Malayan state elections, 1955

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State council elections were held in Malaya from 27 September to 12 November 1955 in all states except Trengganu and Johore.

Results

**Summary of the 24 September 1955 Perlis State Council election results**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	9			9	100.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	9			9	100.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)					'	100.00	9	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters					'
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Perlis's population					'
Source:

**Summary of the 14 August 1955 Kedah State Council election results**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	12			12	100.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	9			9	75.00
		Malayan Chinese Association	MCA	3			3	25.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)					'	100.00	12	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters					'
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Kedah's population					'
Source:

**Summary of the 19 September 1955 Kelantan State Council election results**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	16			16	100.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	15			15	93.75
		Malayan Chinese Association	MCA	1			1	6.25
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)					'	100.00	16	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters					'
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Kelantan's population					'
Source:

**Summary of the 19 February 1955 Penang Settlement Council election results**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	14			14	100.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	7			7	50.00
		Malayan Chinese Association	MCA	5			5	35.71
		Malayan Indian Congress	MIC	2			2	14.29
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)					'	100.00	14	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters					'
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Penang's population					'
Source:

**Summary of the 12 November 1955 Perak State Council election results**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	20			19	95.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO
		Malayan Chinese Association	MCA
		Malayan Indian Congress	MIC
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				1	5.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)					'	100.00	20	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters					'
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Perak's population					'
Source:

**Summary of the 26 September 1955 Pahang State Council election results**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	9			9	100.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO
		Malayan Chinese Association	MCA
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)					'	100.00	9	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters					'
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Pahang's population					'
Source:

**Summary of the 27 September 1955 Selangor State Council election results**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	13			13	100.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	8			8	61.54
		Malayan Chinese Association	MCA	3			3	23.08
		Malayan Indian Congress	MIC	2			2	15.38
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00
	Labour Party of Malaya		Lab				0	0.00
	Independents		IND	2			0	0.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)					'	100.00	13	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters					'
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Selangor's population					'
Source:

**Summary of the 12 October 1955 Negri Sembilan State Council election results**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	12			12	100.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	9			9	75.00
		Malayan Chinese Association	MCA	2			2	16.67
		Malayan Indian Congress	MIC	1			1	8.33
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)					'	100.00	12	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters					'
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Negri Sembilan's population					'
Source:

**Summary of the 4 August 1955 Malacca State Council election results**
Party				Candidates	Vote		Seats
Party				Candidates	Votes	%	Won	%
	Alliance Party^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Alliance	8			8	100.00
		United Malays National Organisation	UMNO	5			5	62.50
		Malayan Chinese Association	MCA	3			3	37.50
	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party		PMIP				0	0.00
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes (voter turnout: %)					'	100.00	8	100.00
Did not vote
Registered voters					'
Voting age population (aged 21 years and above)					'
Malacca's population					'
Source:

Elections in Malaysia

General elections	1955 1959 1964 1969 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1995 1999 2004 2008 2013 next by-elections

State elections	1954 1955 1959 1963 1964 1967 1969 1971 1974 1976 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1990 1991 1994 1995 1996 1999 2001 2004 2006 2008 2011 2013 2016 by-elections

Local elections	1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965

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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