1962 Malayan local elections
Appearance
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
[edit]State | Alliance | Socialist Front | PMIP | PPP | Others | Total seats | ||||||||||
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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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Thomas Henry Silcock (1963) The Political Economy of Independent Malaya: A Case-study in Development, University of California Press, 1963, pp18–21
- ^ "ALLIANCE MAN UNOPPOSED". nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 September 2018.