Seberang Selatan

Penang constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

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

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.

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969: Seberang Selatan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	Veerappen Veerathan	9,738	52.35	52.35
	Alliance	Snawi Ismail	6,391	34.35	21.68
	PMIP	Wahab Salleh	2,474	13.30	13.30
Total valid votes			18,603	100.00
Total rejected ballots			684
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,287	78.49
Registered electors			24,573
Majority			3,347	18.00	5.94
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general by-election, 31 October 1964: Seberang Selatan
Upon the death of incumbent, Mohamed Noordin Mastan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Snawi Ismail	9,298	56.03	4.30
	Socialist Front	Veerappen Veerathan	7,296	43.97	7.23
Total valid votes			16,594	100.00
Total rejected ballots			197
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,791
Registered electors
Majority			2,002	12.06	11.80
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964: Seberang Selatan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Noordin Mastan	10,427	60.60	26.05
	Socialist Front	Veerappen Veerathan	6,322	36.74	3.93
	PMIP	Mohamed Noor Mokhtar	457	2.66	22.12
Total valid votes			17,206	100.00
Total rejected ballots			703
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,909	84.48	5.40
Registered electors			21,198
Majority			4,105	23.86	17.74
	Alliance gain from Socialist Front		Swing		?

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