Seberang Tengah (federal constituency)
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| 23x15px Penang constituency | |
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| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created from Wellesley North | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | 1959-1963 | Ibrahim Abdul Rahman | Alliance | |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | 1963-1964 | Ibrahim Abdul Rahman | Alliance | |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament dissolved[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | 1971-1974 | Mustapha Hussain | Gerakan | |
| Constituency abolished, split into Bukit Mertajam and Permatang Pauh | ||||
Election results
| Malaysian general election, 1969 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Gerakan | Mustapha Hussain | |||||||
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| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||||
| Majority | ||||||||
| Gerakan gain from Alliance | Swing | ?
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| Malaysian general election, 1964 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Alliance | Ibrahim Abdul Rahman | |||||||
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| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||||
| Majority | ||||||||
| Alliance hold | Swing |
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| Malayan general election, 1959 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Alliance | Ibrahim Abdul Rahman | |||||||
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| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||||
| Majority | ||||||||
| This was a new constituency created out of Wellesley North which went to Alliance in the previous election. | ||||||||
