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 was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | 1971-1972 | Veerappen Veerathan | Gerakan | |
| 1972-1974 | PEKEMAS | |||
| Constituency abolished | ||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Gerakan | Veerappen Veerathan | 9,738 | 52.35 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Snawi Ismail | 6,391 | 34.35 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | 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 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[|Gerakan]] | Swing | Alliance
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Snawi Ismail | 9,298 | 56.03 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | 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 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | Alliance
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Mohamed Noordin Mastan | 10,427 | 60.60 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Socialist Front | Veerappen Veerathan | 6,322 | 36.74 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | 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 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[|Alliance]] | Swing | Socialist Front
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Socialist Front | Veerappen Veerathan | 5,077 | 40.67 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Tay Hooi Soo | 4,313 | 34.55 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | 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
- ^ 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.