Seberang Tengah
Seberang Tengah was a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Penang constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
The federal constituency was created from parts of the Wellesley North constituency in the 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. Its last election was in 1969. It disappeared in the 1974 election and was split into Bukit Mertajam and Permatang Pauh.
History
It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Seberang Tengah | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Wellesley North and Wellesley South | |||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||
| 1st | 1959-1963 | Ibrahim Abdul Rahman (إبراهيم عبدالرحمن) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| Parliament of Malaysia | |||
| 1st | 1963-1964 | Ibrahim Abdul Rahman (إبراهيم عبدالرحمن) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | ||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||
| 3rd | 1971-1972 | Mustapha Hussain (مصطفى هوسساءين) | GERAKAN |
| 1972-1974 | PEKEMAS | ||
| Constituency abolished, split into Bukit Mertajam and Permatang Pauh | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Seberang Tengah | Alma | ||||||
| Bukit Mertajam | |||||||
| Permatang Pauh | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia | Mustapha Hussain | 16,808 | 58.31 | ||
| Alliance | Ibrahim Abdul Rahman | 12,017 | 41.69 | ||
| Total valid votes | 28,825 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 2,516 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 31,341 | 75.85 | |||
| Registered electors | 41,319 | ||||
| Majority | 4,791 | ||||
| Gerakan gain from Alliance | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Ibrahim Abdul Rahman | 15,660 | 55.22 | ||
| Socialist Front | Kam Yau Wah | 7,486 | 26.40 | ||
| UDP | Ooh Chooi Cheng | 5,215 | 18.39 | ||
| Total valid votes | 28,361 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 943 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 29,304 | 81.90 | |||
| Registered electors | 35,780 | ||||
| Majority | 8,174 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Ibrahim Abdul Rahman | 9,187 | 45.53 | |||
| Socialist Front | Kang Eng Wah | 7,910 | 39.20 | |||
| PMIP | Abdul Hamid | 3,082 | 15.27 | |||
| Total valid votes | 20,179 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 244 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,423 | 76.28 | ||||
| Registered electors | 26,773 | |||||
| Majority | 1,277 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created out of Wellesley North which went to Alliance in the previous election. | ||||||
References
- Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
- "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-23.
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