All 144 seats in the Dewan Rakyat 73 seats needed for a majority
Registered
3,439,313
Turnout
73.53%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Burhanuddin al-Helmy
Goh Hock Guan
Party
Alliance
PAS
DAP
Last election
58.53%, 89 seats
14.64%, 9 seats
2.05%, 1 seat
Seats won
74
12
13
Seat change
15
3
12
Popular vote
1,076,507
501,123
286,606
Percentage
44.94%
20.92%
11.96%
Swing
13.59pp
6.28pp
9.91pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
SUPP
Leader
Syed Hussein Alatas
S. P. Seenivasagam
Ong Kee Hui
Party
Gerakan
PPP
SUPP
Last election
–
3.40%, 2 seats
3 seats
Seats won
8
4
5
Seat change
New
2
2
Popular vote
178,971
80,756
72,754
Percentage
7.47%
3.37%
3.04%
Swing
New
0.04pp
–
Seventh party
Eighth party
Ninth party
Leader
Stephen Kalong Ningkan
Mustapha Harun
Jugah Barieng
Party
SNAP
USNO
Pesaka
Last election
4 seats
6 seats
–
Seats won
9
13
2
Seat change
5
7
New
Popular vote
64,593
13,634
30,765
Percentage
2.70%
0.57%
1.28%
Swing
–
–
New
Prime Minister before election
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Alliance
Prime Minister-designate
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Alliance
General elections were held in Malaysia on Saturday, 10 May 1969, although voting was postponed until between 6 June and 4 July 1970 in Sabah and Sarawak.[1] This election marked the first parliamentary election held in Sabah and Sarawak after the formation of Malaysia in 1963.
The elections resulted in the return to power, with a reduced majority, of the ruling Alliance Party, comprising the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the Malayan Chinese Association, and the Malayan Indian Congress. The Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) and the Democratic Action Party (DAP), which had campaigned against Bumiputra privileges outlined by Article 153 of the Constitution, made major gains in the election.[2] Voter turnout was 73.6%. Opposition won 54 seats in total causing the Alliance to lose its two-thirds majority in the Parliament (two-thirds majority being the majority required to pass most constitutional amendments) for the first time.
The elections also saw Alliance lose its majority in Perak, Selangor and Penang in addition to Kelantan. The result of the election and subsequent reactions would cause widespread race riots also known as the 13 May Incident. As a consequence of this incident, the federal government decided to suspend parliament and government administration was monitored by MAGERAN until 1971.[3] It also marked the end of Tunku Abdul Rahman's administration as Prime Minister before he was succeeded by Tun Abdul Razak several months later. Razak would then seek the main purpose to establish the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.[4]
State elections also took place in 330 state constituencies in 12 (out of 13, except Sabah) states of Malaysia on the same day.
^Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p152 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
^Report on the parliamentary (Dewan Rakyat) and state legislative assembly general elections 1969 of the states of Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak Archived 4 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Election Commission of Malaysia
^"May 13: Why Malaysiakini revisited an old, but persistent, wound". 16 May 2019.
^"Kuala Lumpur History Facts and Timeline: Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, Malaysia".
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