1955 Malayan state elections

State council elections were held in Malaya from 27 September to 12 November 1955 in all states except Trengganu and Johore.

Results

Perlis

 Summary of the 24 September 1955 Perlis State Council election results

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1]		Alliance	9			9	100.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	9			9	100.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	9	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Perlis's population
Source:

1. Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.

Kedah

 Summary of the 14 August 1955 Kedah State Council election results

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1]		Alliance	12			12	100.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	9			9	75.00
		Malayan Chinese Association	MCA	3			3	25.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	12	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Kedah's population
Source:

1. Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.

Kelantan

 Summary of the 19 September 1955 Kelantan State Council election results

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1]		Alliance	16			16	100.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	15			15	93.75
		Malayan Chinese Association	MCA	1			1	6.25
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	16	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Kelantan's population
Source:

1. Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.

Penang

 Summary of the 19 February 1955 Penang Settlement Council election results

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1]		Alliance	14			14	100.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	7			7	50.00
		Malayan Chinese Association	MCA	5			5	35.71
		Malayan Indian Congress	MIC	2			2	14.29
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	14	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Penang's population
Source:

1. Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.

Perak

  Summary of the 12 November 1955 Perak State Council election results

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1]		Alliance	20			19	95.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO
		Malayan Chinese Association	MCA
		Malayan Indian Congress	MIC
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				1	5.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	20	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Perak's population
Source:

1. Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.

Pahang

  Summary of the 26 September 1955 Pahang State Council election results

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1]		Alliance	9			9	100.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO
		Malayan Chinese Association	MCA
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	9	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Pahang's population
Source:

1. Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.

Selangor

  Summary of the 27 September 1955 Selangor State Council election results

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1]		Alliance	13			13	100.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	8			8	61.54
		Malayan Chinese Association	MCA	3			3	23.08
		Malayan Indian Congress	MIC	2			2	15.38
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00
	Labour Party of Malaya		Lab				0	0.00
	Independents		IND	2			0	0.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	13	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Selangor's population
Source:

1. Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.

Negri Sembilan

 Summary of the 12 October 1955 Negri Sembilan State Council election results

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1]		Alliance	12			12	100.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	9			9	75.00
		Malayan Chinese Association	MCA	2			2	16.67
		Malayan Indian Congress	MIC	1			1	8.33
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	12	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Negri Sembilan's population
Source:

1. Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.

Malacca

 Summary of the 4 August 1955 Malacca State Council election results

Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
					Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1]		Alliance	8			8	100.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	5			5	62.50
		Malayan Chinese Association	MCA	3			3	37.50
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)						100.00	8	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)
Malacca's population
Source:

1. Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.

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