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]

Results

Johore

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Alliance PartyUnited Malays National Organisation20+10
Malayan Chinese Association7+2
Malayan Indian Congress10
Total28+12
Malayan Peoples'
Socialist Front
Labour Party of Malaya3+3
Parti Ra'ayat0New
Total3+15
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party00
Independents1+1
Total32+16

Kedah

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Alliance PartyUnited Malays National Organisation18+9
Malayan Chinese Association5+2
Malayan Indian Congress1New
Total24+11
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party00
Total24+12

Kelantan

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party28+28
Alliance PartyUnited Malays National Organisation1–14
Malayan Chinese Association10
Total2–14
Total30+14

Malacca

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Alliance PartyUnited Malays National Organisation13+8
Malayan Chinese Association7+4
Total20+12
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party00
Total20+12

Negri Sembilan

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Alliance PartyUnited Malays National Organisation11+2
Malayan Chinese Association7+5
Malayan Indian Congress2+1
Total20+8
Malayan Peoples'
Socialist Front
Labour Party of Malaya3+3
Parti Ra'ayat0New
Total3+11
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party00
Independents1+1
Total24+12

Pahang

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Alliance PartyUnited Malays National Organisation170
Malayan Chinese Association60
Total230
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party00
Independents1+1
Total24+15

Penang

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Alliance PartyUnited Malays National Organisation10+3
Malayan Chinese Association6+1
Malayan Indian Congress1–1
Total17+3
Malayan Peoples' Socialist FrontLabour Party of Malaya7+7
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party00
Total24+10

Perak

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Alliance PartyUnited Malays National Organisation210
Malayan Chinese Association90
Malayan Indian Congress10
Total310
People's Progressive Party80
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party10
Total40+20

Perlis

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Alliance PartyUnited Malays National Organisation10+1
Malayan Chinese Association2New
Total12+1
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party00
Malayan Peoples' Socialist FrontParti Ra'ayat0New
Independents00
Total12+3

Selangor

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Alliance PartyUnited Malays National Organisation14+6
Malayan Chinese Association8+5
Malayan Indian Congress1–1
Total23+10
Malayan Peoples'
Socialist Front
Parti Ra'ayat2New
Labour Party of Malaya1+1
Total3+11
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party00
Independents2+2
Total28+15

Trengganu

Party or allianceSeats+/–
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party13New
Alliance PartyUnited Malays National Organisation5–10
Malayan Chinese Association2New
Total7–10
Parti Negara40
Total24+9

References

  1. Thomas Henry Silcock (1963) The Political Economy of Independent Malaya: A Case-study in Development, University of California Press, p19
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