Batu Lintang (state constituency)

Batu Lintang

Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	See Chee How PKR
Constituency created	1987
First contested	1991
Last contested	2016

Batu Lintang is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1991.

The state constituency was created in the 1987 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Pisang, Maong, Batu Lintang, Nanas-Pisang, Star Garden, Poh Kwong Park, Sky Garden, RPR Batu Kawah, Bukit Kenny, Tabuan Dayak, Tabuan Jaya, Tabuan Laru.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Pisang, Batu Lintang, Star Garden, Poh Kwong Park, Sky Garden, Bukit Kenny, Tabuan Dayak, Tabuan Jaya, Tabuan Laru, Maong, Nanas-Pisang.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Batu Lintang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
13th	1991-1996	Chan Seng Khai	BN
14th	1996-2001
15th	2001-2006
16th	2006-2011	Voon Lee Shan	DAP
17th	2011-2016	See Chee How	PKR
18th	2016-present

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	See Chee How	10,758	61.61	- 10.40
	BN	Sih Hua Tong	6,373	36.50	+ 10.09
	STAR	Soo Lina	331	1.89	+ 1.89
Total valid votes			17,462	100.00
Total rejected ballots			110
Unreturned ballots			41
Turnout			17,613	62.67
Registered electors			28,105
Majority			4,385
	PKR hold		Swing
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. 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.

Sarawak state election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	See Chee How	13,235	72.01	+ 72.01
	BN	Sih Hua Tong	4,854	26.41	- 11.6
	Independent	Soo Lina	290	1.58	+ 1.58
Total valid votes			18,379	100.00
Total rejected ballots			61
Unreturned ballots			35
Turnout			18,475	66.38
Registered electors			27,833
Majority			8,381
	PKR gain from DAP		Swing		?
Source(s)  "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes Sarawak [P.U. (B) 245/2011]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

Sarawak state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Voon Lee Shan	8,806	61.99	+ 61.99
	BN	Chan Seng Khai	5,399	38.01	- 31.94
Total valid votes			14,205	100.00
Total rejected ballots			76
Unreturned ballots			64
Turnout			14,345	57.88
Registered electors			24,783
Majority			3,407
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Sarawak state election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chan Seng Khai	11,625	69.95	- 0.79
	KEADILAN	Cheng Hui Hong	4,237	25.50	+ 25.50
	Independent	Francis Siah Khui Siang	756	4.55	- 13.66
Total valid votes			16,618	100.00
Total rejected ballots			122
Unreturned ballots			39
Turnout			16,779	59.30
Registered electors			28,293
Majority			7,388
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chan Seng Khai	9,400	70.74	+ 12.03
	Independent	Francis Siah Khui Siang	2,420	18.21	+ 18.21
	Independent	Chua Chio Kuia	1,469	11.05	+ 11.05
Total valid votes			13,289	100.00
Total rejected ballots			110
Unreturned ballots			186
Turnout			13,585	56.10
Registered electors			24,215
Majority			6,980
	BN hold		Swing

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chan Seng Khai	8,206	58.71
	DAP	Sim Kwang Yang	5,772	41.29
Total valid votes			13,978	100.00
Total rejected ballots			94
Unreturned ballots			107
Turnout			14,179	66.60
Registered electors			21,291
Majority			2,434
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

1. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 502/2015]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-12.