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1962 Malayan local elections

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Local elections were held in Malaya in 1962. They were dominated by the Alliance Party, which won 1,788 of the 2,419 seats available.[1]

Results

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State Alliance Socialist Front PMIP PPP Others Total
seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Johore 59.9 512 72 0 4 10 598
Kedah 57.4 231 11 16 0 8 266
Kelantan 43.0 88 0 119 0 0 207
Negri Sembilan 55.7 93 23 0 1 7 124
Pahang 66.8 214 19 1 0 9 243
Perak 47.8 460 240 0 226 20 730
Perlis 90.7 24 0 0 0 0 24
Selangor 54.8 166 46 0 4 11 227
Total 1,788 195 136 4 11 2,419
Source: Silcock

Local councils election

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References

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  1. ^ Thomas Henry Silcock (1963) The Political Economy of Independent Malaya: A Case-study in Development, University of California Press, 1963, pp18–21
  2. ^ "ALLIANCE MAN UNOPPOSED". nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 September 2018.