Batu Berendam (federal constituency)

Batu Berendam

Malacca constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1974
Last contested	1999

Batu Berendam was a federal constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Batu Berendam
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Malacca Tengah
4th	P097	1974-1978	Chong Hon Nyan (张汉原)	BN (MCA)
5th		1978-1982
6th		1982-1986
7th	P112	1986-1990	Mohd. Tamrin Abdul Ghafar (محمد. تمرين عبدالغافر)	BN (UMNO)
8th		1990-1995
9th	P122	1995-1999	Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam (محمد علي بن محمد رستم)
10th		1999-2004	Abdul Ghafar Baba (عبدالغفار باب)
Constituency abolished, split into Tangga Batu and Bukit Katil

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Batu Berendam			Ayer Keroh		Ayer Keroh
			Ayer Molek
					Bachang
			Bukit Rambai
				Krubong
					Paya Rumput
				Sungai Udang
			Sungei Udang
					Tangga Batu
			Tanjong Minyak

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Ghafar Baba	37,656	55.36	6.83
	PKR	Khalid Jaafar	30,368	44.64	44.64
Total valid votes			68,024	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,464
Unreturned ballots			104
Turnout			69,592	78.82	0.52
Registered electors
Majority			7,288	10.72	25.72
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam	37,846	62.19	1.40
	DAP	Tan Seng Seng	15,671	25.75	25.75
	PAS	Mohd. Nor Jaafar	7,335	12.05	12.05
Total valid votes			60,852	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,526
Unreturned ballots			150
Turnout			62,528	78.30	0.23
Registered electors
Majority			22,175	36.44	14.86
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd. Tamrin Abdul Ghafar	35,561	60.79	4.02
	S46	Rahim Ali	22,933	39.21	39.21
Total valid votes			58,494	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,369
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			60,863	78.53	4.50
Registered electors			77,505
Majority			12,628	21.58	5.01
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd. Tamrin Abdul Ghafar	25,282	56.77	20.05
	DAP	Kan Yew Hong	13,440	30.18	30.18
	PAS	Jaliluddin Abd Wahid	5,814	13.05	10.13
Total valid votes			44,536	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,360
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			45,896	74.03	2.87
Registered electors			62,000
Majority			11,842	26.59	27.05
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chong Hon Nyan	30,938	76.82	76.82
	PAS	Jaliluddin Abdul Wahid	9,333	23.18	23.18
Total valid votes			40,271	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,496
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			41,767	76.90
Registered electors			54,311
Majority			21,605	53.64
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Chong Hon Nyan won uncontested.
	BN	Chong Hon Nyan
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Chong Hon Nyan	18,182	64.47
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Hasnul Abdul Hadi	8,111	28.76
	Independent	Maidin Manaf	1,910	6.77
Total valid votes			28,203	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,434
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			29,637	78.17
Registered electors			37,148
Majority			10,071	35.71
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 2016-05-20.