Batu (Selangor federal constituency)

Batu
Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Batu was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History[]

Representation history[]

Members of Parliament for Batu
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kuala Lumpur Barat in the state of Selangor
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Ng Ann Teck (黄汉德)	Socialist Front
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Ng Ann Teck (黄汉德)	Socialist Front
2nd	1964-1968	Tan Chee Khoon (陈志勤)	Socialist Front
2nd	1968-1969	Tan Chee Khoon (陈志勤)	Gerakan
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1972	Tan Chee Khoon (陈志勤)	Gerakan
3rd	1972-1974	Tan Chee Khoon (陈志勤)	PEKEMAS
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kepong

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Batu		Kepong
Batu		Penchala

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	Tan Chee Khoon	22,720	72.15	+26.87
	Alliance	Yap Chin Kwee	8,772	27.85	-15.87
Total valid votes			31,492	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,189
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			32,681	65.12	-7.26
Registered electors			50,183
Majority			13,948	44.29	N/A
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia gain from Socialist Front		Swing		-22.93

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Socialist Front	Tan Chee Khoon	10,122	45.28	-12.41
	Alliance	Yap Chin Kwee	9,774	43.72	+1.41
	PAP	Too Chee Cheong	2,459	11.00	N/A
Total valid votes			22,355	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,023
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,378	72.38	-1.15
Registered electors			32,297
Majority			348	1.56	-13.82
	Socialist Front hold		Swing		-6.91

Malaysian general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Socialist Front	Ng Ann Teck	8,737	57.69	N/A
	Alliance	Lim Hee Hong	6,408	42.31	N/A
Total valid votes			15,145	100.00
Total rejected ballots			164
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,309	73.53	N/A
Registered electors			20,819
Majority			2,329	15.38	N/A
This was a new constituency created.

References[]

^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-23.

[1] Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-04-23.

[2] "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-23.

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