Skip to content
fred.myarkibPRU
ENBM
Sign up
arkibPRUMalaysia Election Results Archive
Menu

arkibPRU

ResultsSearchOverviewStatesAnalysis tools
Home › GE-1 (1959) › Melaka

GE-01 · Melaka

GE-1 (1959) Results — All Seats

Melaka — Full results of GE-1 (1959): 4 seats across 11 states — the winner of every seat, coalition seat totals, turnout and majorities. PERIKATAN won the most seats (3).

Votes vs Seats →
Seats40 unopposed
Total Voters93,737
Turnout80.4%
Valid Votes74,6640.90% rejected
Candidates112.75 per seat
Women winners00 women candidates
Lost deposit1
Marginal seats (<5%)0

Seat Composition — Melaka

4
PERIKATAN 3 Independent / no coalition 1

Seats & popular vote

CoalitionWon% seatsPopular vote
PERIKATAN 3 75.0% 59.2%
Independent / no coalition 1 25.0% 29.2%
SF 0 0.0% 11.6%

Popular vote % is computed from contested seats.

Winning Margin Number of seats by majority (% of valid votes)

Turnout distribution Number of seats by turnout %

Marginal Seats

  1. 1 P.086 Bandar MalaccaMelaka · Tan Kee Gak (MP) 6.86%
  2. 2 P.088 Malacca SelatanMelaka · Hassan bin Mansor (UMNO) 27.26%
  3. 3 P.087 Malacca UtaraMelaka · Abdul Ghani bin Ishak (UMNO) 35.94%
  4. 4 P.085 Malacca TengahMelaka · Tan Siew Sin (MCA) 49.10%

Safest Seats

  1. 1 P.085 Malacca TengahMelaka · Tan Siew Sin (MCA) 49.10%
  2. 2 P.087 Malacca UtaraMelaka · Abdul Ghani bin Ishak (UMNO) 35.94%
  3. 3 P.088 Malacca SelatanMelaka · Hassan bin Mansor (UMNO) 27.26%
  4. 4 P.086 Bandar MalaccaMelaka · Tan Kee Gak (MP) 6.86%

Seats 4

P.085 Malacca Tengah
Melaka · 2 candidates · Turnout 78.6%
Tan Siew Sin MCA
Majority 8,980 (49.1%) · vs PAS
P.086 Bandar Malacca
Melaka · 3 candidates · Turnout 80.4%
Tan Kee Gak MP
Majority 1,223 (6.9%) · vs MCA
P.087 Malacca Utara
Melaka · 3 candidates · Turnout 81.1%
Abdul Ghani bin Ishak UMNO
Majority 6,617 (35.9%) · vs PAS
P.088 Malacca Selatan
Melaka · 3 candidates · Turnout 81.3%
Hassan bin Mansor UMNO
Majority 5,488 (27.3%) · vs LPM