Batu Uban is a state constituency in

Penang Penang is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia along the Strait of Malacca. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay Peninsula. Th ...

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, that has been represented in the

Penang State Legislative Assembly The Penang State Legislative Assembly is the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 40 elected lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout Penang. The state legis ...

since 1986. It covers a portion of

Penang Island Penang Island is the main constituent island of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is located off the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Malacca Strait, with the Penang Strait separating the island from Seberang Perai on the mainla ...

's eastern seaboard, including the southernmost suburbs of George Town. The state constituency was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the

under the

first-past-the-post voting system First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first- ...

. , the State Assemblyman for Batu Uban is Kumaresan Aramugam from

Parti Keadilan Rakyat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR; ), is a centre-left, reformist political party in Malaysia formed on 3 August 2003 through a merger of the party's predecessor, the National Justice Party, with the socialist Malaysian People's Party. The party's ...

(PKR), which is part of the state's ruling coalition,

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(PH).

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Batu Uban constituency is divided into 8 polling districts. It encompasses the southernmost halve of

Gelugor Gelugor is a suburb of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Named after a plant species, Gelugor lies along the eastern seaboard of Penang Island, between Jelutong and Sungai Dua, and nearly south of the city centre. Gelugor had bee ...

, a suburb of George Town, including

Universiti Sains Malaysia Universiti Sains Malaysia ( 'University of Science Malaysia'; abbreviated as USM) is a public research university in Malaysia. Founded on 1 June 1969 as a statutory body with its own constitution, it is the oldest institute of higher learning ...

and Minden Heights. Surrounding neighbourhoods such as Batu Uban,

Sungai Dua Sungai Dua is a residential neighbourhood within the city of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located south of the city centre, this neighbourhood borders Universiti Sains Malaysia to the north, Sungai Nibong to the east and Buki ...

, Sungai Nibong and Bukit Jambul are also situated within this state seat. The northern limits of this constituency roughly follows the course of the Gelugor River into the sea, thereby dividing

into the northern and southern halves (with the northern half under the neighbouring Seri Delima constituency). The Batu Uban seat is also bounded to the south by

Jalan Tun Dr Awang Jalan Tun Dr Awang is a major highway in Penang, Malaysia. It was named after Tun Dr Awang Hassan, the former Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang. Route background The Kilometre Zero is located at Bulatan Bayan Lepas roundabout in Bayan ...

, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah and

Demographics

History

Election results

The electoral results for the Batu Uban state constituency in

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and

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are as follows.

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