Batu

Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Batu was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

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

History

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	Tan Chee Khoon	22,720	72.15	26.87
	Alliance	Yap Chin Kwee	8,772	27.85	15.87
Total valid votes			31,492	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,189
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			32,681	65.12	7.26
Registered electors			50,183
Majority			13,948	44.29	42.73
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia gain from Socialist Front		Swing		-22.93

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Socialist Front	Tan Chee Khoon	10,122	45.28	12.41
	Alliance	Yap Chin Kwee	9,774	43.72	1.41
	PAP	Too Chee Cheong	2,459	11.00	11.00
Total valid votes			22,355	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,023
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,378	72.38	1.15
Registered electors			32,297
Majority			348	1.56	13.82
	Socialist Front hold		Swing		-6.91

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