Batu Gajah (federal constituency)

Batu Gajah is a federal constituency in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.

Batu Gajah (P066)

Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Sivakumar Varatharaju Naidu PH
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]	137,227
Electors (2022)[2]	111,896
Area (km²)[3]	216
Pop. density (per km²)	635.3

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

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Batu Gajah's electorate as of 2022^[4]

1. Chinese (69.1%)
2. Indian (17.2%)
3. Malay (13.4%)
4. Other ethnicities (0.30%)

Age breakdown of Batu Gajah's electorate as of 2022

1. 18–20 (5.00%)
2. 21–29 (17.8%)
3. 30–39 (17.8%)
4. 40–49 (18.4%)
5. 50–59 (16.8%)
6. 60–69 (13.3%)
7. 70–79 (7.60%)
8. 80–89 (2.84%)
9. above 90 (0.48%)

Gender breakdown of Batu Gajah's electorate as of 2022

1. Male (50.5%)
2. Female (49.5%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Batu Gajah constituency has a total of 34 polling districts.^[5]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Jelapang (N31)	Jelapang Timor	066/31/01	Dewan Orang Ramai Jelapang
	Jelapang Utara	066/31/02	SJK (C) Jelapang
	Jelapang Selatan	066/31/03	Tadika Jelapang
	Jelapang Barat	066/31/04	Dewan Orang Ramai Jelapang
	Jelapang	066/31/05	SJK (C) Jelapang
	Silibin	066/31/06	SK Silibin
	Taman Pertama	066/31/07	SJK (C) Yuh Hua
	Taman Rishah	066/31/08	SJK (C) Yuh Hua
	Jelapang Tengah	066/31/09	SJK (C) Jelapang
	Bukit Kledang	066/31/10	SJK (C) Wan Hwa 2
	Papan	066/31/11	SJK (C) Papan
Menglembu (N32)	Bandar Baru Menglembu	066/32/01	SMK Seri Keledang
	Menglembu Lama	066/32/02	SMK Menglembu
	Awana	066/32/03	SJK (C) Wan Hwa 1
	Menglembu Barat	066/32/04	SJK (T) Menglembu
	Menglembu Selatan	066/32/05	SMK Menglembu
	Bukit Merah Timor	066/32/06	SJK (C) Bukit Merah
	Bukit Merah Barat	066/32/07	SJK (C) Bukit Merah
	Bukit Merah Tengah	066/32/08	SJK (C) Bukit Merah
	Bukit Merah Barat Daya	066/32/09	SJK (C) Bukit Merah
	Bukit Merah Selatan	066/32/10	Dewan Orang Ramai Bukit Merah
	Lahat	066/32/11	SJK (C) Lahat
Tronoh (N33)	Gunong Hijau	066/33/01	SJK (C) Gunong Hijau
	Jalan Lahat	066/33/02	SJK (C) Yit Chee
	Jalan Siputeh	066/33/03	SJK (C) Yit Chee
	Pekan Pusing	066/33/04	SK Pusing SMK Pusing
	Batu Gajah Utara	066/33/05	SMK Sultan Yussuf
	Batu Gajah Selatan	066/33/06	SMK Toh Indera Wangsa Ahmad
	Penempatan India	066/33/07	SJK (T) Changkat
	Bemban	066/33/08	SJK (C) Bemban
	Siputeh	066/33/09	SK Siputeh
	Tronoh	066/33/10	SMK Tronoh
	Nalla	066/33/11	SJK (C) Kampung Nalla
	Kampong Bali	066/33/12	SJK (C) Kampung Bali

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Batu Gajah
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kinta Selatan
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P052	1959–1963	Khong Kok Yat (孔国日)	PPP
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P052	1963–1964	Khong Kok Yat (孔国日)	PPP
2nd		1964–1969	Ng Fah Yam (吴华炎)	Alliance (MCA)
		1969–1971	Parliament was suspended[6][7]
3rd	P052	1971–1974	Lim Cho Hock (林子鹤)	DAP
4th	P058	1974–1978	Chian Heng Kai (陈庆佳)
5th		1978–1982
6th		1982–1986	Ban Hon Keong (万汉强)	BN (MCA)
7th	P060	1986–1990	Ting Chek Ming (陈则明)	DAP
8th		1990–1995	Foo Piew Kok (符标国)	GR (DAP)
9th	P063	1995–1999	Yeong Chee Wah (杨智华)	BN (MCA)
10th		1999–2004	Fong Po Kuan (冯宝君)	BA (DAP)
11th	P066	2004–2008		DAP
12th		2008–2013		PR (DAP)
13th		2013–2015	Sivakumar Varatharaju Naidu (வ. சிவகுமார்)
		2015–2018		PH (DAP)
14th		2018–2022
15th		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–1959*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Batu Gajah				Falim
						Jelapang
			Kampar
				Lahat
					Menglembu
		Pusing
		Tanjong Tualang
						Tronoh

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N31	Jelapang	Cheah Pou Hian	PH (DAP)
N32	Menglembu	Chaw Kam Foon
N33	Tronoh	Steven Tiw Tee Siang

Local governments & postcodes

No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N31	Jelapang	Ipoh City Council Batu Gajah District Council (Papan area)	30020, 30100, 30200, 31450, 31500 Ipoh 31000 Batu Gajah 31550, 31560 Pusing 31750 Tronoh
N32	Menglembu	Ipoh City Council
N33	Tronoh	Batu Gajah District Council

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Sivakumar Varatharaju	60,999	81.38	2.79
	PN	Woo Cheong Yuen	7,163	9.56	9.56
	BN	Teoh Chin Chong	6,793	9.06	5.25
Total valid votes			74,955	100.00
Total rejected ballots			825
Unreturned ballots			155
Turnout			75,935	67.86	10.52
Registered electors			111,896
Majority			53,836	71.82	1.95
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753277/PUB610%20PARLIMEN%20PERAK.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Sivakumar Varatharaju Naidu	52,850	84.17	84.17
	BN	Leong Chee Wai	8,982	14.31	7.91
	Parti Sosialis Malaysia	Kunasekaran Krishnan	955	1.52	1.52
Total valid votes			62,787	100.00
Total rejected ballots			733
Unreturned ballots			284
Turnout			63,804	78.38	5.60
Registered electors			81,399
Majority			43,868	69.87	25.27
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 237/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 311/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link]

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Sivakumar Varatharaju Naidu	53,770	77.78	5.48
	BN	Loo Thin Tuck	15,360	22.22	5.48
Total valid votes			69,130	100.00
Total rejected ballots			966
Unreturned ballots			174
Turnout			70,270	80.23	7.45
Registered electors			87,587
Majority			38,410	55.56	10.96
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 174/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2016-05-14. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 215/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-14.[permanent dead link]

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Fong Po Kuan	39,922	72.30	14.22
	BN	Cheah Yoke Can	15,295	27.70	14.22
Total valid votes			55,217	100.00
Total rejected ballots			911
Unreturned ballots			142
Turnout			56,270	72.78	3.12
Registered electors			77,313
Majority			24,627	44.60	38.42
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Fong Po Kuan	28,847	58.09	5.60
	BN	Ong Ka Chuan	20,814	41.91	5.11
Total valid votes			49,661	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,056
Unreturned ballots			235
Turnout			50,952	69.66	3.98
Registered electors			73,143
Majority			8,033	6.18	0.71
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Fong Po Kuan	19,867	52.49	4.53
	BN	Yeong Chee Wah	17,796	47.02	5.02
	MDP	Yang Kar Ming	186	0.49	0.49
Total valid votes			37,849	100.00
Total rejected ballots			925
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			38,774	65.68	2.95
Registered electors			59,034
Majority			2,071	5.47	1.39
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yeong Chee Wah	20,155	52.04	13.92
	DAP	Ngeh Koo Ham	18,576	47.96	13.92
Total valid votes			38,731	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,220
Unreturned ballots			159
Turnout			40,110	68.63	0.22
Registered electors			58,443
Majority			1,579	4.08	19.68
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Foo Piew Kok	22,223	61.88	0.21
	BN	Lee Chan Fai @ Lee Soon Heng	13,689	38.12	2.23
Total valid votes			35,912	100.00
Total rejected ballots			901
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			36,813	68.85	2.27
Registered electors			53,465
Majority			8,534	23.76	2.44
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Ting Chek Ming	21,501	62.09	17.07
	BN	Ooi Foh Sing	12,429	35.89	19.09
	SDP	Abu Samah Majid	699	2.02	2.02
Total valid votes			34,629	100.00
Total rejected ballots			719
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			35,348	71.12	4.35
Registered electors			49,701
Majority			9,072	26.20	16.24
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ban Hon Keong	19,156	54.98	15.04
	DAP	Liew Ah Kim	15,686	45.02	15.04
Total valid votes			34,842	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,168
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			36,010	75.47	2.76
Registered electors			47,717
Majority			3,470	9.96	10.16
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chian Heng Kai @ Chin Soo Ha	18,752	60.06	11.59
	BN	Chan Kit Chee	12,471	39.94	3.67
Total valid votes			31,223	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,505
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			32,728	78.23	2.04
Registered electors			41,835
Majority			6,281	20.12	15.26
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chian Heng Kai @ Chin Soo Ha	13,549	48.47	12.87
	BN	Cheah Chun Chin	12,192	43.61	43.61
	PEKEMAS	Choong Tien Chuan	1,647	5.89	5.89
	Independent	Hashim Gera	568	2.03	2.03
Total valid votes			27,956	100.00
Total rejected ballots			850
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			28,806	76.19	1.69
Registered electors			37,809
Majority			1,357	4.86	22.34
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Cho Hock	12,240	61.34	61.34
	Alliance	Ng Fah Yam	6,812	34.14	17.75
	PMIP	Adnan Mohd Hashim	901	4.52	4.52
Total valid votes			19,953	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,137
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			21,090	77.88	9.45
Registered electors			27,081
Majority			5,428	27.20	23.42
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Ng Fah Yam	9,843	51.89	9.29
	PPP	Khong Kok Yat	9,127	48.11	7.19
Total valid votes			18,970	100.00
Total rejected ballots			903
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			19,873	83.77	10.49
Registered electors			23,723
Majority			716	3.78	8.92
	Alliance gain from PPP		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PPP	Khong Kok Yat	8,442	55.30
	Alliance	Yeoh Kian Teik	6,503	42.60
	Independent	Thean Moi Tuck	322	2.11
Total valid votes			15,267	100.00
Total rejected ballots			127
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,394	73.28
Registered electors			21,006
Majority			1,939	12.70
This was a new constituency created.