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.Thomas Henry Silcock (1963) The Political Economy of Independent Malaya: A Case-study in Development, University of California Press, p19 Results Source:HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/1959-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYA_1959_DUN_RESULTS.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/1959-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYA_1959_DUN_RESULTS.csv 2025-03-26 GitHub en Johore Alliance Party 4 United Malays National Organisation 94273 20 +10 Malayan Chinese Association 40727 7 +2 Malayan Indian Congress 5217 1 0 140217 28 +12 Parti Negara 32288 0 New Malayan Peoples'Socialist Front 3 Labour Party of Malaya 10492 3 +3 Parti Ra'ayat 9919 0 New 20411 3 +15 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 5471 0 0 Independents 10755 1 +1 5354 +16 282164 Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999) 2004 Anzagain Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 983-037-152-2 822–827The registered voters above refers to total voters of the contested DUN constituencies. The total electorate of Johore is 219224 voters which includes uncontested DUN of Pontian Kechil Kedah Alliance Party 4 United Malays National Organisation 103843 18 +9 Malayan Chinese Association 28522 5 +2 Malayan Indian Congress 6195 1 New 138560 24 +11 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 45979 0 0 Malayan Peoples'Socialist Front 3 Labour Party of Malaya 3233 0 New Parti Ra'ayat 2813 0 New 6046 0 New Parti Negara 3666 0 0 Independents 512 0 0 8062 +12 268025 Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999) 2004 Anzagain Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 983-037-152-2 52–55Correction for MCA and UMNO votes based on Tindak Malaysia's GithubHISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/1959-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYA_1959_DUN_RESULTS.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/1959-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYA_1959_DUN_RESULTS.csv 2025-03-14 GitHub en Kelantan Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 114858 28 +28 Alliance Party 3 United Malays National Organisation 42156 1 –14 Malayan Chinese Association 6353 1 0 48509 2 New Parti Negara 9371 0 0 Malayan Peoples'Socialist Front 3 Labour Party of Malaya 3730 0 New Parti Ra'ayat 341 0 New 4071 0 New Independents 3256 0 0 3547 +14 240552 Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999) 2004 Anzagain Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 983-037-152-2 135–140Evidence of association for Parti Rakyat/Labour Party for the candidate of Ulu Kelantan Timor (John William Lind) is limited Malacca Alliance Party 3 United Malays National Organisation 34808 13 +8 Malayan Chinese Association 13582 7 +4 48390 20 +12 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 10464 0 0 Malayan Peoples'Socialist Front 3 Labour Party of Malaya 4846 0 New Parti Ra'ayat 3369 0 New 8215 0 0 Malayan Party 4993 0 New Independents 238 0 0 1308 +12 93740 Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999) 2004 Anzagain Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 983-037-152-2 757–760 Negri Sembilan Alliance Party 4 United Malays National Organisation 30006 11 +2 Malayan Chinese Association 14734 7 +5 Malayan Indian Congress 3752 2 +1 48492 20 +8 Malayan Peoples'Socialist Front 3 Labour Party of Malaya 13121 3 +3 Parti Ra'ayat 2392 0 New 15513 3 +3 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 9941 0 0 Parti Negara 3438 0 0 Independents 9499 1 +1 2033 +12 111336 Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999) 2004 Anzagain Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 983-037-152-2 685–689Correction was made for UMNO and MCA votes based on Tindak Malaysia's GithubHISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/1959-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYA_1959_DUN_RESULTS.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/1959-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYA_1959_DUN_RESULTS.csv 2025-03-14 GitHub en Pahang Alliance Party 4 United Malays National Organisation 39964 17 +3 Malayan Chinese Association 10006 6 +4 Malayan Indian Congress 1336 0 0 51366 23 +7 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 18165 0 0 Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front 3 Parti Ra'ayat 4665 0 New Labour Party of Malaya 1507 0 New 6172 0 0 Independents 5049 1 +1 1956 +9 105940 Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999) 2004 Anzagain Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 983-037-152-2 508–511Correction was made for UMNO and MCA votes based on Tindak Malaysia's GithubHISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/1959-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYA_1959_DUN_RESULTS.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/1959-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYA_1959_DUN_RESULTS.csv 2025-03-14 GitHub en Registered voters shown above refers total voters for contested constituencies. Total Electorate of Pahang is 109535 which includes uncontested DUN constituency of Bandar Bentong Penang Alliance Party 4 United Malays National Organisation 36109 10 +3 Malayan Chinese Association 27468 6 +1 Malayan Indian Congress 4341 1 –1 67918 17 +3 Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front 3 Labour Party of Malaya 33902 7 +7 Parti Ra'ayat 5167 0 New 39069 7 +7 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 10772 0 0 People's Progressive Party 7612 0 0 Parti Negara 1124 0 0 Independents 6518 0 0 2596 +14 182515 Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999) 2004 Anzagain Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 983-037-152-2 303–307Registered voters shown above is total voters for contested constituencies. Total Electorate for Penang is 188661 which includes uncontested DUN constituency of Dhoby Ghaut. Evidence for Labour Party/Parti Rakyat association for DUN candidate of Balik Pulau (Th'ng Ang Wah) is limited. Perak Alliance Party 4 United Malays National Organisation 95219 21 +10 Malayan Chinese Association 65160 9 +3 Malayan Indian Congress 5413 1 -2 165792 31 +11 People's Progressive Party 73792 8 0 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 46280 1 0 Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front 3 Parti Ra'ayat 7852 0 0 Labour Party of Malaya 3879 0 New 11731 0 0 Independents 5753 0 0 6918 +19 450094 Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999) Anzagain Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 983-037-152-2 389–395The evidence for Labour Party/Parti Rakyat association for DUN candidate of Larut (Haji Harun bin Musa) is limited Perlis Alliance Party 3 United Malays National Organisation 16015 10 +1 Malayan Chinese Association 3506 2 New 19521 12 +1 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 9697 0 0 Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front Parti Ra'ayat 393 0 New Independents 978 0 0 642 +3 38355 Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999) Anzagain Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 983-037-152-2 1–2 Tindak Malaysia Github https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/1959-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYA_1959_DUN_RESULTS.csv Selangor Alliance Party 4 United Malays National Organisation 55217 14 +6 Malayan Chinese Association 41304 8 +5 Malayan Indian Congress 8613 1 –1 105134 23 +10 Malayan Peoples'Socialist Front 3 Parti Ra'ayat 16733 2 New Labour Party of Malaya 15563 1 +1 32296 3 +1 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 21273 0 0 People's Progressive Party 7177 0 0 Parti Negara 3742 0 0 Malayan Party 2567 0 New Independents 10476 2 +2 4711 +15 263510 Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999) Anzagain Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 983-037-152-2 588–592Registered voters shown above is the total voters for contested constituencies. Total Electorate of Selangor is 270780 which includes uncontested DUN constituency of Kuala Kubu Trengganu Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 29125 13 New Alliance Party 3 United Malays National Organisation 24657 5 -10 Malayan Chinese Association 3149 2 New 27806 7 -10 Parti Negara 12846 4 0 Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front Parti Ra'ayat 6404 0 New Independents 2793 0 0 2984 +9 114904 Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999) Anzagain Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 983-037-152-2 229–233Tindak Malaysia Github https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/1959-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYA_1959_DUN_RESULTS.csv References Category:State elections in Malaysia State