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GE-06 · Pulau Pinang

GE-6 (1982) Results — All Seats

Pulau Pinang — Full results of GE-6 (1982): 9 seats across 14 states — the winner of every seat, coalition seat totals, turnout and majorities. BN won the most seats (7).

Votes vs Seats →
Seats90 unopposed
Total Voters460,387
Turnout76.9%
Valid Votes344,3452.75% rejected
Candidates222.44 per seat
Women winners00 women candidates
Lost deposit3
Marginal seats (<5%)1

Seat Composition — Pulau Pinang

9
BN 7 Independent / no coalition 2

Seats & popular vote

CoalitionWon% seatsPopular vote
BN 7 77.8% 56.2%
Independent / no coalition 2 22.2% 43.8%

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.042 TanjongPulau Pinang · Koh Tsu Koon (GERAKAN) 1.88%
  2. 2 P.041 Bukit BenderaPulau Pinang · Gooi Hock Seng (DAP) 9.56%
  3. 3 P.043 JelutongPulau Pinang · Karpal Singh a/l Ram Singh (DAP) 10.43%
  4. 4 P.038 Bukit MertajamPulau Pinang · Seow Hun Khim (MCA) 11.88%
  5. 5 P.040 Balik PulauPulau Pinang · Shamsuri bin Mat Saleh (UMNO) 15.69%
  6. 6 P.036 Mata KuchingPulau Pinang · Ling Liong Sik (MCA) 27.97%
  7. 7 P.039 Nibong TebalPulau Pinang · Goh Cheng Teik (GERAKAN) 37.85%
  8. 8 P.035 Kepala BatasPulau Pinang · Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi (UMNO) 51.69%
  9. 9 P.037 Permatang PauhPulau Pinang · Anwar bin Ibrahim (UMNO) 57.02%

Safest Seats

  1. 1 P.037 Permatang PauhPulau Pinang · Anwar bin Ibrahim (UMNO) 57.02%
  2. 2 P.035 Kepala BatasPulau Pinang · Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi (UMNO) 51.69%
  3. 3 P.039 Nibong TebalPulau Pinang · Goh Cheng Teik (GERAKAN) 37.85%
  4. 4 P.036 Mata KuchingPulau Pinang · Ling Liong Sik (MCA) 27.97%
  5. 5 P.040 Balik PulauPulau Pinang · Shamsuri bin Mat Saleh (UMNO) 15.69%
  6. 6 P.038 Bukit MertajamPulau Pinang · Seow Hun Khim (MCA) 11.88%
  7. 7 P.043 JelutongPulau Pinang · Karpal Singh a/l Ram Singh (DAP) 10.43%
  8. 8 P.041 Bukit BenderaPulau Pinang · Gooi Hock Seng (DAP) 9.56%
  9. 9 P.042 TanjongPulau Pinang · Koh Tsu Koon (GERAKAN) 1.88%

Seats 9

P.035 Kepala Batas
Pulau Pinang · 3 candidates · Turnout 80.3%
Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi UMNO
Majority 12,644 (51.7%) · vs PAS
P.036 Mata Kuching
Pulau Pinang · 3 candidates · Turnout 77.5%
Ling Liong Sik MCA
Majority 12,156 (28.0%) · vs DAP
P.037 Permatang Pauh
Pulau Pinang · 3 candidates · Turnout 79.9%
Anwar bin Ibrahim UMNO
Majority 14,352 (57.0%) · vs PAS
P.038 Bukit Mertajam
Pulau Pinang · 2 candidates · Turnout 76.6%
Seow Hun Khim MCA
Majority 4,720 (11.9%) · vs DAP
P.039 Nibong Tebal
Pulau Pinang · 2 candidates · Turnout 77.5%
Goh Cheng Teik GERAKAN
Majority 10,025 (37.8%) · vs DAP
P.040 Balik Pulau
Pulau Pinang · 2 candidates · Turnout 74.3%
Shamsuri bin Mat Saleh UMNO
Majority 5,935 (15.7%) · vs PSRM
P.041 Bukit Bendera
Pulau Pinang · 2 candidates · Turnout 76.3%
Gooi Hock Seng DAP
Majority 4,791 (9.6%) · vs MCA
P.042 Tanjong
Pulau Pinang · 3 candidates · Turnout 77.2%
Koh Tsu Koon GERAKAN
Majority 834 (1.9%) · vs DAP
P.043 Jelutong
Pulau Pinang · 2 candidates · Turnout 75.8%
Karpal Singh a/l Ram Singh DAP
Majority 5,496 (10.4%) · vs GERAKAN