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1959 Malayan general election
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19 August 1959
1964 →
All 104 seats in the Dewan Rakyat
53 seats needed for a majority
Registered2,133,272
Turnout73.34%
  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 Increase 23 Increase 12 Increase 8
Popular vote 800,944 329,070 199,688
Percentage 51.77% 21.27% 12.91%
Swing Decrease 29.91pp Increase 17.21pp Increase 12.43pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  MP
Leader D. R. Seenivasagam Onn Jaafar Tan Kee Gak [ms]
Party PPP National Party Malayan Party
Last election 0.11%, 0 seats 7.88%, 0 seats –
Seats won 4 1 1
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 1 New
Popular vote 97,391 32,578 13,404
Percentage 6.29% 2.11% 0.87%
Swing Increase 6.18pp Decrease 5.77pp New
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Tunku Abdul Rahman
Alliance

Prime Minister-designate

Tunku Abdul Rahman
Alliance

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