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.

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969: Seberang Tengah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	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
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
Turnout			29,304	81.90	5.62
Registered electors			35,780
Majority			8,174	28.82	22.49
	Alliance hold		Swing

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