N.21 Tikam Batu State Election Round 5 (1978–1987)

DUN Kedah

Total Voters32,364Kedah average: 17,742

Turnout77.6%Kedah −0.0 · National +1.5

Valid Votes23,8321,281 rejected (5.10%)

Majority3,17213.3% · Kedah −6.5

Candidates6

Quick read

Seat status: Lean (5–15%) — majority of 13.3% of valid votes.
Spoiler effect: third-placed Beh Heng Seong (BEBAS) polled 3,686 votes, more than the 3,172 majority.
GERAKAN held this seat compared with State Election Round 4 (1974–1983).
Change in the winner's vote share from the previous contest: −23.8 pts.
Turnout 77.6% compared with the Kedah average of 77.6%.

Ong Ah Yong @ Ong Chow Song GERAKAN Won 9,862 (41.38%)

BN · Male · Chinese

Bakar bin Mahmud PAS Lost 6,690 (28.07%)

ALONE · Male · Malay

Beh Heng Seong BEBAS Lost 3,686 (15.47%)

ALONE · Male · Chinese · 29

Ong Aun Boon DAP Lost 3,399 (14.26%)

ALONE · Male · Chinese

Jansz William BEBAS Lost (deposit) 141 (0.59%)

ALONE · Male · Other · 67

Ahmad Kamal bin Othman SDP Lost (deposit) 54 (0.23%)

ALONE · Male · Malay

GE	Name	Party	Vote Share	Majority %	Turnout	Candidates	Result
SE-04	Ong Boon Seong	GERAKAN	65.22%	41.88%	74.16%	3	Won
SE-05	Ong Ah Yong @ Ong Chow Song	GERAKAN	41.38%	13.31%	77.60%	6	Won
SE-06	Ong Ah Yong @ Ong Chow Song	GERAKAN	59.03%	34.31%	74.31%	4	Won
SE-07	Ong Ah Yong @ Ong Chow Song	GERAKAN	53.53%	28.32%	70.27%	3	Won
SE-08	Fu Chun Yee	GERAKAN	55.05%	20.00%	70.66%	3	Won