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P.035 Penang Selatan GE-1 (1959)

Parliament Pulau Pinang

Total Voters30,618Pulau Pinang average: 23,584

Turnout73.4%Pulau Pinang +0.1 · National −0.5

Valid Votes22,328144 rejected (0.64%)

Majority2581.2% · Pulau Pinang −14.6

Candidates4

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Seat status: Marginal (<5%) — majority of 1.2% of valid votes.
Spoiler effect: third-placed Omar bin Long (PAS) polled 2,585 votes, more than the 258 majority.
Turnout 73.4% compared with the Pulau Pinang average of 73.3%.

Ismail bin Idris UMNO Won 9,821 (43.99%)

PERIKATAN · Male · Malay · 39

David Sabapthy Ramanathan LPM Lost 9,563 (42.83%)

SF · Male · Indian · 51

Omar bin Long PAS Lost (deposit) 2,585 (11.58%)

ALONE · Male · Malay · 36

Mansor bin Sanusi BEBAS Lost (deposit) 359 (1.61%)

ALONE · Male · Malay · 40

GE	Name	Party	Vote Share	Majority %	Turnout	Candidates	Result
GE-01	Ismail bin Idris	UMNO	43.99%	1.16%	73.39%	4	Won
GE-02	Ismail bin Idris	UMNO	48.15%	10.53%	85.03%	3	Won
GE-03	Gabriel Thomas Selvaraj	GERAKAN	58.72%	17.45%	76.71%	2	Won