Batu Kawah (state constituency)

Batu Kawah (N14)
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Sim Kui Hian; GPS
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Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2021

Batu Kawah is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1969.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

As of 2025, Batu Kawah has a population of 147,730 people.^[1]

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Batu Kawah constituency has a total of 5 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Batu Kawah (N14)	RPR Batu Kawah	196/14/01	SK RPR Batu Kawah
	Kawah	196/14/02	SJK (C) Chung Hua Batu Kawa
	Stapok	196/14/03	SK Rantau Panjang SJK (C) Chung Hua Stapok SMK Batu Kawa SJK (C) Chung Hua Sg Tapang Balai Raya Kpg Desa Wira Lot SK Jalan Arang SK Stapok Dewan Serbaguna Kpg Sinar Budi
	Sin San Tu	196/14/04	SJK (C) Chung Hua Sin San Tu
	Kim Chu Shin	196/14/05	SJK (C) Chung Hua Kim Choo Seng

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Batu Kawah
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	N09	1970-1973	Chong Kiun Kong (張君光)	SUPP
8th		1973-1974		BN (SUPP)
9th		1974-1979
10th		1979-1983
11th		1983-1987
12th		1987-1991
13th	N10	1991-1992
13th	N10	1992-1996	Yap Chin Loi (葉金來)
14th	N11	1996-2001
15th	N11	2001-2006
16th	N13	2006-2011	Tan Joo Phoi (陳如飛)
17th	N13	2011-2016	Christina Chiew Wang See (周婉詩)	PR (DAP)
18th	N14	2016-2018	Sim Kui Hian (沈桂賢)	BN (SUPP)
18th		2018-2021		GPS (SUPP)
19th		2021–present		GPS (SUPP)

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GPS	Sim Kui Hian	7,827	70.20	16.08
	DAP	Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen	2,434	21.83	14.70
	PBK	Chai Kueh Khun	756	6.78	6.78
	ASPIRASI	Fong Pau Teck	133	1.19	1.19
Total valid votes			11,150	100.00
Total rejected ballots			102
Unreturned ballots			45
Turnout			11,297	54.63	16.24
Registered electors			20,681
Majority			5,393	48.37	30.78
	GPS gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1718688/PUB687.pdf

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sim Kui Hian	6,414	54.12	6.01
	DAP	Christina Chiew Wang See	4,329	36.53	15.36
	Independent	Liu Thian Leong	1,109	9.35	9.35
Total valid votes			11,852	100.00
Total rejected ballots			135
Unreturned ballots			55
Turnout			12,042	70.87	0.19
Registered electors			16,991
Majority			2,085	17.59	13.80
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly of the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 190/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-04-30. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Christina Chiew Wang See	7,439	51.89	51.89
	BN	Tan Joo Phoi	6,896	48.11	24.29
Total valid votes			14,335	100.00
Total rejected ballots			184
Unreturned ballots			87
Turnout			14,606	70.68	10.26
Registered electors			20,664
Majority			543	3.79	41.01
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes Sarawak [P.U. (B) 245/2011]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Joo Phoi	6,755	72.40	72.40
	PKR	Wong Huan Yu	2,575	27.60	27.60
Total valid votes			9,330	100.00
Total rejected ballots			221
Unreturned ballots			260
Turnout			9,811	60.42
Registered electors			16,237
Majority			4,180	44.80
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Yap Chin Loi won uncontested.
	BN	Yap Chin Loi
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			28,470
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yap Chin Loi	10,883	84.10	10.64
	Independent	Dripin Sakoi	2,058	15.90	9.92
Total valid votes			12,941	100.00
Total rejected ballots			240
Unreturned ballots			290
Turnout			13,471	61.19	7.86
Registered electors			22,016
Majority			8,825	68.19	20.31
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state by-election, 22 August 1992
Upon the death of incumbent, Chong Kiun Kong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Yap Chin Loi won uncontested.
	BN	Yap Chin Loi
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chong Kiun Kong	10,201	73.46	8.55
	DAP	Yong Sen Chan	3,585	25.82	9.72
	Independent	Chong Ju Siaw	100	0.72	0.72
Total valid votes			13,886	100.00
Total rejected ballots			235
Unreturned ballots			159
Turnout			14,280	69.05	4.34
Registered electors			20,682
Majority			6,616	47.64	1.73
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chong Kiun Kong	8,228	64.91	10.69
	PERMAS	Japat Simol	2,407	18.99	18.99
	DAP	Lim Guan Sin	2,041	16.10	1.86
Total valid votes			12,676	100.00
Total rejected ballots			134
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			12,810	73.39	2.79
Registered electors			17,455
Majority			5,821	45.91	15.20
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chong Kiun Kong	7,517	75.60	2.30
	Independent	Peter Nuab	1,441	14.49	7.62
	Independent	Anga Soret	984	9.90	9.90
Total valid votes			9,942	100.00
Total rejected ballots			302
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,244	70.55	3.48
Registered electors			14,520
Majority			6,076	61.11	5.32
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chong Kiun Kong	7,208	77.89	18.50
	Independent	Anga Soret	2,046	22.11	22.11
Total valid votes			9,254	100.00
Total rejected ballots			298
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,552	74.29	6.81
Registered electors			12,858
Majority			5,162	55.78	34.97
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chong Kiun Kong	4,287	59.39	5.32
	SNAP	Chin Poh Luke	2,784	38.57	14.77
	Parti Bisamah Sarawak	Augustine Sirau	147	2.04	2.04
Total valid votes			7,218	100.00
Total rejected ballots			656
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			7,874	80.84	2.69
Registered electors			9,740
Majority			1,503	20.82	9.45
	BN gain from SUPP		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SUPP	Chong Kiun Kong	3,748	54.07
	SNAP	Kong Yu Siung	1,650	23.80
	SCA	Shii Dai Seng	1,534	22.13
Total valid votes			6,932	100.00
Total rejected ballots			512
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			7,444	83.53
Registered electors			8,912
Majority			2,098	30.27
This was a new constituency created.

Notes

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

References

↑ Malaysia, Department of Statistics. "N.14 Batu Kawah Kawasanku | OpenDOSM". open.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
↑ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.

[1] Malaysia, Department of Statistics. "N.14 Batu Kawah Kawasanku | OpenDOSM". open.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2025-11-29.

[2] "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.

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