Seberang Tengah (federal constituency)

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

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

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
ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Wellesley North
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st1959-1963Ibrahim Abdul RahmanAlliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st1963-1964Ibrahim Abdul RahmanAlliance (UMNO)
2nd1964-1969
1969-1971Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd1971-1972Mustapha HussainGerakan
1972-1974PEKEMAS
Constituency abolished, split into Bukit Mertajam and Permatang Pauh

State constituency
Parliamentary

constituency

 State constituency
1955–59* 1959–1974 1974–1986 1986–1995 1995–2004 2004–2018 2018–present
Seberang Tengah Alma
Bukit Mertajam
Permatang Pauh

Election results
Malaysian general election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
GerakanMustapha Hussain16,80858.31
AllianceIbrahim Abdul Rahman12,01741.69
Total valid votes 28,825 100.00
Total rejected ballots 2,516
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 31,34175.85
Registered electors 41,319
Majority 4,791
Gerakan gain from Alliance Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 1964
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
AllianceIbrahim Abdul Rahman15,66055.22
Socialist FrontKam Yau Wah7,48626.40
UDPOoh Chooi Cheng5,21518.39
Total valid votes 28,361 100.00
Total rejected ballots 943
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 29,30481.90
Registered electors 35,780
Majority 8,174
Alliance hold Swing
Malayan general election, 1959
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
AllianceIbrahim Abdul Rahman9,18745.53
Socialist FrontKang Eng Wah7,91039.20
PMIPAbdul Hamid3,08215.27
Total valid votes 20,179 100.00
Total rejected ballots 244
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 20,42376.28
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.
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