Batu Kitang

Batu Kitang
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Lo Khere Chiang; GPS
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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

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Batu Kitang constituency has a total of 13 polling districts.^[1]

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	SJK (C) Chung Hua Pangkalan Baru SK Sacred Heart Semeba Dewan Serbaguna Kpg. Tematu SK Jln. Haji Baki
	Kitang	196/13/04	SJK (C) Chung Hua Batu 8 ½ Batu Kitang SJK (C) Chung Hua Batu Kitang SK St. David Bumbok SJK (C) Chung Hua Batu 10 Jln. Penrissen SK Kpg. Landeh RCBM Recreational Centre Batu 13
	Lidah Tanah	196/13/05	Balai Raya Lidah Tanah

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Batu Kitang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Batu Kawah
18th	2016-2018	Lo Khere Chiang	BN (SUPP)
18th	2018–2021		GPS (SUPP)
19th	2021–present		GPS (SUPP)

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2021: Batu Kitang
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		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1718688/PUB687.pdf

Sarawak state election, 2016: Batu Kitang
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

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

^ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.

[1] "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.

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