Penang Utara was a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
 Penang constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
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
It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Penang Utara | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from George Town | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | P034 | 1959-1963 | Geh Chong Keat (倪宗吉) | Alliance (MCA) |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | P034 | 1963-1964 | Geh Chong Keat (倪宗吉) | Alliance (MCA) |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | P034 | 1971-1974 | Peter Paul Dason (பீட்டர் பால் டேசன்) | DAP |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Bendera | ||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Penang Utara | Ayer Itam | ||||||
| Doby Ghaut | |||||||
| Kelawei | |||||||
| Tanjong Bungah | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Peter Paul Dason | 20,930 | 61.00 |  61.00 | |
| Alliance | Geh Chong Keat | 13,379 | 39.00 | 13.17 | |
| Total valid votes | 34,309 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,730 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 36,039 | 76.54 |  6.90 | ||
| Registered electors | 47,083 | ||||
| Majority | 7,551 | 22.00 | 1.56 | ||
| DAP gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Party (Malaysia) | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Geh Chong Keat | 16,686 | 52.17 | 2.13 | |
| Socialist Front | Lau Teik Hai | 10,148 | 31.73 | 13.39 | |
| UDP | Toh Boon Kooi | 5,149 | 16.10 | 16.10 | |
| Total valid votes | 31,983 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 667 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 32,650 | 83.44 | 14.39 | ||
| Registered electors | 39,131 | ||||
| Majority | 6,538 | 20.44 | 15.52 | ||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Geh Chong Keat | 8,739 | 50.04 | |||
| Socialist Front | Lau Teik Hai | 7,880 | 45.12 | |||
| Independent | Shaik Ahmad Shaik Mohamed | 845 | 4.84 | |||
| Total valid votes | 17,464 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 170 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 17,634 | 69.05 | ||||
| Registered electors | 25,537 | |||||
| Majority | 859 | 4.92 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
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