Malaysia 1964 general election
What was the result of the 1964 general election in Malaysia?
United Malays National Organisation won 59 of 104 seats with 38.6% of the vote. 78.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.
Malaysia- Held:
- Final result
- Malaysian Election Corpus, read 8 November 2026
Which party won the most seats?
Results published by the Malaysian Election Corpus, read : United Malays National Organisation won 59 of 104 seats with 38.6% of the vote; 78.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 5.5 points on 1959.
- United Malays National Organisation 59 +7 seats 38.6% +2.9 points
- Malaysian Chinese Association 27 +8 seats 18.4% +3.6 points
- Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 9 −4 seats 14.6% −6.6 points
- Labour Party of Malaya 2 −4 seats 10.3% +0.9 points
- Malayan People's Party 0 −2 seats 5.0% +1.6 points
- United Democratic Party 1 4.3%
- People's Progressive Party 2 −2 seats 3.4% −2.9 points
- People's Action Party 1 2.0%
- Malaysian Indian Congress 3 0 seats 1.5% +0.3 points
- Seats won
- Change on the previous election at the right
- Share of the vote
- Share at the previous election
- Change in points at the right
Changes are against the Malaysia 1959 general election, party by party.
- United Malays National Organisation59
- Malaysian Chinese Association27
- Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party9
- Malaysian Indian Congress3
- Labour Party of Malaya2
- People's Progressive Party2
- People's Action Party1
- United Democratic Party1
Key numbers
38.6%
Share of the vote won by United Malays National Organisation
United Malays National Organisation won 59 of 104 seats. A majority needs 53.
+8 seats
Seats gained by Malaysian Chinese Association
The largest gain in seats compared with 1959. Labour Party of Malaya lost 4 seats.
78.9%
Voter turnout
Up 5.5 points on 1959.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Malays National Organisation | 59 | +7 | 38.6 | +2.9 | 794,578 |
| Malaysian Chinese Association | 27 | +8 | 18.4 | +3.6 | 377,969 |
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 9 | −4 | 14.6 | −6.6 | 301,187 |
| Labour Party of Malaya | 2 | −4 | 10.3 | +0.9 | 212,546 |
| Malayan People's Party | 0 | −2 | 5.0 | +1.6 | 103,045 |
| United Democratic Party | 1 | 4.3 | 88,223 | ||
| People's Progressive Party | 2 | −2 | 3.4 | −2.9 | 69,898 |
| People's Action Party | 1 | 2.0 | 42,130 | ||
| Malaysian Indian Congress | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | +0.3 | 31,793 |
| National Convention Party | 0 | 0.7 | 15,307 | ||
| Independents | 0 | −3 | 0.7 | −4.1 | 13,509 |
| National Party | 0 | −1 | 0.4 | −1.7 | 7,319 |
± is the change against the Malaysia 1959 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- United Malays National Organisation 794,578
- Malaysian Chinese Association 377,969
- Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 301,187
- Labour Party of Malaya 212,546
- Malayan People's Party 103,045
- United Democratic Party 88,223
- People's Progressive Party 69,898
- People's Action Party 42,130
- Malaysian Indian Congress 31,793
- National Convention Party 15,307
- Independents 13,509
- National Party 7,319
Source: Malaysian Election Corpus (MECo) by Thevesh Thevananthan, which collects the Election Commission of Malaysia's reports of the 1964 federal election, open data under CC0. Shown in our own layout: a party's votes and seats are added up by us from the candidates' rows, and the shares, the turnout, the change on the election before and the indices are worked out by us.
A party's votes are the votes of its candidates added up, and its seats are the constituencies where its candidate won. A share is a party's votes over all valid votes in the constituencies where a vote was held. Candidates who stood without a party are one row, Independents.
2 of the 104 seats were won without a vote, because only one candidate stood. They count as seats for the winner's party and add no votes.
About the data: The corpus names the 1964 PAP candidates with the id of a party formed in 2016; we read the ballot label PAP as the People's Action Party.
The turnout counts the valid and the rejected votes over the voters on the roll in the constituencies where a vote was held. A constituency won without a vote is left out.
How many people voted?
78.9% of the 2,720,080 registered voters cast a ballot (2,146,608 ballots), up 5.5 points on 1959. 2,057,504 of them were valid votes.
How do the votes compare with the seats?
- United Malays National Organisation38.6% of votes56.7% of seats
- Malaysian Chinese Association18.4% of votes26.0% of seats
- Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party14.6% of votes8.7% of seats
- Malaysian Indian Congress1.5% of votes2.9% of seats
- Labour Party of Malaya10.3% of votes1.9% of seats
- People's Progressive Party3.4% of votes1.9% of seats
- United Democratic Party4.3% of votes1.0% of seats
- People's Action Party2.0% of votes1.0% of seats
- Malayan People's Party5.0% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 16.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.5 by votes and 2.5 by seats; United Malays National Organisation led Malaysian Chinese Association by 20.2 points of the vote.
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