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Federal Legislative Council 1955 Results — All Seats

Pulau Pinang — Full results of Federal Legislative Council 1955: 4 seats across 11 states — the winner of every seat, coalition seat totals, turnout and majorities. PERIKATAN won the most seats (4).

Votes vs Seats →
Seats41 unopposed
Total Voters99,726
Turnout67.2%
Valid Votes47,3421.56% rejected
Candidates82.00 per seat
Women winners00 women candidates
Lost deposit1
Marginal seats (<5%)0

Seat Composition — Pulau Pinang

4
PERIKATAN 4

Seats & popular vote

CoalitionWon% seatsPopular vote
PERIKATAN 4 100.0% 79.9%
Independent / no coalition 0 0.0% 20.1%

Popular vote % is computed from contested seats.

Winning Margin Number of seats by majority (% of valid votes)

Turnout distribution Number of seats by turnout %

Marginal Seats

  1. 1 P.003 George TownPulau Pinang · Chee Swee Ee (MCA) 44.55%
  2. 2 P.002 Wellesley SouthPulau Pinang · Tay Hooi Soo (MCA) 63.34%
  3. 3 P.004 Penang IslandPulau Pinang · Zainul Abidin bin Sultan Mydin (UMNO) 67.12%

Safest Seats

  1. 1 P.004 Penang IslandPulau Pinang · Zainul Abidin bin Sultan Mydin (UMNO) 67.12%
  2. 2 P.002 Wellesley SouthPulau Pinang · Tay Hooi Soo (MCA) 63.34%
  3. 3 P.003 George TownPulau Pinang · Chee Swee Ee (MCA) 44.55%

Seats 4

P.001 Wellesley North
Pulau Pinang · 1 candidates
Hashim bin Awang UMNO
unopposed
P.002 Wellesley South
Pulau Pinang · 2 candidates · Turnout 80.0%
Tay Hooi Soo MCA
Majority 12,174 (63.3%) · vs PAS
P.003 George Town
Pulau Pinang · 3 candidates · Turnout 52.6%
Chee Swee Ee MCA
Majority 4,603 (44.6%) · vs LPM
P.004 Penang Island
Pulau Pinang · 2 candidates · Turnout 66.5%
Zainul Abidin bin Sultan Mydin UMNO
Majority 11,940 (67.1%) · vs BEBAS