Sungai Tua (state constituency)

Batu Caves
Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	2003
Constituency abolished	2018
First contested	2004
Last contested	2013

Sungai Tua
Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
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Constituency created	1994
Constituency abolished	2004
Constituency re-created	2018
First contested	1995
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	34,180

Sungai Tua is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2004, and then from 2018 onwards.

The state constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sungai Tua
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
9th	1995-1999	S. Gopala Krishnan	BN
10th	1999-2004	Jagarasah Verasamy	BN
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created
14th	2018–present	Amirudin Shari	PH

Batu Caves

Batu Caves was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 2004 to 2018.

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.

From 2018, this constituency abolished, renamed to re-created as Sungai Tua.

2004–2016: 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.

2016–present:[2] 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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Batu Caves
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
11th	2004-2008	Jagarasah Verasamy	BN (MIC)
12th	2008-2013	Amirudin Shari	PKR
13th	2013-2018	Amirudin Shari	PKR
Constituency abolished, renamed to re-created Sungai Tua

Election results

Selangor state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Amirudin Shari	17,446	61.61	+13.06
	BN	N. Rawisandran	6,072	21.44	-30.01
	PAS	Ustaz Mad China	4,530	16.00	+16.00
	Independent	Badrul Acong	268	0.95	+0.95
Total valid votes			28,316	100.00
Total rejected ballots			277
Unreturned ballots			128
Turnout			28,721	84.0
Registered electors			34,180
Majority			11,374
	PH gain from BN		Swing		+21.54

Selangor state election, 2013: Batu Caves
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Amirudin Shari	14,552	55.92	- 2.76
	BN	Rawisandran Narayanan	11,291	43.39	+ 3.49
	Independent	Suman Gopal	182	0.70	+ 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
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 192/2013]" (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 Selangor [P.U. (B) 233/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Selangor state election, 2008: Batu Caves
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Amirudin Shari	11,015	58.68	+ 13.94
	BN	Mohan Thangarasu	7,376	39.30	- 15.96
	Independent	Azmi Hussain	379	2.02	+ 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		?

Selangor state election, 2004: Batu Caves
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.

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jagarasah Verasamy	7,950	51.45	-25.71
	KEADILAN	Razali Ramli	7,501	48.55	+48.55
Total valid votes			15,451	100.00
Total rejected ballots			320
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,771	74.42
Registered electors			21,192
Majority			449
	BN hold		Swing		-37.13

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Gopala Krishnan V. Subramaniam	10,480	77.16
	PAS	Azmi Hussain	3,103	22.84
Total valid votes			13,583	100.00
Total rejected ballots			398
Unreturned ballots			96
Turnout			14,077	70.59
Registered electors			19,943
Majority			7,377
This was a new constituency created.

References

"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. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
"Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.

Bibliography

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

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[1] "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. Retrieved 2018-04-25.

[2] "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.