N.14 Balik Pulau State Election Round 3 (1969–1979)

DUN Pulau Pinang

Total Voters7,641Pulau Pinang average: 11,767

Turnout82.5%Pulau Pinang +4.6 · National +7.5

Valid Votes5,950351 rejected (5.57%)

Majority1572.6% · Pulau Pinang −26.9

Candidates3

Quick read

Seat status: Marginal (<5%) — majority of 2.6% of valid votes.
Spoiler effect: third-placed Tan Jit Seng (BEBAS) polled 1,327 votes, more than the 157 majority.
Seat changed hands: UMNO → PR (compared with State Election Round 2 (1964–1974)).
Change in the winner's vote share from the previous contest: −13.0 pts.
Turnout 82.5% compared with the Pulau Pinang average of 77.8%.

Abdul Rahman bin Yunus PR Won 2,390 (40.17%)

ALONE · Male · Malay

Mohammed Yussof bin Abdul Latib @ Latiff UMNO Lost 2,233 (37.53%)

PERIKATAN · Male · Malay · 30

Tan Jit Seng BEBAS Lost 1,327 (22.30%)

ALONE · Male · Chinese · 21

GE	Name	Party	Vote Share	Majority %	Turnout	Candidates	Result
SE-01	Hassan	UMNO	43.66%	11.31%	76.50%	3	Won
BY-ELECTION	Ahmad bin Md. Taib	UMNO	46.33%	0.60%	79.64%	3	Won
SE-02	Ahmad bin Md. Taib	UMNO	53.21%	13.45%	86.54%	3	Won
SE-03	Abdul Rahman bin Yunus	PR	40.17%	2.64%	82.46%	3	Won