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-21."undi.info N15 Bachang".

Malacca state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Jak Wong	9,237	51.44	14.11
	BN	Wendy Ngo Kim Hua	8,720	48.56	14.11
Total valid votes			17,957	100.00
Total rejected ballots			498
Unreturned ballots			379
Turnout			18,834	81.35	2.30
Registered electors			23,153
Majority			517	2.88	22.47
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "undi.info N15 BACHANG".

Malacca state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chua Peng Song	9,901	62.67	12.83
	DAP	Goh Leong Cheong	5,897	37.33	12.83
Total valid votes			15,798	100.00
Total rejected ballots			539
Unreturned ballots			28
Turnout			16,365	79.05	1.08
Registered electors			20,702
Majority			4,004	25.34	25.03
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?
Source(s) "undi.info N15 BACHANG".

Malacca state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Lim Jak Wong	6,583	50.15
	DAP	Chua Peng Song	6,542	49.84
Total valid votes			13,125	100.00
Total rejected ballots			313
Unreturned ballots			15
Turnout			13,453	77.97
Registered electors			17,254
Majority			41	0.31
This was a new constituency created.