Politics
Due to electoral division by Election Commission of Malaysia, there are 3 different parliament seats and state seats (DUN) dividing Batu Pahat town. There are (P147) Parit Sulong parliamentary seat, (N17) Semerah state seat; (P149) Parliament Sri Gading parliamentary seat, (N23) Parit Yanni state seat and (P150) Batu Pahat parliamentary seat, (N23) Penggaram state seat. (Election Results of the 13th Malaysian General Elections) Last election results listed as below:
(P150)-Batu Pahat parliament seat
- 1. Mohd Idris bin Jusi (PR-PKR) : 38,667
- 2. Dr. Mohd Puad Zarkashi (BN-UMNO): 36,935
- Majority: 1,732
- Total Votes: 77,200
- Percentage Votes: 87.46%
- Spoil Votes: 1,445
(N23)-Penggaram state seat
- 1. Gan Peck Cheng (颜碧珍) (PR-DAP): 24,277
- 2. King Ban Siang (龚万祥) (BN-MCA) : 14,226
- Majority: 10,051
- Total Votes: 39,407
- Percentage Votes: 87.27%
- Spoil Votes: 836
(P147)-Parit Sulong parliamentary seat
- 1. Noraini bin Ahmad (BN-UMNO): 30,258
- 2. Khairuddin bin A Rahim (PR-PAS) : 18,505
- Majority: 11,753
- Total Votes: 49,852
- Percentage Votes: 87.62%
- Spoil Votes: 952
(N17)-Semerah state seat
- 1. Mohd Ismail Roslan (BN-UMNO): 14,404
- 2. Md Ysahrudin Kusni (PR-PKR) : 11,755
- Majority: 2,649
- Total Votes: 26,678
- Percentage Votes: 85.93%
- Spoil Votes: 446
(P149)-Sri Gading parliamentary seat
- 1. Ab Aziz bin Kaprawi (BN-UMNO): 22,453
- 2. Mohd Khuzzan bin Abu Bakar (PR-PKR) : 16,692
- Majority: 5,761
- Total Votes: 39,901
- Percentage Votes: 89.03%
- Spoil Votes: 673
(N21)-Parit Yanni state seat
- 1. Aminolhuda Hassan (PR-PAS): 11,278
- 2. Teo Yew Chuan (张有全) (BN-MCA) : 10,090
- Majority: 1,188
- Total Votes: 21,783
- Percentage Votes: 88.52%
- Spoil Votes: 379
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