Seberang Utara (federal constituency)
Seberang Utara was a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
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| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
History
It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Seberang Utara | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | 1959-1963 | Ahmad Saaid | Alliance (UMNO) | |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | 1963-1964 | Ahmad Saaid | Alliance (UMNO) | |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | 1971-1973 | Ahmad Saaid | Alliance (UMNO) | |
| 1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | |||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Kepala Batas | ||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Ahmad Saaid | 13,111 | 54.98 | ||
| PMIP | Musa Mohamed Yatim | 10,737 | 45.02 | ||
| Total valid votes | 23,848 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 2,593 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 26,441 | 81.69 | |||
| Registered electors | 32,369 | ||||
| Majority | 2,374 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Ahmad Saaid | 15,440 | 67.71 | ||
| PMIP | Siti Fatimah @ Salmah Sheikh Hussain | 4,087 | 17.92 | ||
| Socialist Front | Omar Mohd. Yusoff | 3,277 | 14.37 | ||
| Total valid votes | 22,804 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,010 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 23,814 | 84.57 | |||
| Registered electors | 28,160 | ||||
| Majority | 11,353 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Ahmad Saaid | 12,748 | 73.75 | |||
| PMIP | Yusof Abdullah | 4,537 | 26.25 | |||
| Total valid votes | 17,285 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 249 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,534 | 76.31 | ||||
| Registered electors | 22,978 | |||||
| Majority | 8,211 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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References
- Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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