Batu Laut (state constituency)

Batu Laut was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 2004.

Batu Laut

Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1974
Last contested	1999

The state constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Batu Laut
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Sungei Rawang
4th	1974-1978	Abdul Jabar Mohamed Yusof	Independent
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	Sairon Abdul Hamid	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999	Mohd Khailani Mangon
10th	1999-2004
Constituency abolished, renamed to Tanjong Sepat

Election results

Selangor state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Khailani Mangon	8,251	56.97
	PAS	Sukiran Sarman	6,231	43.03
Total valid votes			14,482	100.00
Total rejected ballots			395
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			14,878	76.16
Registered electors			19,536
Majority			2,020
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Khailani Mangon	10,592	76.91
	S46	Hamzah Karso	3,180	23.09
Total valid votes			13,772	100.00
Total rejected ballots			471
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,243	75.08
Registered electors			18,970
Majority			7,412
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sairon Abdul Hamid	6,921	62.27
	S46	Nisman Yusof	4,193	37.73
Total valid votes			11,114	100.00
Total rejected ballots			363
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,477	79.14
Registered electors			14,502
Majority			2,728
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sairon Abdul Hamid	6,993	71.68
	NASMA	Abdul Jabar Mohamed Yusof	2,009	20.59
	PAS	Paujan Siraj	488	5.00
	SDP	Tai Siew Siong	266	2.73
Total valid votes			9,756	100.00
Total rejected ballots			294
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,050	77.36
Registered electors			12,991
Majority			4,984
	BN gain from Independent		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Abdul Jabar Mohamed Yusof	3,885	49.76
	BN	Shahrom Maasom	3,629	46.48
	PAS	Paujan Siraj	294	3.77
Total valid votes			7,808	100.00
Total rejected ballots			164
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			7,972	82.58
Registered electors			9,654
Majority			256
	Independent hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Abdul Jabar Mohamed Yusof	4,043	61.67
	BN	Mohd Yusof Dahlan	2,513	38.33
Total valid votes			6,556	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			8,442
Majority			1,530
	Independent hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Abdul Jabar Mohamed Yusof	3,183	61.97
	BN	Samad Mahrudin	1,953	38.03
Total valid votes			5,136	100.00
Total rejected ballots			454
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,590	78.57
Registered electors			7,115
Majority			1,230
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-25.