Seberang Tengah

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	No	Years	Member	Party	Vote Share
Constituency created from Wellesley South
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P032	1959–1963	Ibrahim Abdul Rahman (إبراهيم عبدالرحمن)	Alliance (UMNO)	9,187 45.53%
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P032	1963–1964	Ibrahim Abdul Rahman (إبراهيم عبدالرحمن)	Alliance (UMNO)	9,187 45.53%
2nd		1964–1969			15,660 55.22%
		1969–1971	Parliament was suspended
3rd	P032	1971–1972	Mustapha Hussain (مصطفى حسين)	GERAKAN	16,808 58.31%
		1972–1974		PEKEMAS
Constituency abolished, split into Bukit Mertajam and Permatang Pauh

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–1959*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Seberang Tengah		Alma
		Bukit Mertajam
		Permatang Pauh

Historical boundaries

State Constituency	Area
	1959
Alma	Bukit Minyak Cherok Tok Kun Machang Bubok Juru Permatang Tinggi
Bukit Mertajam	Berapit Bukit Mertajam Kampung Cross Street Taman Bukit Noning Tanah Liat
Permatang Pauh	Bukit Tengah Mengkuang Titi Penanti Permatang Pasir Seberang Jaya

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969: Seberang Tengah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GERAKAN	Mustapha Hussain	16,808	58.31	58.31
	Alliance	Ibrahim Abdul Rahman	12,017	41.69	13.53
Total valid votes			28,825	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,516
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			31,341	75.85	6.05
Registered electors			41,319
Majority			4,791	16.62	12.20
	GERAKAN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964: Seberang Tengah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Ibrahim Abdul Rahman	15,660	55.22	9.69
	Socialist Front	Kam Yau Wah	7,486	26.40	12.80
	UDP	Ooh Chooi Cheng	5,215	18.39	18.39
Total valid votes			28,361	100.00
Total rejected ballots			943
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			29,304	81.90	5.62
Registered electors			35,780
Majority			8,174	28.82	22.49
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959: Seberang Tengah

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			0
Turnout			20,423	76.28
Registered electors			26,773
Majority			1,277	6.33
This was a new constituency created out of Wellesley North which went to Alliance in the previous election.