1959 Malayan state elections
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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Results
Perlis
| Party | Candidates | Vote | Seats | ||||||
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| Votes | % | Won | % | +/– | |||||
| Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1] | Alliance | 12 | 12 | 100.00 | +3 | ||||
| United Malays National Organisation | UMNO | 10 | 10 | 83.33 | +1 | ||||
| Malayan Chinese Association | MCA | 2 | 2 | 16.67 | New | ||||
| Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | PMIP | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||
| Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front[lower-alpha 2] | SF | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | New | ||||
| Parti Ra'ayat | Ra'ayat | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | New | ||||
| Independents | IND | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||
| Valid votes | |||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | |||||||||
| Total votes (voter turnout: %) | 100.00 | 12 | 100.00 | +3 | |||||
| Did not vote | |||||||||
| Registered voters | |||||||||
| Voting age population (aged 21 years and above) | |||||||||
| Perlis's population | |||||||||
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Source: | |||||||||
- Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.
- Contested using kepala lembu, cangkul, pen, rantai election symbol on the ballot papers.
Kedah
| Party | Candidates | Vote | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | % | +/– | |||||
| Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1] | Alliance | 24 | 24 | 100.00 | +12 | ||||
| United Malays National Organisation | UMNO | 18 | 18 | 75.00 | +9 | ||||
| Malayan Chinese Association | MCA | 5 | 5 | 20.83 | +2 | ||||
| Malayan Indian Congress | MIC | 1 | 1 | 4.17 | New | ||||
| Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | PMIP | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||||
| Valid votes | |||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | |||||||||
| Total votes (voter turnout: %) | 100.00 | 24 | 100.00 | +12 | |||||
| Did not vote | |||||||||
| Registered voters | |||||||||
| Voting age population (aged 21 years and above) | |||||||||
| Kedah's population | |||||||||
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Source: | |||||||||
- Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.
Kelantan
| Party | Candidates | Vote | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | % | +/– | |||||
| Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | PMIP | 30 | 28 | 93.33 | +28 | ||||
| Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1] | Alliance | 30 | 2 | 6.67 | -14 | ||||
| United Malays National Organisation | UMNO | 29 | 1 | 3.33 | -14 | ||||
| Malayan Chinese Association | MCA | 1 | 1 | 3.33 | 0 | ||||
| Valid votes | |||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | |||||||||
| Total votes (voter turnout: %) | 100.00 | 30 | 100.00 | +14 | |||||
| Did not vote | |||||||||
| Registered voters | |||||||||
| Voting age population (aged 21 years and above) | |||||||||
| Kelantan's population | |||||||||
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Source: | |||||||||
- Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.
Trengganu
| Party | Candidates | Vote | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | % | +/– | |||||
| Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | PMIP | 13 | 54.17 | +13 | |||||
| Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1] | Alliance | 24 | 7 | 29.17 | -8 | ||||
| United Malays National Organisation | UMNO | 22 | 5 | 20.83 | -10 | ||||
| Malayan Chinese Association | MCA | 2 | 2 | 8.33 | New | ||||
| National Party | Negara | 4 | 16.67 | New | |||||
| Valid votes | |||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | |||||||||
| Total votes (voter turnout: %) | 100.00 | 24 | 100.00 | +9 | |||||
| Did not vote | |||||||||
| Registered voters | |||||||||
| Voting age population (aged 21 years and above) | |||||||||
| Trengganu's population | '' | ||||||||
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Source: | |||||||||
- Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.
Penang
| Party | Candidates | Vote | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | % | +/– | |||||
| Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1] | Alliance | 24 | 17 | 70.83 | +3 | ||||
| United Malays National Organisation | UMNO | 10 | 10 | 41.67 | +3 | ||||
| Malayan Chinese Association | MCA | 12 | 6 | 25.00 | +1 | ||||
| Malayan Indian Congress | MIC | 2 | 1 | 4.17 | -1 | ||||
| Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front[lower-alpha 2] | SF | 7 | 29.17 | New | |||||
| Labour Party of Malaya | Lab | 7 | 29.17 | +7 | |||||
| Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | PMIP | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||||
| Valid votes | |||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | |||||||||
| Total votes (voter turnout: %) | 100.00 | 24 | 100.00 | +10 | |||||
| Did not vote | |||||||||
| Registered voters | |||||||||
| Voting age population (aged 21 years and above) | |||||||||
| Penang's population | |||||||||
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Source: | |||||||||
- Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.
- Contested using kepala lembu, cangkul, pen, rantai election symbol on the ballot papers.
Perak
| Party | Candidates | Vote | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | % | +/– | |||||
| Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1] | Alliance | 40 | 31 | 77.50 | |||||
| United Malays National Organisation | UMNO | 21 | 52.50 | ||||||
| Malayan Chinese Association | MCA | 9 | 22.50 | ||||||
| Malayan Indian Congress | MIC | 1 | 2.50 | ||||||
| People's Progressive Party | PPP | 8 | 20.00 | ||||||
| Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | PMIP | 1 | 2.50 | ||||||
| Valid votes | |||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | |||||||||
| Total votes (voter turnout: %) | 100.00 | 40 | 100.00 | +20 | |||||
| Did not vote | |||||||||
| Registered voters | |||||||||
| Voting age population (aged 21 years and above) | |||||||||
| Perak's population | |||||||||
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Source: | |||||||||
- Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.
Pahang
| Party | Candidates | Vote | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | % | +/– | |||||
| Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1] | Alliance | 24 | 23 | 95.83 | +14 | ||||
| United Malays National Organisation | UMNO | 17 | 17 | 70.83 | |||||
| Malayan Chinese Association | MCA | 7 | 6 | 25.00 | |||||
| Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | PMIP | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||||
| Independents | IND | 1 | 4.17 | +1 | |||||
| Valid votes | |||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | |||||||||
| Total votes (voter turnout: %) | 100.00 | 24 | 100.00 | +15 | |||||
| Did not vote | |||||||||
| Registered voters | |||||||||
| Voting age population (aged 21 years and above) | |||||||||
| Pahang's population | |||||||||
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Source: | |||||||||
- Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.
Selangor
| Party | Candidates | Vote | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | % | +/– | |||||
| Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1] | Alliance | 28 | 23 | 82.14 | +10 | ||||
| United Malays National Organisation | UMNO | 14 | 50.00 | +6 | |||||
| Malayan Chinese Association | MCA | 8 | 28.57 | +5 | |||||
| Malayan Indian Congress | MIC | 1 | 3.57 | -1 | |||||
| Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front[lower-alpha 2] | SF | 3 | 10.71 | New | |||||
| Parti Ra'ayat | Ra'ayat | 2 | 7.14 | New | |||||
| Labour Party of Malaya | Lab | 1 | 3.57 | +1 | |||||
| Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | PMIP | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||||
| Independents | IND | 2 | 7.14 | +2 | |||||
| Valid votes | |||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | |||||||||
| Total votes (voter turnout: %) | 100.00 | 28 | 100.00 | +15 | |||||
| Did not vote | |||||||||
| Registered voters | |||||||||
| Voting age population (aged 21 years and above) | |||||||||
| Selangor's population | |||||||||
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Source: | |||||||||
- Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.
- Contested using kepala lembu, cangkul, pen, rantai election symbol on the ballot papers.
Negri Sembilan
| Party | Candidates | Vote | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | % | +/– | |||||
| Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1] | Alliance | 24 | 20 | 83.33 | +8 | ||||
| United Malays National Organisation | UMNO | 11 | 45.83 | +2 | |||||
| Malayan Chinese Association | MCA | 7 | 29.17 | +5 | |||||
| Malayan Indian Congress | MIC | 2 | 8.33 | +1 | |||||
| Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front[lower-alpha 2] | SF | 3 | 12.50 | New | |||||
| Labour Party of Malaya | Lab | 3 | 12.50 | +3 | |||||
| Parti Ra'ayat | Ra'ayat | 0 | 0.00 | New | |||||
| Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | PMIP | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||||
| Independents | IND | 1 | 4.17 | +1 | |||||
| Valid votes | |||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | |||||||||
| Total votes (voter turnout: %) | 100.00 | 24 | 100.00 | +12 | |||||
| Did not vote | |||||||||
| Registered voters | |||||||||
| Voting age population (aged 21 years and above) | |||||||||
| Negri Sembilan's population | |||||||||
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Source: | |||||||||
- Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.
- Contested using kepala lembu, cangkul, pen, rantai election symbol on the ballot papers.
Malacca
| Party | Candidates | Vote | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | % | +/– | |||||
| Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1] | Alliance | 20 | 20 | 100.00 | +12 | ||||
| United Malays National Organisation | UMNO | 13 | 13 | 65.00 | +8 | ||||
| Malayan Chinese Association | MCA | 7 | 7 | 35.00 | +4 | ||||
| Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | PMIP | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||||
| Valid votes | |||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | |||||||||
| Total votes (voter turnout: %) | 100.00 | 20 | 100.00 | +12 | |||||
| Did not vote | |||||||||
| Registered voters | |||||||||
| Voting age population (aged 21 years and above) | |||||||||
| Malacca's population | |||||||||
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Source: | |||||||||
- Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.
Johore
| Party | Candidates | Vote | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | % | +/– | |||||
| Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1] | Alliance | 32 | 28 | 87.50 | +12 | ||||
| United Malays National Organisation | UMNO | 20 | 20 | 62.50 | +10 | ||||
| Malayan Chinese Association | MCA | 11 | 7 | 21.88 | +2 | ||||
| Malayan Indian Congress | MIC | 1 | 1 | 3.13 | 0 | ||||
| Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front[lower-alpha 2] | SF | 3 | 9.38 | New | |||||
| Labour Party of Malaya | Lab | 3 | 9.38 | +3 | |||||
| Parti Ra'ayat | Ra'ayat | 0 | 0.00 | New | |||||
| Pan-Malayan Islamic Party | PMIP | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||||
| Independents | IND | 1 | 3.13 | +1 | |||||
| Valid votes | |||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | |||||||||
| Total votes (voter turnout: %) | 100.00 | 32 | 100.00 | +16 | |||||
| Did not vote | |||||||||
| Registered voters | |||||||||
| Voting age population (aged 21 years and above) | |||||||||
| Johore's population | |||||||||
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Source: | |||||||||
- Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.
- Contested using kepala lembu, cangkul, pen, rantai election symbol on the ballot papers.
References
- Thomas Henry Silcock (1963) The Political Economy of Independent Malaya: A Case-study in Development, University of California Press, p19
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