1959 Malayan general election

none July 2016 July 2026 1959 Malayan general election Malaya parliamentary 1955 Malayan general election 1955 Members of the Federal Legislative Council (1955–59) 1964 Malaysian general election 1964 Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 2nd Malaysian Parliament All 104 seats in the Dewan Rakyat 19 August 1959 53 2,133,272 73.34% 130x130px Tunku Abdul Rahman 1960.jpg Tunku Abdul Rahman Alliance Party (Malaysia) 800,944 51.77% 29.91pp 81.68%, 51 seats 74 23 Burhanuddin_al-Helmy.jpg Burhanuddin al-Helmy PMIP 329,070 21.27% 17.21pp 4.06%, 1 seat 13 12 3x4.svg Ahmad Boestamam Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front 199,688 12.91% 12.43pp 0.48%, 0 seats 8 8 D. R. Seenivasagam PPP 97,391 6.29% 6.18pp 0.11%, 0 seats 4 4 Onn Jaafar (cropped 4to3 portrait).jpg Onn Jaafar Parti Negara FFFF00 32,578 2.11% 5.77pp 7.88%, 0 seats 1 1 MP #000000 Tan Kee Gak ms Malayan Party 13,404 0.87% New – 1 New Malaya election results map 1959.svg Results by constituency Prime Minister Prime Minister-designate Tunku Abdul Rahman Alliance Party (Malaysia) Tunku Abdul Rahman Alliance Party (Malaysia) General elections were held in the Federation of Malaya on Wednesday, 19 August 1959 for members of the first Parliament of the Federation of Malaya,Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p152 0-19-924959-8 the first parliamentary election in Malaya. It was the third national-wide election held in Malaya since the end of World War II. This would be the last Malayan election, before the country was superseded by Malaysia with three other states of Sarawak, Sabah and Singapore in 1963. Voting took place in all 104 parliamentary constituencies of Malaya, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. Voter turnout was 73.34%. Prior to the general election, state elections took place in all 282 state constituencies in 11 states of Malaya from 20 May to 24 June 1959, each electing one Member to the State Legislative Assembly, the Dewan Undangan Negeri. As a result, PAS took over the administration of Terengganu and Kelantan but served only 2 terms before being retaken by Alliance. The results saw Alliance Party emerged as the victor in a landslide victory. The party was a coalition formed by United Malays National Organisation, Malayan Chinese Association and Malayan Indian Congress. The coalition won 74 out of 104 seats in the Dewan Rakyat with only 52% of the total vote. The opposition as a whole won 30 seats with 48% of the vote. Three Alliance candidates contested unopposed. The 71% majority allowed Alliance Party to form a government as sanctioned by the constitution of Malaya. When results were announced on the morning of 20 August, only 103 seats were returned as elections in the Kedah Tengah (Central Kedah) constituency was delayed until 30 September.Arkib Negara: Pembentukan Kabinet Yang Pertama Selepas MerdekaJanuary 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes (in Malay) The Alliance proceeded to win this seat with Khir Johari as the winning candidate. Timelines Dewan Rakyat Source:HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/Malaysia_Federal_Elections_Summary.csv at main · TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/Malaysia_Federal_Elections_Summary.csv 2025-03-12 GitHub en Nomination date: 15 July 1959 Election day: 19 August 1959 State legislative assemblies State Nomination Date State election Perlis 15 April 1959 20 May 1959 Kedah 15 April 1959 20 May 1959 Malacca 18 April 1959 23 May 1959 Perak 22 April 1959 27 May 1959 Selangor 25 April 1959 30 May 1959 Negeri Sembilan 28 April 1959 2 June 1959 Penang 2 May 1959 6 June 1959 Johor 6 May 1959 10 June 1959 Pahang 13 May 1959 27 June 1959 Terengganu 16 May 1959 20 June 1959 Kelantan 20 May 1959 24 June 1959 Results File:Malayan_Parliament_1959.svg Alliance Party 4 United Malays National Organisation 552595 52 +18 Malayan Chinese Association 229229 19 +4 Malayan Indian Congress 19120 3 +1 800944 74 +23 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 329070 13 +12 Malayan Peoples'Socialist Front 3 Labour Party of Malaya 146608 6 +6 Parti Ra'ayat 53080 2 New 199688 8 New People's Progressive Party 97391 4 +4 Parti Negara 32578 1 +1 Malayan Party 13404 1 New Independents 74194 3 +3 17306 +52 2133272 Nohlen et al. ALL THE FEDERAL ELECTION RESULTS 1959-08-20 https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/freepress19590820-1.2.81 2025-03-05 Singapore Free Press 9 enRegistered voters above refers to total voters of the contested constituencies. Total electorate for the 1959 elections is 2177755 which includes uncontested parliamentary constituencies of Port Dickson, Johore Tenggara and Kemaman. Information for the division of voters between Labour Party of Malaya and Parti Ra'ayat is limited By state Results of the 1959 Malayan general election by parliamentary constituency Source:MALAYA_1959_PARLIAMENT_RESULTS https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/1959-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYA_1959_PARLIAMENT_RESULTS.csv 2025-07-20 GitHub en Johore Alliance Party 3 United Malays National Organisation 98394 11 +7 Malayan Chinese Association 41825 5 +2 140219 16 +2 Malayan Peoples'Socialist Front 3 Labour Party of Malaya 25810 0 Parti Ra'ayat 4501 0 30311 0 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 4992 0 People's Progressive Party 2162 0 Parti Negara 19931 0 Independent 15878 0 2534 0 280244 Tindak Malaysia's GithubThe registered voters refers to total voters of the contested constituencies.Total electorate of Johor including uncontested constituency of Johore Tenggara is 291230 voters. Kedah Alliance Party 3 United Malays National Organisation 105918 10 +6 Malayan Chinese Association 22047 2 0 127965 12 +6 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 52235 0 0 Malayan Peoples'Socialist Front 3 Labour Party of Malaya 7235 0 New Parti Ra'ayat 6907 0 New 14142 0 New Independents 1605 0 0 +6 2481 268115 Tindak Malaysia GithubMALAYSIA_1964_PARLIAMENT_RESULTS https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/blob/main/1964-ELECTION-RESULTS/MALAYSIA_1964_PARLIAMENT_RESULTS.csv 2025-07-20 GitHub en Kelantan Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 116087 9 +9 United Malays National Organisation 53382 1 –4 Parti Negara 292 0 –4 +5 1446 240522 Tindak Malaysia Github Malacca Alliance Party 3 United Malays National Organisation 22378 2 +1 Malayan Chinese Association 21808 1 0 44186 3 +1 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 12133 0 Malayan Party 9396 1 New Malayan Peoples'Socialist Front 3 Labour Party of Malaya 5812 0 Parti Ra'ayat 2872 0 8684 0 Independent 265 0 sc1 +2 680 93737 Tindak Malaysia Github Negeri Sembilan Alliance Party 4 United Malays National Organisation 32164 3 +1 Malayan Indian Congress 3409 1 New Malayan Chinese Association 2061 0 –1 37634 4 +1 Malayan Peoples'Socialist Front 2 Labour Party of Malaya 7934 0 7934 0 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 12103 0 New Parti Negara 4369 0 Independents 10607 2 +2 +3 756 95573 Tindak Malaysia GithubRegistered voters shown above refers to the total number of voters of contested constituencies. Actual electorate size of Negeri Sembilan is 111336 voters which includes uncontesed constituency of Port Dickson. Pahang Alliance Party 3 United Malays National Organisation 44143 5 +2 Malayan Chinese Association 8643 1 New 52786 6 +3 Malayan Peoples'Socialist Front 3 Labour Party of Malaya 11806 0 Parti Ra'ayat 5130 0 16936 0 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 9169 0 0 +3 790 109535 Tindak Malaysia Github Penang Alliance Party 3 United Malays National Organisation 31756 3 +1 Malayan Chinese Association 28493 2 0 60249 5 +1 Labour Party of Malaya 52237 3 +3 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 14829 0 0 People's Progressive Party 3899 0 New Independents 5569 0 0 +4 1358 188668 Tindak Malaysia Github Perak Alliance Party 4 United Malays National Organisation 77147 9 +4 Malayan Chinese Association 69592 5 +2 Malayan Indian Congress 7317 1 0 154056 15 +6 People's Progressive Party 83509 4 +1 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 47757 0 –1 Malayan Peoples'Socialist Front 3 Labour Party of Malaya 1452 0 Parti Ra'ayat 7410 0 8862 0 Independents 16296 1 +1 +10 3881 449969 Tindak Malaysia Github Perlis United Malays National Organisation 17653 2 +1 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 11950 0 New 223 38355 +1 Tindak Malaysia Github Selangor Alliance Party 4 United Malays National Organisation 44423 5 +1 Malayan Chinese Association 34760 3 0 Malayan Indian Congress 8394 1 New 87577 9 +2 Malayan Peoples'Socialist Front 3 Labour Party of Malaya 34322 3 0 Parti Ra'ayat 2 25665 New 59987 5 New Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 15691 0 0 People's Progressive Party 7821 0 0 Malayan Party 4008 0 0 Independent 22477 0 0 +7 2259 271360 Tindak Malaysia Github Terengganu Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 32124 4 New United Malays National Organisation 25237 1 –2 Parti Negara 7986 1 +1 Parti Ra'ayat 595 0 New Independents 1497 0 New +3 898 97164 Tindak Malaysia GithubThe registered voters above refer to total voters of contested constituencies. The total electorate of Trengganu is 114898 which includes uncontested parliamentary constituency of Kemaman State Assemblies 1959 Malayan state elections References External links Documentary video about the 1959 elections Government of Malaysia (in Malay) Category:General elections in Malaysia Malaya General Category:Politics of the Federation of Malaya Category:August 1959 in Asia