 As of nomination day for the by-election, the constituency had 10,511 registered voters, with an ethnic composition of 73% Malay, 14% Chinese, and 13% Indian or Orang Asli.There were a total of 14 registered postal voters.Batu Talam thus became the one of two constituency in Malaysia to have had more than one by-election after Kerdau (previously named as Sanggang) also in Pahang.