Seberang Selatan (federal constituency)

Seberang Selatan

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

Seberang Selatan 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 Seberang Selatan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Veerappen Veerathan	Socialist Front
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Veerappen Veerathan	Socialist Front
2nd	1964	Mohamed Noordin Mastan	Alliance
	1964-1969	Snawi Ismail
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1972	Veerappen Veerathan	Gerakan
	1972-1974		PEKEMAS
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Gerakan	Veerappen Veerathan	9,738	52.35
	Alliance	Snawi Ismail	6,391	34.35
	PMIP	Wahab Salleh	2,474	13.30
Total valid votes			18,603	100.00
Total rejected ballots			684
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,287	78.49
Registered electors			24,573
Majority			3,347
	Gerakan gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general by-election, 31 October 1964 Upon the death of incumbent, Mohamed Noordin Mastan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Snawi Ismail	9,298	56.03
	Socialist Front	Veerappen Veerathan	7,296	43.97
Total valid votes			16,594	100.00
Total rejected ballots			197
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,791
Registered electors
Majority			2,002
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Noordin Mastan	10,427	60.60
	Socialist Front	Veerappen Veerathan	6,322	36.74
	PMIP	Mohamed Noor Mokhtar	457	2.66
Total valid votes			17,206	100.00
Total rejected ballots			703
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,909	84.48
Registered electors			21,198
Majority			4,105
	Alliance gain from Socialist Front		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Socialist Front	Veerappen Veerathan	5,077	40.67
	Alliance	Tay Hooi Soo	4,313	34.55
	PMIP	Md Jais Sudin	3,093	24.78
Total valid votes			12,483	100.00
Total rejected ballots			107
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,590	79.08
Registered electors			15,920
Majority			764
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.