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N.19 Pekan Sungei Patani State Election Round 3 (1969–1979)

DUN Kedah

Total Voters15,565Kedah average: 16,174

Turnout68.6%Kedah −7.1 · National −6.4

Valid Votes10,312373 rejected (3.49%)

Majority9719.4% · Kedah −6.7

Candidates3

Quick read

Seat status: Lean (5–15%) — majority of 9.4% of valid votes.
Spoiler effect: third-placed Md. Daud bin Abdullah (PAS) polled 1,345 votes, more than the 971 majority.
Seat changed hands: MCA → GERAKAN (compared with State Election Round 2 (1964–1974)).
Change in the winner's vote share from the previous contest: −11.2 pts.
Turnout 68.6% compared with the Kedah average of 75.7%.

Ong Boon Seong GERAKAN Won 4,969 (48.19%)

ALONE · Male · Chinese · 49

Chin Chin Cheang MCA Lost 3,998 (38.77%)

PERIKATAN · Male · Chinese

Md. Daud bin Abdullah PAS Lost 1,345 (13.04%)

ALONE · Male · Malay · 27

GE	Name	Party	Vote Share	Majority %	Turnout	Candidates	Result
SE-01	Chin Chin Cheang	MCA	64.07%	33.74%	75.69%	3	Won
SE-02	Chin Chin Cheang	MCA	59.38%	28.10%	74.85%	3	Won
SE-03	Ong Boon Seong	GERAKAN	48.19%	9.42%	68.65%	3	Won