Seberang Utara (federal constituency)

Seberang Utara

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

Seberang 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 Seberang Utara
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Ahmad Saaid	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Ahmad Saaid	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Ahmad Saaid	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
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

Malaysian general election, 1964
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

Malayan general election, 1959
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.

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.