 Sarawakconstituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
GPS | ||
| Constituency created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2016 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
Batu Kitang is a state constituency inSarawak,Malaysia, that has been represented in theSarawak 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.
As of 2020, Batu Kitang has a population of 59,031 people.[1]
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 |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||||
| GPSgain fromBN | 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 fromthe original(PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved2016-04-27. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived fromthe original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved2016-04-27. | ||||||
