Malaysian general election, 1964

25 April 1964

104 (of the 159) seats to the Dewan Rakyat 53 seats needed for a majority

Registered	2,681,895
Turnout	2,146,608 (78.9%)
	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Tunku Abdul Rahman		Burhanuddin al-Helmy
Party	Alliance	Socialist Front	PAS
Leader since	23 August 1951	21 March 1964	1956
Leader's seat	Kuala Kedah	Batu	No seat
Last election	74 seats, 51.8%	8 seats, 12.9%	13 seats, 21.3%
Seats won	89	2	9
Seat change	15	6	4
Popular vote	1,204,340	330,898	301,187
Percentage	58.5%	16.1%	14.6%
Swing	6.7%	3.2%	6.7%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party
	UDP	PPP
Leader	Lim Chong Eu	D. R. Seenivasagam	Lee Kuan Yew
Party	United Democratic Party	People's Progressive Party	PAP
Leader since	1962	10 April 1953	21 November 1954
Leader's seat	Tanjong	Ipoh	No seat
Last election	New Party	4 seats, 6.3%	New Party
Seats won	1	2	1
Seat change		2
Popular vote	88,223	69,898	42,130
Percentage	4.3%	3.4%	2.0%

	Seventh party

Leader	Onn Jaafar
Party	National Party
Leader since	10 May 1946
Leader's seat	No seat
Last election	1 seat, 2.1%
Seats won	No seats
Seat change	1
Popular vote	7,319
Percentage	0.4%
Swing	1.7%

Prime Minister before election

Tunku Abdul Rahman
Alliance

Prime Minister-designate

Tunku Abdul Rahman
Alliance

A general election was held on Saturday, 25 April 1964 for members of the 2nd Parliament of Malaysia. Voting took place in 104 out of 159 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament.^[1] State elections also took place in 282 state constituencies in 11 (out of 14, except Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore) states of Malaysia on the same day, each electing one Member of the Legislative Assembly to the Dewan Undangan Negeri.

The result was a victory for the Alliance Party, which won 89 of the 104 seats. Voter turnout was 78.9%. The result also contributed towards the eventual expulsion of Singapore from Malaysia. The Singaporean-based People's Action Party decided to run on the mainland, and although it attracted large crowds at its rallies, it won only one seat – that by Devan Nair, who represented the Bungsar constituency (now part of Seputeh and Lembah Pantai constituencies). It is thought by some historians that Finance Minister and MCA President Tan Siew Sin's appeal to the Chinese to avoid challenging the Malay special rights and risk merger with Indonesia helped the MCA retain its status as the "undisputed leader of the Chinese in the Malayan peninsula". Nevertheless, UMNO leaders were furious with the PAP.

Although it was the first parliamentary general election held after the formation of Malaysia in 1963, the election was not held in Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak. Transitional provisions allowed the state legislatures of the three states to choose their parliamentary representatives until the next election. The three states have been allocated a total of 55 seats in the Malaysian Parliament: 15 seats for Singapore, 16 seats for Sabah and 24 seats for Sarawak. Together, the three states held 34% out the 159 seats in the parliament. This was intended to act as a check to prevent parliament from passing constitutional amendments (which require a two-thirds majority) without the agreement of representatives from the three new states. After Singapore left Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak were only left with 25% of the seats, as a consequence Sabah and Sarawak were not able to stop the parliament from approving laws that would encroach on the special rights granted to Sabah and Sarawak upon merger to form Malaysia.

Two Alliance candidates were returned unopposed.

Results

Dewan Rakyat

**Summary of the 25 April 1964 Malaysian *Dewan Rakyat* election results**
Party				Vote		Seats
Party				Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	1,204,340	58.53	89	85.58	+15
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO		38.1	59	56.73	+7
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA		18.7	27	25.96	+8
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC		1.6	3	2.88	0
	Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front^{[lower-alpha 2]}		SF	330,898	16.08	2	1.92	-6
		Labour Party of Malaya	Lab			2	1.92	-4
		Parti Ra'ayat	Ra'ayat			0	0.00	-2
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP	301,187	14.64	9	8.65	-4
	United Democratic Party		UDP	88,223	4.29	1	0.96	New
	People's Progressive Party		PPP	69,898	3.40	2	1.92	-2
	People's Action Party		PAP	42,130	2.05	1	0.96	New
	National Party		Negara	7,319	0.36	0	0.00	-1
	Independents		IND	13,509	0.66	0	0.00	-3
Valid votes				2,057,504
Invalid/blank votes				89,104
Total (turnout: 78.9%)				2,146,608	100.00	104	100.00	0
Did not vote				535,287
Registered voters				2,681,895
Source: Nohlen et al.

↑ Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.
↑ Contested using kepala lembu, cangkul, pen, rantai election symbol on the ballot papers.

Results by state

Summary of the 25 April 1964 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results by state

**Summary of the 25 April 1964 Malaysian *Dewan Rakyat* election results in Perlis**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	2	23,007	63.25	2	100.00	0
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	2	23,007	63.25	2	100.00	0
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP	2	13,369	36.75	0	0.00	0
Valid votes					36,376
Invalid/blank votes					1,564
Total votes (voter turnout: 81.61%)					37,940	100.00	2	100.00	0
Did not vote					8,551
Registered voters					46,491
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Perlis's population					'
Source:

↑ Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.

**Summary of the 25 April 1964 Malaysian *Dewan Rakyat* election results in Kedah**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	12	168,995	68.56	12	100.00	0
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	10	139,169	56.46	10	83.33	0
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	2	29,826	12.10	2	16.67	0
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP	12	61,861	25.10	0	0.00	0
	Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front^{[lower-alpha 2]}		SF	4	11,794	4.78	0	0.00	0
		Labour Party of Malaya	Lab	3	10,012	4.06	0	0.00	0
		Parti Ra'ayat	Ra'ayat	1	1,782	0.72	0	0.00	0
	United Democratic Party		UDP	2	3,849	1.56	0	0.00	New
Valid votes					246,499
Invalid/blank votes					10,973
Total votes (voter turnout: 76.43%)					257,472	100.00	12	100.00	0
Did not vote					79,386
Registered voters					336,858
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Kedah's population					'
Source:

↑ Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.
↑ Contested using kepala lembu, cangkul, pen, rantai election symbol on the ballot papers.

**Summary of the 25 April 1964 Malaysian *Dewan Rakyat* election results in Kelantan**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP	10	118,770	56.86	8	80.00	-1
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	10	89,710	42.95	2	20.00	+1
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	10	89,710	42.95	2	20.00	+1
	Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front^{[lower-alpha 2]}		SF	1	414	0.20	0	0.00	New
		Parti Ra'ayat	Ra'ayat	1	414	0.20	0	0.00	New
Valid votes					208,894
Invalid/blank votes					8,875
Total votes (voter turnout: 80.14%)					217,769	100.00	10	100.00	0
Did not vote					53,962
Registered voters					271,731
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Kelantan's population					'
Source:

↑ Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.
↑ Contested using kepala lembu, cangkul, pen, rantai election symbol on the ballot papers.

**Summary of the 25 April 1964 Malaysian *Dewan Rakyat* election results in Trengganu**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	6	60,792	56.52	5	83.33	+4
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	6	60,792	56.52	5	83.33	+4
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP	6	34,522	32.10	1	16.67	-3
	National Party		Negara	4	7,319	6.81	0	0.00	-1
	Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front^{[lower-alpha 2]}		SF	3	4,919	4.57	0	0.00	0
		Parti Ra'ayat	Ra'ayat	3	4,919	4.57	0	0.00	0
Valid votes					107,552
Invalid/blank votes					4,786
Total votes (voter turnout: 77.36%)					112,338	100.00	6	100.00	0
Did not vote					32,879
Registered voters					145,217
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Trengganu's population					'
Source:

↑ Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.
↑ Contested using kepala lembu, cangkul, pen, rantai election symbol on the ballot papers.

**Summary of the 25 April 1964 Malaysian *Dewan Rakyat* election results in Penang**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	8	97,204	47.27	6	75.00	+1
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	4	57,615	28.02	4	50.00	+1
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	4	39,589	19.25	2	25.00	0
	Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front^{[lower-alpha 2]}		SF	8	64,986	31.60	1	12.50	-2
		Labour Party of Malaya	Lab	5	42,574	20.70	1	12.50	-2
		Parti Ra'ayat	Ra'ayat	3	22,412	10.90	0	0.00	0
	United Democratic Party		UDP	6	37,151	18.07	1	12.50	New
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP	3	5,527	2.69	0	0.00	0
	People's Action Party		PAP	1	778	0.38	0	0.00	New
Valid votes					205,646
Invalid/blank votes					5,902
Total votes (voter turnout: %)					211,548	100.00	8	100.00	0
Did not vote					41,907
Registered voters					253,455
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Penang's population					'
Source:

↑ Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.
↑ Contested using kepala lembu, cangkul, pen, rantai election symbol on the ballot papers.

**Summary of the 25 April 1964 Malaysian *Dewan Rakyat* election results in Perak**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	20			18	90.00	+3
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO				9	45.00	0
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA				8	40.00	+3
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC				1	5.00	0
	People's Progressive Party		PPP				2	10.00	-2
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00	0
	Independents		IND				0	0.00	-1
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)					'	100.00	20	100.00	0
Did not vote
Registered voters					'
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Perak's population					'
Source:

↑ Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.

**Summary of the 25 April 1964 Malaysian *Dewan Rakyat* election results in Pahang**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	6			6	100.00	0
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	5			5	83.33	0
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	1			1	16.67	0
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00	0
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)					'	100.00	6	100.00	0
Did not vote
Registered voters					'
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Pahang's population					'
Source:

↑ Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.

**Summary of the 25 April 1964 Malaysian *Dewan Rakyat* election results in Selangor**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	14			12	85.71	+3
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO				6	42.86	+1
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA				5	35.71	+2
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC				1	7.14	0
	Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front^{[lower-alpha 2]}		SF				1	7.14	-4
		Labour Party of Malaya	Lab				1	7.14	-2
		Parti Ra'ayat	Ra'ayat				0	0.00	-2
	People's Action Party		PAP				1	7.14	New
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00	0
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)					'	100.00	14	100.00	0
Did not vote
Registered voters					'
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Selangor's population					'
Source:

↑ Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.
↑ Contested using kepala lembu, cangkul, pen, rantai election symbol on the ballot papers.

**Summary of the 25 April 1964 Malaysian *Dewan Rakyat* election results in Negri Sembilan**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	6			6	100.00	0
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	3			3	50.00	0
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	2			2	33.33	0
		Malaysian Indian Congress	MIC	1			1	16.67	0
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00	0
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)					'	100.00	6	100.00	0
Did not vote
Registered voters					'
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Negri Sembilan's population					'
Source:

↑ Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.

**Summary of the 25 April 1964 Malaysian *Dewan Rakyat* election results in Malacca**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	4			4	100.00	+1
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	2			2	50.00	0
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	2			2	50.00	+1
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00	0
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)					'	100.00	4	100.00	0
Did not vote
Registered voters					'
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Malacca's population					'
Source:

↑ Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.

**Summary of the 25 April 1964 Malaysian *Dewan Rakyat* election results in Johore**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%	+/–
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	16			16	100.00	0
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	11			11	68.75	0
		Malaysian Chinese Association	MCA	5			5	31.25	0
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00	0
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)					'	100.00	16	100.00	0
Did not vote
Registered voters					'
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Johore's population					'
Source:

↑ Contested using kapal layar election symbol on the ballot papers.

State Assemblies

Main article: Malaysian state elections, 1964

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p152 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

Elections in Malaysia

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See also: Elections in Johor Kedah Kelantan Kuala Lumpur Labuan Malacca Negeri Sembilan Pahang Penang Perak Perlis Putrajaya Sabah Sarawak Selangor Terengganu

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