1959 Malayan state elections
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State assembly elections were held in Malaya from 20 May to 24 June 1959. The Alliance Party received over 50% of the vote in every state except Kelantan and Trengganu.[1]
Results[edit]
Johore[edit]
Party or alliance | Seats | +/– | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance Party | United Malays National Organisation | 20 | +10 | ||
Malayan Chinese Association | 7 | +2 | |||
Malayan Indian Congress | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 28 | +12 | |||
Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front | Labour Party of Malaya | 3 | +3 | ||
Parti Ra'ayat | 0 | New | |||
Total | 3 | +15 | |||
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | 0 | 0 | |||
Independents | 1 | +1 | |||
Total | 32 | +16 |
Kedah[edit]
Party or alliance | Seats | +/– | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance Party | United Malays National Organisation | 18 | +9 | ||
Malayan Chinese Association | 5 | +2 | |||
Malayan Indian Congress | 1 | New | |||
Total | 24 | +11 | |||
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 24 | +12 |
Kelantan[edit]
Party or alliance | Seats | +/– | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | 28 | +28 | |||
Alliance Party | United Malays National Organisation | 1 | –14 | ||
Malayan Chinese Association | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 2 | –14 | |||
Total | 30 | +14 |
Malacca[edit]
Party or alliance | Seats | +/– | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance Party | United Malays National Organisation | 13 | +8 | ||
Malayan Chinese Association | 7 | +4 | |||
Total | 20 | +12 | |||
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 20 | +12 |
Negri Sembilan[edit]
Party or alliance | Seats | +/– | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance Party | United Malays National Organisation | 11 | +2 | ||
Malayan Chinese Association | 7 | +5 | |||
Malayan Indian Congress | 2 | +1 | |||
Total | 20 | +8 | |||
Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front | Labour Party of Malaya | 3 | +3 | ||
Parti Ra'ayat | 0 | New | |||
Total | 3 | +11 | |||
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | 0 | 0 | |||
Independents | 1 | +1 | |||
Total | 24 | +12 |
Pahang[edit]
Party or alliance | Seats | +/– | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance Party | United Malays National Organisation | 17 | 0 | ||
Malayan Chinese Association | 6 | 0 | |||
Total | 23 | 0 | |||
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | 0 | 0 | |||
Independents | 1 | +1 | |||
Total | 24 | +15 |
Penang[edit]
Party or alliance | Seats | +/– | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance Party | United Malays National Organisation | 10 | +3 | ||
Malayan Chinese Association | 6 | +1 | |||
Malayan Indian Congress | 1 | –1 | |||
Total | 17 | +3 | |||
Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front | Labour Party of Malaya | 7 | +7 | ||
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 24 | +10 |
Perak[edit]
Party or alliance | Seats | +/– | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance Party | United Malays National Organisation | 21 | 0 | ||
Malayan Chinese Association | 9 | 0 | |||
Malayan Indian Congress | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 31 | 0 | |||
People's Progressive Party | 8 | 0 | |||
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 40 | +20 |
Perlis[edit]
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance Party | United Malays National Organisation | 16,105 | 52.50 | 10 | +1 | ||
Malayan Chinese Association | 3,506 | 11.43 | 2 | New | |||
Total | 19,521 | 63.63 | 12 | +1 | |||
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | 8,026 | 26.16 | 0 | 0 | |||
Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front | Parti Ra'ayat | 393 | 1.28 | 0 | New | ||
Independents | 2,649 | 8.63 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 30,679 | 100.00 | 12 | +3 | |||
Valid votes | 30,679 | 97.95 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 642 | 2.05 | |||||
Total votes | 31,321 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 31,231 | 100.29 |
Selangor[edit]
Party or alliance | Seats | +/– | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance Party | United Malays National Organisation | 14 | +6 | ||
Malayan Chinese Association | 8 | +5 | |||
Malayan Indian Congress | 1 | –1 | |||
Total | 23 | +10 | |||
Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front | Parti Ra'ayat | 2 | New | ||
Labour Party of Malaya | 1 | +1 | |||
Total | 3 | +1 | |||
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | 0 | 0 | |||
Independents | 2 | +2 | |||
Total | 28 | +15 |
Trengganu[edit]
Party or alliance | Seats | +/– | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | 13 | New | |||
Alliance Party | United Malays National Organisation | 5 | –10 | ||
Malayan Chinese Association | 2 | New | |||
Total | 7 | –10 | |||
Parti Negara | 4 | 0 | |||
Total | 24 | +9 |
References[edit]
- ^ Thomas Henry Silcock (1963) The Political Economy of Independent Malaya: A Case-study in Development, University of California Press, p19