1959 Malayan state elections

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.

Results

Johore

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	20	+10
			Malayan Chinese Association	7	+2
			Malayan Indian Congress	1	0
		Total		28	+12
	Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front		Labour Party of Malaya	3	+3
			Parti Ra'ayat	0	New
		Total		3	+15
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party			0	0
	Independents			1	+1
Total				32	+16

Kedah

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	120,627	61.94	18	+9
			Malayan Chinese Association	11,738	6.03	5	+2
			Malayan Indian Congress	6,195	3.18	1	New
		Total		138,560	71.14	24	+11
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party			45,979	23.61	0	0
	Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front		Labour Party of Malaya	3,233	1.66	0	New
			Parti Ra'ayat	2,813	1.44	0	New
		Total		6,046	3.10	0	New
	Parti Negara			3,666	1.88	0	0
	Independents			512	0.26	0	0
Total				194,763	100.00	24	+12
Valid votes				194,763	96.03
Invalid/blank votes				8,062	3.97
Total votes				202,825	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				268,025	75.67

Kelantan

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party			114,858	63.79	28	+28
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	42,156	23.41	1	–14
			Malayan Chinese Association	6,353	3.53	1	0
		Total		48,509	26.94	0	New
	Parti Negara			9,371	5.20	0	0
	Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front		Labour Party of Malaya	3,730	2.07	0	New
			Parti Ra'ayat	341	0.19	0	New
		Total		4,071	2.26	0	New
	Independents			3,256	1.81	0	0
Total				180,065	100.00	30	+14
Valid votes				180,065	98.07
Invalid/blank votes				3,547	1.93
Total votes				183,612	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				240,552	76.33

Malacca

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	13	+8
			Malayan Chinese Association	7	+4
		Total		20	+12
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party			0	0
Total				20	+12

Negri Sembilan

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	11	+2
			Malayan Chinese Association	7	+5
			Malayan Indian Congress	2	+1
		Total		20	+8
	Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front		Labour Party of Malaya	3	+3
			Parti Ra'ayat	0	New
		Total		3	+11
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party			0	0
	Independents			1	+1
Total				24	+12

Pahang

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	17	0
			Malayan Chinese Association	6	0
		Total		23	0
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party			0	0
	Independents			1	+1
Total				24	+15

Penang

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	34,171	25.69	10	+3
			Malayan Chinese Association	29,406	22.11	6	+1
			Malayan Indian Congress	4,341	3.26	1	–1
		Total		67,918	51.06	17	+3
	Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front		Labour Party of Malaya	33,902	25.49	7	+7
			Parti Ra'ayat	5,167	3.88	0	New
		Total		39,069	29.37	7	+7
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party			10,772	8.10	0	0
	People's Progressive Party			7,612	5.72	0	0
	Parti Negara			1,124	0.85	4	0
	Independents			6,518	4.90	0	0
Total				133,013	100.00	28	+10
Valid votes				133,013	98.09
Invalid/blank votes				2,596	1.91
Total votes				135,609	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				188,661	71.88

Perak

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	21	0
			Malayan Chinese Association	9	0
			Malayan Indian Congress	1	0
		Total		31	0
	People's Progressive Party			8	0
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party			1	0
Total				40	+20

Perlis

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	16,105	52.50	10	+1
			Malayan Chinese Association	3,506	11.43	2	New
		Total		19,521	63.63	12	+1
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party			8,026	26.16	0	0
	Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front		Parti Ra'ayat	393	1.28	0	New
	Independents			2,649	8.63	0	0
Total				30,679	100.00	12	+3
Valid votes				30,679	97.95
Invalid/blank votes				642	2.05
Total votes				31,321	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				31,231	100.29

Selangor

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	14	+6
			Malayan Chinese Association	8	+5
			Malayan Indian Congress	1	–1
		Total		23	+10
	Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front		Parti Ra'ayat	2	New
			Labour Party of Malaya	1	+1
		Total		3	+1
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party			0	0
	Independents			2	+2
Total				28	+15

Trengganu

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party			29,764	37.69	13	New
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	24,018	30.41	5	-10
			Malayan Chinese Association	3,149	3.99	2	New
		Total		27,167	34.40	7	-10
	Parti Negara			12,847	16.27	4	0
	Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front		Parti Ra'ayat	6,404	8.11	0	New
	Independents			2,793	3.54	0	0
Total				78,975	100.00	24	+9
Valid votes				78,975	96.36
Invalid/blank votes				2,984	3.64
Total votes				81,959	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				114,904	71.33