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, the first parliamentary election in Malaya. It was
Tunku Abdul Rahman 1960
Burhanuddin al Helmy
Onn Jaafar
Parti Negara
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The Parti Negara was a Malay-based political party which was formed by former leaders of the Independence of Malaya Party in 1954, and formally launched in February 1954. It was founded by Dato Sir On
1959 Malayan general election
…51.77% 21.27% 12.91% Swing 29.91pp 17.21pp 12.43pp 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 – Seats won 4 1 1 Seat change 4 1 New Popular vote 97,391 32,578 13,404 Percentage 6.29% 2.11…
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