Batu Kitang
 Sarawak constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
GPS | ||
| Constituency created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2016 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
Batu Kitang is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2016.
The state constituency was created in the 2015 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
History
[edit]As of 2020, Batu Kitang has a population of 59,031 people.[1]
Polling districts
[edit]According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Batu Kitang constituency has a total of 13 polling districts.[2]
| State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batu Kitang (N13) | Arang | 196/13/01 | SMK Arang |
| Pasar Maong | 192/13/02 | SK Garland | |
| Haji Baki | 196/13/03 |
| |
| Kitang | 196/13/04 |
| |
| Lidah Tanah | 196/13/05 | Balai Raya Lidah Tanah | |
Representation history
[edit]| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Batu Kitang | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Batu Kawah, Kota Sentosa and Muara Tuang | |||
| 18th | 2016-2018 | Lo Khere Chiang | BN (SUPP) |
| 2018–2021 | GPS (SUPP) | ||
| 19th | 2021–present | ||
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | Lo Khere Chiang | 6,307 | 57.66 |  57.66 | ||
| DAP | Abdul Aziz Isa Marindo | 2,144 | 19.60 |  18.66 | ||
| PSB | Liu Thian Leong | 1,812 | 16.57 | 16.57 | ||
| PBK | Wong Tun Teck | 675 | 6.17 | 6.17 | ||
| Total valid votes | 10,938 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 107 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 51 | |||||
| Turnout | 11,096 | 53.29 | ||||
| Registered electors | 20,820 | |||||
| Majority | 4,163 | |||||
| GPS gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Lo Khere Chiang | 6,466 | 53.48 | |||
| DAP | Abdul Aziz Isa Marindo | 4,626 | 38.26 | |||
| PKR | Voon Shiak Ni | 883 | 7.30 | |||
| Independent | Sulaiman Kadir | 61 | 0.50 | |||
| Independent | Othman Bojeng | 54 | 0.45 | |||
| Total valid votes | 12,090 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 135 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 31 | |||||
| Turnout | 12,256 | 70.06 | ||||
| Registered electors | 17,494 | |||||
| Majority | 1,840 | |||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly of the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 190/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-04-27. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-27. | ||||||
References
[edit]- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
- ↑ Malaysia, Department of Statistics. "N.13 Batu Kitang Kawasanku | OpenDOSM". open.dosm.gov.my. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
- ↑ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.
