1959_Malayan_state_elections

1959 Malayan state elections

Elections for public office in the states of Malaya

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]

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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

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

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

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

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

1959 Malayan state elections

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