Batu Caves (state constituency)

Batu Caves

Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	2003
Constituency abolished	2018
First contested	2004
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.

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: 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
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Sungai Tua
11th	N16	2004–2008	Jagarasah Verasamy	BN (MIC)
12th		2008–2013	Amirudin Shari	PR (PKR)
13th		2013–2015
		2015–2018		PH (PKR)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Sungai Tua

Results

Selangor state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Amirudin Shari	14,552	55.92	2.76
	BN	Rawisandran Narayanan	11,291	43.39	4.09
	Independent	Suman Gopal	182	0.70	0.70
Total valid votes			26,025	100.00
Total rejected ballots			418	1.61
Unreturned ballots			80
Turnout			26,523	85.92	11.41
Registered electors			30,869
Majority			3,261	12.53	6.86
	PKR hold		Swing		3.43
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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Amirudin Shari	11,015	58.68	13.94
	BN	Mohan Thangarasu	7,376	39.30	15.96
	Independent	Azmi Hussain	379	2.02	2.02
Total valid votes			18,770	100.00
Total rejected ballots			320	1.70
Unreturned ballots			75
Turnout			19,165	74.51	0.95
Registered electors			25,720
Majority			3,639	19.39	8.88
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Jagarasah Verasamy	9,362	55.26
	PKR	Kamarul Baharin Abbas	7,581	44.74
Total valid votes			16,943	100.00
Total rejected ballots			295	1.74
Unreturned ballots			80
Turnout			17,318	73.56
Registered electors			23,544
Majority			1,781	10.51
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-25.