Batu Uban (state constituency)

Batu Uban (N35)
Penang constituency
	Batu Uban (olive) on Penang Island
State constituency
Legislature	Penang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Kumaresan Aramugam; PH
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Constituency created	1986
First contested	1986
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	43,529
Area (km²)	9

Batu Uban is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly since 1986. It covers a portion of Penang Island's eastern seaboard, including the southernmost suburbs of George Town.

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, the State Assemblyman for Batu Uban is Kumaresan Aramugam from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Batu Uban constituency is divided into 8 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Batu Uban (N35)	Minden Heights	052/35/01	SK Minden Height
	Universiti Sains	052/35/02	SK Minden Height
	Batu Uban	052/35/03	Kompleks Pencak Silat Majlis Sukan Negeri Pulau Pinang
	Sungai Dua	052/36/04	SJK (C) Keong Hoe
	Bukit Jambol	052/35/05	SJK (C) Min Sin
	Bukit Gambir	052/35/06	SMK Bukit Gambir
	Taman Jubilee	052/35/07	SMK Sungai Nibong
	Taman Pekaka	052/36/08	SMK Bukit Jambul

It encompasses the southernmost halve of Gelugor, a suburb of George Town, including Universiti Sains Malaysia and Minden Heights.^[4] Surrounding neighbourhoods such as Batu Uban, Sungai Dua, Sungai Nibong and Bukit Jambul are also situated within this state seat.

The northern limits of this constituency roughly follows the course of the Gelugor River into the sea, thereby dividing Gelugor into the northern and southern halves (with the northern half under the neighbouring Seri Delima constituency). The Batu Uban seat is also bounded to the south by Jalan Tun Dr Awang, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah and Sungai Dua.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Batu Uban's electorate as of 2023^[5]

Chinese (58.7%)
Malay (25.4%)
Indian (14.7%)
Other ethnicities (1.17%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district	Electors
Batu Uban	4,692
Bukit Gambir	2,397
Bukit Jambol	3,512
Minden Heights	3,488
Sungai Dua	2,615
Taman Jubilee	7,370
Taman Pekaka	5,257
Universiti Sains	210
Total	29,541
Source: Malaysian Election Commission^[6]

History

Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Batu Uban
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Sungai Nibong and Bukit Gelugor
7th	N30	1986 – 1990	Kee Phaik Cheen (纪碧真)	BN (GERAKAN)
8th		1990 – 1995
9th		1995 – 1999
10th		1999 – 2004
11th	N35	2004 – 2008	Goh Kheng Sneah (吴竟城)
12th		2008 – 2013	Raveenthran V. Subramaniam	PR (PKR)
13th		2013 – 2015	Jayabalan Thambyappa	PR (PKR)
13th		2015 – 2018	Jayabalan Thambyappa	PH (PKR)
14th		2018 – 2023	Kumaresan Aramugam
15th		2023–present	Kumaresan Aramugam

Election results

The electoral results for the Batu Uban state constituency in 2008, 2013 and 2018 are as follows.

Penang state election, 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Kumaresan Aramugam	22,773	76.80	3.60
	PN	Mok Kok On	6,065	20.50	20.50
	MUDA	Lee Kim Noor	803	2.70	2.70
Total valid votes			29,641	100.00
Total rejected ballots			136
Unreturned ballots			82
Turnout			29,859	68.60	14.50
Registered electors			43,529
Majority			16,708	56.30	9.60
	PH hold		Swing

Penang state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Kumaresan Aramugam	21,079	80.40	10.70
	BN	Hng Chee Wey	3,806	14.50	14.80
	PAS	Vikneswaran Muniandy	1,176	4.50	4.50
	Penang Front Party	Teoh Kean Liang	32	0.20	0.20
	BERSAMA	Teoh Kok Siang	116	0.40	0.40
Total valid votes			26,209	100.00
Total rejected ballots			235
Unreturned ballots			79
Turnout			26,523	83.10	3.30
Registered electors			31,924
Majority			17,273	65.90	25.50
	PKR hold		Swing
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. "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.

Penang state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Jayabalan Thambyappa	17,017	69.70	17.70
	BN	Goh Kheng Sneah	7,160	29.30	18.70
	Independent	Mohd Noor Mohd Abdul Kadeer	186	0.76	0.76
	Independent	Baratharajan Narayanasamy Pillai	40	0.16	0.16
	Independent	Rajendra Ammasi	26	0.08	0.08
Total valid votes			24,429	100.00
Total rejected ballots			246
Unreturned ballots			75
Turnout			24,750	86.40	10.90
Registered electors			28,649
Majority			9,857	40.40	36.40
	PKR hold		Swing
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. "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.

Penang state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Raveentharan V. Subramaniam	8,046	52.00	29.39
	BN	Goh Kheng Sneah	7,435	48.00	29.39
Total valid votes			15,481	100.00
Total rejected ballots			285
Unreturned ballots			448
Turnout			16,214	75.47	3.28
Registered electors			21,483
Majority			611	3.95	50.82
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Penang state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Goh Kheng Sneah	10,504	77.38	12.62
	PKR	Ong Ping Cheow	3,070	22.62	22.62
Total valid votes			13,574	100.00
Total rejected ballots			253
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			13,828	72.19	1.55
Registered electors			19,155
Majority			7,434	54.77	25.23
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kee Phaik Cheen	13,311	64.77	7.90
	PKR	Salma Ismail	7,241	35.23	35.23
Total valid votes			20,552	100.00
Total rejected ballots			345
Unreturned ballots			168
Turnout			21,065	73.74	1.00
Registered electors			28,567
Majority			6,070	29.53	16.79
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kee Phaik Cheen	13,923	72.66	12.45
	DAP	Rosli Hanafi	5,047	26.34	13.45
	PBS	Lakhbir Singh Sadu Singh	191	1.00	1.00
Total valid votes			19,161	100.00
Total rejected ballots			301
Unreturned ballots			55
Turnout			19,517	72.74	0.33
Registered electors			26,832
Majority			8,876	46.32	25.90
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kee Phaik Cheen	12,204	60.21	9.86
	DAP	Ahmad Nor	8,065	39.79	7.62
Total valid votes			20,269	100.00
Total rejected ballots			398
Unreturned ballots			174
Turnout			20,841	73.07	5.65
Registered electors			28,523
Majority			4,139	20.42	2.24
	BN hold		Swing

Penang state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Kee Phaik Cheen	7,351	50.35
	DAP	Tanasekharan Autherapady	4,697	32.17
	PMIP	Said bin Bakar	2,553	17.49
Total valid votes			14,601	100.00
Total rejected ballots			318
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,919	67.42
Registered electors			22,130
Majority			2,654	18.18
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 2016-05-21.

↑ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
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↑ "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
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↑ "Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018" (PDF). Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2018-04-22.

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