Batu (Selangor federal constituency)

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

For Kuala Lumpur, see Batu (Kuala Lumpur federal constituency).

Batu

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

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 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)
	1968-1969		Gerakan
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1972	Tan Chee Khoon (陈志勤)	Gerakan
	1972-1974		PEKEMAS
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kepong

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GERAKAN	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
	GERAKAN 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

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.