Batu Caves (state constituency)

Batu Caves

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Amirudin Shari PKR
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
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
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
Source(s)

Selangor state election, 2008
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		?

Selangor state election, 2004
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.