Seberang Tengah (federal constituency)

Seberang Tengah

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

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

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
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Ibrahim Abdul Rahman	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Ibrahim Abdul Rahman	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1974	Mustapha Hussain	Gerakan
Constituency abolished, split into Bukit Mertajam and Permatang Pauh

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Gerakan	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		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
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

Malayan general election, 1959
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

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-23.