N.12 Machang Bubok State Election Round 5 (1978–1987)

DUN Pulau Pinang

Total Voters10,968Pulau Pinang average: 14,190

Turnout82.3%Pulau Pinang +2.6 · National +6.2

Valid Votes8,631400 rejected (4.43%)

Majority5196.0% · Pulau Pinang −12.7

Candidates5

Quick read

Seat status: Lean (5–15%) — majority of 6.0% of valid votes.
Spoiler effect: third-placed Hussein bin Ismail (PAS) polled 2,318 votes, more than the 519 majority.
GERAKAN held this seat compared with State Election Round 4 (1974–1983).
Change in the winner's vote share from the previous contest: −11.7 pts.
Turnout 82.3% compared with the Pulau Pinang average of 79.7%.

Lim Heng Tee GERAKAN Won 3,301 (38.25%)

BN · Male · Chinese · 38

Ooi Chew Fong DAP Lost 2,782 (32.23%)

ALONE · Male · Chinese

Hussein bin Ismail PAS Lost 2,318 (26.86%)

ALONE · Male · Malay

Gurdial Singh KITA Lost (deposit) 130 (1.51%)

ALONE · Male · Other · 54

Ismail bin Helmy BEBAS Lost (deposit) 100 (1.16%)

ALONE · Male · Malay

GE	Name	Party	Vote Share	Majority %	Turnout	Candidates	Result
SE-04	Lim Heng Tee	GERAKAN	49.97%	18.64%	81.05%	5	Won
SE-05	Lim Heng Tee	GERAKAN	38.25%	6.01%	82.34%	5	Won
SE-06	Lim Heng Tee	GERAKAN	63.82%	44.19%	81.24%	3	Won
SE-07	Goik Hock Lai	GERAKAN	53.23%	20.50%	77.64%	3	Won
SE-08	Goik Hock Lai	GERAKAN	53.41%	13.91%	81.70%	3	Won