N.06 Bagan Dalam State Election Round 5 (1978–1987)

DUN Pulau Pinang

Total Voters17,123Pulau Pinang average: 14,190

Turnout79.6%Pulau Pinang −0.1 · National +3.5

Valid Votes13,133489 rejected (3.59%)

Majority630.5% · Pulau Pinang −18.2

Candidates4

Quick read

Seat status: Marginal (<5%) — majority of 0.5% of valid votes.
Spoiler effect: third-placed Loh Kim Heng (SDP) polled 857 votes, more than the 63 majority.
MIC held this seat compared with State Election Round 4 (1974–1983).
Change in the winner's vote share from the previous contest: −5.4 pts.
Turnout 79.6% compared with the Pulau Pinang average of 79.7%.

Subbiah a/l Thevarayan Chettiar MIC Won 5,747 (43.76%)

BN · Male · Indian · 45

Shanmugam a/l Nadason DAP Lost 5,684 (43.28%)

ALONE · Male · Indian · 34

Loh Kim Heng SDP Lost (deposit) 857 (6.53%)

ALONE · Male · Chinese · 42

Abdul Hamid bin Abdullah PAS Lost (deposit) 845 (6.43%)

ALONE · Male · Malay

GE	Name	Party	Vote Share	Majority %	Turnout	Candidates	Result
SE-04	Subbiah a/l Thevarayan Chettiar	MIC	49.19%	17.61%	81.38%	5	Won
SE-05	Subbiah a/l Thevarayan Chettiar	MIC	43.76%	0.48%	79.55%	4	Won
SE-06	Subbiah a/l Thevarayan Chettiar	MIC	47.34%	16.96%	75.27%	6	Won
SE-11	Subbaiyah a/l Palaniappan	MIC	54.97%	16.17%	72.08%	3	Won
SE-12	Tanasekharan a/l Autherapady	DAP	61.95%	23.90%	73.19%	2	Won
SE-13	Tanasekharan a/l Autherapady	DAP	66.38%	33.41%	84.40%	4	Won
SE-14	Satees a/l Muniandy	DAP	72.54%	45.98%	81.72%	5	Won
SE-15	Kumaran a/l Krishnan (Calvin)	DAP	71.49%	51.32%	70.06%	4	Won