Malacca constituency | |||
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State constituency | |||
Legislature | Malacca State Legislative Assembly | ||
MLA |
BN | ||
Constituency created | 2018 | ||
First contested | 2018 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors (2021)[1] | 20,821 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 11 |
Pengkalan Batu is a state constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Melaka State Legislative Assembly.
The state constituency was first contested in 2018 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Melaka State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2021[update], the State Assemblyman for Pengkalan Batu is Kalsom Noordin from United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (BN).
The state constituency was first contested under the name of Bachang but was renamed to Pengkalan Batu for the 2018 election.[3]