Batu Caves (state constituency)
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 Selangor constituency |
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| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Selangor State Legislative Assembly | ||
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| Constituency created | 2003 | ||
| First contested | 2004 | ||
| Last contested | 2013 | ||
Batu Caves is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 2004.
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.
History
2004–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 | |||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 11th | 2004-2008 | Jagarasah Verasamy | BN |
| 12th | 2008-2013 | Amirudin Shari | PKR |
| 13th | 2013-present | ||
Election results
| Selangor state election, 2013 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| PKR | Amirudin Shari | 14,552 | 55.92 | |||||
| BN | Rawisandran Narayanan | 11,291 | 43.39 | |||||
| Independent | Suman Gopal | 182 | 0.70 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 26,025 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 418 | |||||||
| Unreturned ballots | 80 | |||||||
| Turnout | 26,523 | 85.92 | ||||||
| Registered electors | 30,869 | |||||||
| Majority | 3,261 | |||||||
| PKR hold | Swing | |||||||
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Source(s)
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| Selangor state election, 2008 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| PKR | Amirudin Shari | 11,015 | 58.68 | |||||
| BN | Mohan Thangarasu | 7,376 | 39.30 | |||||
| Independent | Azmi Hussain | 379 | 2.02 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 18,770 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 320 | |||||||
| Unreturned ballots | 75 | |||||||
| Turnout | 19,165 | 74.51 | ||||||
| Registered electors | 25,720 | |||||||
| Majority | 3,639 | |||||||
| PKR gain from BN | Swing | ?
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| Selangor state election, 2004 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| BN | Jagarasah Verasamy | 9,362 | 55.26 | |||||
| KEADILAN | Kamarul Baharin Abbas | 7,581 | 44.74 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 16,943 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 295 | |||||||
| Unreturned ballots | 80 | |||||||
| Turnout | 17,318 | 73.56 | ||||||
| Registered electors | 23,544 | |||||||
| Majority | 1,781 | |||||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||||
References
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