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				Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	18	+9
			Malayan Chinese Association	5	+2
			Malayan Indian Congress	1	New
		Total		24	+11
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party			0	0
Total				24	+12

Kelantan

Party or alliance				Seats	+/–
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party			28	+28
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	1	–14
			Malayan Chinese Association	1	0
		Total		2	–14
Total				30	+14

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				Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	10	+3
			Malayan Chinese Association	6	+1
			Malayan Indian Congress	1	–1
		Total		17	+3
	Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front		Labour Party of Malaya	7	+7
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party			0	0
Total				24	+10

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				Seats	+/–
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party			13	New
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	5	–10
			Malayan Chinese Association	2	New
		Total		7	–10
	Parti Negara			4	0
Total				24	+9