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1959 Malayan general election Registered 2,133,272 Turnout 1,564,575 (73.34%)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Burhanuddin al-Helmy
Ahmad Boestamam
Party
Alliance
PMIP
Socialist Front
Last election
81.68%, 51 seats
4.06%, 1 seat
0.48%, 0 seats
Seats won
74 13 8
Seat change
23 12 8
Popular vote
800,944
329,070
199,688
Percentage
51.77%
21.27%
12.91%
Swing
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
MP
Leader
D. R. Seenivasagam
Onn Jaafar
Tan Kee Gak
Party
PPP
National Party
Malayan Party
Last election
0.11%, 0 seats
7.88%, 0 seats
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Seats won
4 1 1
Seat change
4 1 New
Popular vote
97,391
32,578
13,404
Percentage
6.29%
2.11%
0.87%
Swing
New
Results by constituency
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,[1] World War II . Malaya later formed Malaysia with three other states 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%.
In the election, the Alliance Party – later Barisan Nasional – emerged as the victor. 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.
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.[2] Khir Johari as the winning candidate.
Prior to the parliamentary 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 .
Three Alliance candidates contested unopposed
Timelines [ edit ]
Dewan Rakyat [ edit ]
Nomination date: 15 July 1959
Election day: 19 August 1959
State legislative assemblies [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Party or alliance Votes % Seats +/– Alliance Party United Malays National Organisation 553,160 35.75 52 +18 Malayan Chinese Association 232,073 15.00 19 +4 Malayan Indian Congress 15,711 1.02 3 +1 Total 800,944 51.77 74 +23 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 329,070 21.27 13 +12 Malayan Peoples' Labour Party of Malaya 199,688 12.91 6 +6 Parti Ra'ayat 2 New Total 8 New People's Progressive Party 97,391 6.29 4 +4 Parti Negara 32,578 2.11 1 +1 Malayan Party 13,404 0.87 1 New Independents 74,194 4.80 3 +3 Total 1,547,269 100.00 104 +52 Valid votes 1,547,269 98.89 Invalid/blank votes 17,306 1.11 Total votes 1,564,575 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,133,272 73.34 Source: Nohlen et al . [1 ] [2 ] [3 ] [4 ]
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1959_Malayan_general_election&oldid=1215161819 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● G e n e r a l e l e c t i o n s i n M a l a y s i a ● 1 9 5 9 e l e c t i o n s i n A s i a ● 1 9 5 9 e l e c t i o n s i n M a l a y a ● P o l i t i c a l h i s t o r y o f M a l a y a H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A l l a r t i c l e s w i t h d e a d e x t e r n a l l i n k s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h d e a d e x t e r n a l l i n k s f r o m J a n u a r y 2 0 1 8 ● A r t i c l e s w i t h p e r m a n e n t l y d e a d e x t e r n a l l i n k s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m W i k i d a t a ● E n g v a r B f r o m J u l y 2 0 1 6 ● U s e d m y d a t e s f r o m J u l y 2 0 1 6
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
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