Penang Selatan (federal constituency)

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

Penang Selatan
Penang constituency
Defunct federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
Constituency created1958
Constituency abolished1974
First contested1959
Last contested1969

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

The Penang Selatan parliamentary constituency comprises the predominantly rural areas of Balik Pulau, Bayan Lepas, Sungei Nibong and the urban enclaves of Gelugor and Jelutong. In terms of geographic size, Penang Selatan covers the widest area compared to the other parliamentary constituencies on Penang Island. While the rural areas of the constituency are populated by Alliance controlled Malays, the urban areas of Jelutong and Gelugor are mainly non Malay domains. The first general election of 1959 saw the Alliance candidate, Ismail Idris winning by a thin margin, mainly due to the personality of the losing candidate who was once a Mayor of Georgetown. In 1964, the Alliance candidate Ismail Idris, was re-elected by a thumping majority. However, towards the late 60s, racial segregation and sentiments had reached a peak which caused the Alliance to lose ground in Penang in favor of opposition parties. In the 1969 general elections, future Chief Minister, Lim Chong Eu and his Gerakan party swept power in Penang. Most of the Alliance parliamentary and State Assembly candidates lost their seats. As a result of a national delineation process, the parliamentary constituency of Penang Selatan was abolished in 1974 and was renamed as Balik Pulau parliamentary constituency. Gelugor and Jelutong was regrouped into the newly formed Jelutong parliamentary constituency.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Penang Selatan
ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st1959-1963Ismail IdrisAlliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st1963-1964Ismail IdrisAlliance (UMNO)
2nd1964-1969
1969-1971Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd1971-1973Thomas Gabriel SelvarajGerakan
1973-1974BN (GERAKAN)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Balik Pulau

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59* 1959–1974 1974–1986 1986–1995 1995–2004 2004–2018 2018–present
Penang Selatan Balik Pulau
Bayan Lepas
Glugor
Jelutong

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
GerakanThomas Gabriel Selvaraj20,19658.72
AllianceIsmail Idris14,19641.28
Total valid votes 34,392 100.00
Total rejected ballots 2,017
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 36,40976.71
Registered electors 47,464
Majority 6,000
Gerakan gain from Alliance Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 1964
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
AllianceIsmail Idris16,08848.15
Socialist FrontAbu Bakar Hashim12,57137.63
UDPLim Mee Lee4,75214.22
Total valid votes 33,411 100.00
Total rejected ballots 848
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 34,25985.03
Registered electors 40,291
Majority 3,517
Alliance hold Swing
Malayan general election, 1959
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
AllianceIsmail Idris9,82143.99
Socialist FrontD. S. Ramanathan9,56342.83
PMIPOmar Long2,58511.58
IndependentMansor3591.61
Total valid votes 22,328 100.00
Total rejected ballots 144
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 22,47272.72
Registered electors 30,903
Majority 258
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. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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