Penang Utara (federal constituency)

Penang Utara

Penang constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Penang Utara was a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

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 Penang Utara
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Geh Chong Keat	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Geh Chong Keat	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1974	Peter Paul Dason	DAP
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Peter Paul Dason	20,930	61.00
	Alliance	Geh Chong Keat	13,379	39.00
Total valid votes			34,309	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,730
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			36,039	76.54
Registered electors			47,083
Majority			7,551
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Geh Chong Keat	16,686	52.17
	Socialist Front	Lau Teik Hai	10,148	31.73
	UDP	Toh Boon Kooi	5,149	16.10
Total valid votes			31,983	100.00
Total rejected ballots			667
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			32,650	83.44
Registered electors			39,131
Majority			6,538
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Geh Chong Keat	8,739	50.04
	Socialist Front	Lau Teik Hai	7,880	45.12
	Independent	Shaik Ahmad Shaik Mohamed	845	4.84
Total valid votes			17,464	100.00
Total rejected ballots			170
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,634	69.05
Registered electors			25,537
Majority			859
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.