Kepala Batas (federal constituency)

Kepala Batas (P041)

Penang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Siti Mastura Mohamad PN
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020) [1]	117,043
Electors (2023) [2]	84,190
Area (km²) [3]	138
Pop. density (per km²)	848.1

Kepala Batas is a federal constituency in North Seberang Perai District, Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

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

Demographics

https://live.chinapress.com.my/ge15/parliament/PENANG

Ethnic breakdown of Kepala Batas's electorate as of 2022

   Malay (80.05%)

   Chinese (15.35%)

   Indian (4.17%)

  Other ethnicities (0.43%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Kepala Batas constituency is divided into 29 polling districts. ^[4]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Penaga (N01)	Kuala Muda	041/01/01	SK Kuala Muda
	Pulau Mertajam	041/01/02	SK Pulau Mertajam
	Pasir Gebu	041/01/03	SK Pasir Gebu
	Penaga	041/01/04	SK Penaga SK Penaga Jaya
	Kota Aur	041/01/05	SMK Dato' Haji Hassan Noh
	Permatang Janggus	041/01/06	SK Permatang Janggus
	Guar Kepah	041/01/07	Pusat Penempatan Banjir Pengkalan Bongor
	Permatang Tiga Ringgit	041/01/08	SK Lahar Kepar
	Lahar Kepar	041/01/09	SK Lahar Kepar
Bertam (N02)	Padang Benggali	041/02/01	SA Rakyat Al-Falah Padang Benggali
	Permatang Berah	041/02/02	SJK (C) Aik Keow
	Permatang Rambai	041/02/03	SA Rakyat Maahad Al-Huda
	Permatang Sintok	041/02/04	SK Permatang Sintok
	Permatang Pak Elong	041/03/05	SJK (C) Sin Chung
	Permatang Bertam	041/02/06	SK Permatang Bertam
	Kepala Batas	041/02/07	SK Hashim Awang
	Jalan Kedah	041/02/08	SJK (C) Pei Yu
	Pongsu Seribu	041/02/09	SMK Kepala Batas SMK Datuk Haji Ahmad Badawi
Pinang Tunggal (N03)	Bumbung Lima	041/03/01	SK Bumbong Lima
	Paya Keladi	041/03/02	SMK Bertam Perdana SK Paya Keladi
	Bertam Indah	041/03/03	SMK Bertam Indah
	Ladang Malakoff	041/03/04	SJK (T) Ladang Malakoff
	Kampong To'Bedu	041/03/05	SK Kampong To' Bedor
	Permatang Langsat	041/03/06	SMK Dato' Kailan
	Pinang Tunggal	041/03/07	SK Pinang Tunggal
	Kampong Baharu	041/03/08	SK Mohd Shah
	Kampong Selamat Utara	041/03/09	SJK (C) Mah Hua
	Kubang Menerong	041/03/10	Madrasah Al-Yatumiah Al-Islamiah Kubang Menerong
	Kampong Selamat Selatan	041/03/11	SK Kampung Selamat

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kepala Batas
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Seberang Utara
4th	P035	1974–1978	Mohamed Sopiee Sheikh Ibrahim (محمد سوڤياي شيخ إبراهيم)	BN (UMNO)
5th		1978–1982	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (عبد الله احمد بدوي)
6th		1982–1986
7th	P038	1986–1990
8th		1990–1995
9th	P041	1995–1999
10th		1999–2004
11th		2004–2008
12th		2008–2013
13th		2013–2018	Reezal Merican Naina Merican (ريزال ماريکان ناينا ماريکان)
14th		2018–2022
15th		2022–present	Siti Mastura Mohamad (سيتي مستورا محمد)	PN (PAS)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kepala Batas			Bertam
			Penaga
				Pinang Tunggal
			Tasek Gelugor

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N1	Penaga	Mohd Yusni Mat Piah	PN (PAS)
N2	Bertam	Reezal Merican Naina Merican	BN (UMNO)
N3	Pinang Tunggal	Bukhori Ghazali	PN (PAS)

Local governments

No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N1	Penaga	Seberang Perai City Council
N2	Bertam
N3	Pinang Tunggal

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Siti Mastura Mohamad	28,604	41.27	41.27
	BN	Reezal Merican Naina Merican	25,737	37.14	5.80
	MUDA	Muhammad Danial Abdul Majeed	14,214	20.51	20.51
	GTA	Hamidi Abu Hassan	747	1.08	1.08
Total valid votes			69,302	100.00
Total rejected ballots			714
Unreturned ballots			134
Turnout			70,150	83.41	4.37
Registered electors			83,081
Majority			2,867	4.13	4.92
	PN gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753273/PUB609%20(2022).pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Reezal Merican Naina Merican	22,459	42.94	11.59
	PH	Zaidi Zakaria	17,723	33.89	33.89
	PAS	Siti Mastura Mohamad	12,120	23.17	22.30
Total valid votes			52,302	100.00
Total rejected ballots			715
Unreturned ballots			110
Turnout			53,127	87.78	2.74
Registered electors			60,523
Majority			4,736	9.05	0.01
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 236/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[ permanent dead link ] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 310/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[ permanent dead link ]

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Reezal Merican Naina Merican	25,128	54.53	11.25
	PAS	Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden	20,952	45.47	11.25
Total valid votes			46,080	100.00
Total rejected ballots			585
Unreturned ballots			75
Turnout			46,740	90.52	6.07
Registered electors			51,635
Majority			4,176	9.06	22.50
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 173/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10.[ permanent dead link ] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 214/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2016-05-10.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	23,445	65.78	11.94
	PAS	Subri Md. Arshad	12,199	34.22	11.94
Total valid votes			35,644	100.00
Total rejected ballots			634
Unreturned ballots			50
Turnout			36,328	84.45	0.26
Registered electors			43,019
Majority			11,246	31.56	23.88
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	25,403	77.72	8.32
	PAS	Abd Khalid Rasid	7,281	22.28	8.32
Total valid votes			32,684	100.00
Total rejected ballots			672
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			33,356	84.19	2.80
Registered electors			39,619
Majority			18,122	55.44	16.64
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	19,985	69.40	13.77
	PAS	Abd Khalid Rasid	8,810	30.60	30.60
Total valid votes			28,795	100.00
Total rejected ballots			618
Unreturned ballots			64
Turnout			29,477	81.39	2.92
Registered electors			36,180
Majority			11,175	38.80	26.74
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	22,521	82.77	12.42
	S46	Naser Mohd. Razi	4,687	17.23	12.42
Total valid votes			27,208	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,093
Unreturned ballots			31
Turnout			28,332	78.47	1.78
Registered electors			36,105
Majority			17,834	65.54	24.84
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	17,025	70.35	1.02
	S46	Ahmad Awang	7,174	29.65	29.65
Total valid votes			24,199	100.00
Total rejected ballots			732
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,931	80.25	4.44
Registered electors			31,068
Majority			9,851	40.70	2.04
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	15,463	69.33	0.82
	PAS	Ahmad Hasan Salahuddin	6,841	30.67	13.85
Total valid votes			22,304	100.00
Total rejected ballots			596
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,900	75.81	4.48
Registered electors			30,209
Majority			8,622	38.66	13.03
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	16,759	68.51	6.10
	PAS	Mohamad Sabu	4,115	16.82	20.77
	DAP	Khoo Siew Hoe	3,589	14.67	14.67
Total valid votes			24,463	100.00
Total rejected ballots			814
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,277	80.29
Registered electors			31,481
Majority			12,644	51.69	26.87
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	12,645	62.41
	PAS	Musa Mohd. Yatim	7,616	37.59
Total valid votes			20,261	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			26,269
Majority			5,029	24.82
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Mohamed Sopiee Sheikh Ibrahim won uncontested.
	BN	Mohamed Sopiee Sheikh Ibrahim
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			22,843
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

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