1969 Malaysian state elections

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State assembly elections were held in Malaysia on 10 May 1969, alongside general elections.

Results

Johore


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	109,051	42.35	19	–1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	52,700	20.46	10	–1
			Malaysian Indian Congress	5,549	2.15	1	0
		Total		167,300	64.97	30	–2
	Democratic Action Party			45,076	17.50	1	New
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			16,645	6.46	0	0
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia			4,872	1.89	0	New
	Parti Ra'ayat			1,492	0.58	0	0
	Independents			22,131	8.59	1	+1
Total				257,516	100.00	32	0

Valid votes				257,516	92.63
Invalid/blank votes				20,486	7.37
Total votes				278,002	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				383,813	72.43
Source: Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)

Kedah


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	113,389	41.31	12	–7
			Malaysian Chinese Association	27,382	9.98	2	–2
			Malaysian Indian Congress	5,043	1.84	0	–1
		Total		145,814	53.13	14	–10
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			113,292	41.28	8	+8
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia			15,359	5.60	2	New
Total				274,465	100.00	24	0

Valid votes				274,465	93.72
Invalid/blank votes				18,399	6.28
Total votes				292,864	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				388,167	75.45
Source: Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)

Kelantan


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			123,231	52.23	19	–2
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	107,376	45.51	10	+2
			Malaysian Chinese Association	4,641	1.97	1	0
		Total		112,017	47.48	11	+2
	Independents			693	0.29	0	0
Total				235,941	100.00	30	0

Valid votes				235,941	94.88
Invalid/blank votes				12,733	5.12
Total votes				248,674	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				333,754	74.51
Source: Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)

Malacca


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	34,592	33.40	11	–2
			Malaysian Chinese Association	13,427	12.96	4	0
			Malaysian Indian Congress	1,761	1.70	0	–1
		Total		49,780	48.06	15	–3
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			17,636	17.03	0	0
	Parti Ra'ayat			16,529	15.96	0	0
	Democratic Action Party			13,165	12.71	4	New
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia			4,591	4.43	1	New
	Independents			1,877	1.81	0	0
Total				103,578	100.00	20	0

Valid votes				103,578	95.00
Invalid/blank votes				5,453	5.00
Total votes				109,031	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				147,765	73.79

Negri Sembilan


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	31,700	28.74	11	–3
			Malaysian Chinese Association	16,624	15.07	4	–5
			Malaysian Indian Congress	2,651	2.40	1	0
		Total		50,975	46.21	16	–8
	Democratic Action Party			40,185	36.43	8	New
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			11,685	10.59	0	0
	United Malaysian Chinese Association			2,131	1.93	0	New
	Parti Ra'ayat			586	0.53	0	0
	Independents			4,753	4.31	0	0
Total				110,315	100.00	24	0

Valid votes				110,315	94.46
Invalid/blank votes				6,475	5.54
Total votes				116,790	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				170,728	68.41

Pahang


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	33,967	33.45	16	–1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	21,994	21.66	4	–3
		Total		55,961	55.10	20	–4
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			17,097	16.83	0	0
	Parti Ra'ayat			10,798	10.63	2	+2
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia			2,026	1.99	1	New
	Democratic Action Party			1,728	1.70	0	New
	Independents			13,947	13.73	1	+1
Total				101,557	100.00	24	0

Valid votes				101,557	92.81
Invalid/blank votes				7,862	7.19
Total votes				109,419	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				176,768	61.90
Source: Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)

Penang


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia			97,143	46.83	16	New
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	36,535	17.61	4	–6
			Malaysian Chinese Association	28,949	13.96	0	–6
			Malaysian Indian Congress	6,288	3.03	0	–2
		Total		71,772	34.60	4	–14
	Democratic Action Party			17,336	8.36	3	New
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			14,514	7.00	0	0
	Parti Ra'ayat			2,390	1.15	1	+1
	People's Progressive Party			743	0.36	0	0
	Independents			3,537	1.71	0	0
Total				207,435	100.00	24	0

Valid votes				207,435	94.61
Invalid/blank votes				11,819	5.39
Total votes				219,254	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				282,401	77.64
Source: Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)

Perak


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	114,294	27.41	18	–4
			Malaysian Chinese Association	64,398	15.44	1	–11
			Malaysian Indian Congress	3,123	0.75	0	–1
		Total		181,815	43.60	19	–16
	People's Progressive Party			102,307	24.53	12	+7
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			76,971	18.46	1	+1
	Democratic Action Party			39,590	9.49	6	New
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia			15,922	3.82	2	New
	Independents			384	0.09	0	–
Total				416,989	100.00	40	0

Valid votes				416,989	93.09
Invalid/blank votes				30,935	6.91
Total votes				447,924	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				613,572	73.00
Source: Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)

Perlis


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	18,201	43.07	9	0
			Malaysian Chinese Association	4,414	10.44	2	0
		Total		22,615	53.51	11	0
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			18,528	43.84	1	0
	Parti Ra'ayat			1,119	2.65	0	0
Total				42,262	100.00	12	0

Valid votes				42,262	93.92
Invalid/blank votes				2,735	6.08
Total votes				44,997	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				56,060	80.27
Source: Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)

Sarawak

Main article: 1969 Sarawak state election


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
	Sarawak United Peoples' Party			72,178	28.83	12
	Sarawak Alliance		Parti Bumiputera Sarawak	32,390	12.94	11
			Sarawak Chinese Association	31,278	12.49	4
		Total		63,668	25.43	15
	Sarawak National Party			61,241	24.46	12
	Parti Pesaka Sarawak			34,281	13.69	8
	Independents			18,987	7.58	1
Total				250,355	100.00	48

Valid votes				250,355	94.04
Invalid/blank votes				15,870	5.96
Total votes				266,225	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				332,737	80.01
Source: Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)

Selangor


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	61,452	19.88	12	–1
			Malaysian Chinese Association	54,079	17.50	1	–7
			Malaysian Indian Congress	12,899	4.17	1	–2
		Total		128,430	41.56	14	–10
	Democratic Action Party			96,016	31.07	9	New
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia			50,993	16.50	4	New
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			29,703	9.61	0	0
	Independents			3,916	1.27	1	+1
Total				309,058	100.00	28	0

Valid votes				309,058	92.68
Invalid/blank votes				24,392	7.32
Total votes				333,450	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				516,984	64.50
Source: Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)

Trengganu


Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Alliance Party		United Malays National Organisation	59,384	47.60	12	–8
			Malaysian Chinese Association	2,111	1.69	1	0
		Total		61,495	49.29	13	–8
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party			61,619	49.39	11	+8
	Parti Ra'ayat			876	0.70	0	0
	Independents			760	0.61	0	0
Total				124,750	100.00	24	0

Valid votes				124,750	92.65
Invalid/blank votes				9,899	7.35
Total votes				134,649	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				179,365	75.07
Source: Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999)

References

Why Sarawak is electorally unique Archived 2015-06-23 at the Wayback Machine The Borneo Post, 7 April 2013
Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Anzagain. 2004. pp. 840–844. ISBN 983-037-152-2.
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Almanak Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum: Parlimen & Dewan Undangan Negeri (1959-1999). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Anzagain. 2004. pp. 152–156. ISBN 983-037-152-2.
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