Malaysian general election, 1969

Malaysian general election, 1969

← 1964 10 May 1969 – 4 July 1970 1974 →
← outgoing members Members elected →
All 144 seats to the Dewan Rakyat 73 seats needed for a majority
Registered	3,450,000
Turnout	2,532,042 (73.6%)
First party Second party Third party   PAS DAP Leader Tunku Abdul Rahman Burhanuddin al-Helmy Goh Hock Guan Party Alliance PAS DAP Leader since 23 August 1951 1956 1969 Leader's seat Kuala Kedah No seat Bungsar Last election 89 seats, 58.5% 9 seats, 14.6% 1 seat, 2.0% Seats won 74 12 13 Seat change 15 3 12 Popular vote 1,063,238 495,641 286,606 Percentage 44.3% 20.9% 12.1% Swing 14.2% 6.3% 10.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Gerakan PPP SUPP Leader Lim Chong Eu S. P. Seenivasagam Party Gerakan People's Progressive Party Sarawak United People's Party Leader since 1969 1969 Leader's seat Tanjong Menglembu Last election New Party 2 seats, 3.4% New Party Seats won 8 4 5 Seat change 2 Popular vote 178,971 80,756 71,293 Percentage 7.5% 3.4% 3.0%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   SNAP USNO PESAKA Party SNAP United Sabah National Organisation Parti Pesaka Sarawak Last election New Party New Party New Party Seats won 9 13 2 Popular vote 64,593 31,947 30,765 Percentage 2.7% 1.3% 1.3%
Prime Minister before election Tunku Abdul Rahman Alliance Prime Minister-designate Tunku Abdul Rahman Alliance

Tunku Abdul Rahman
Alliance

Tunku Abdul Rahman
Alliance

A general election was held on Saturday, 10 May 1969 for members of the 3rd Parliament of Malaysia, although voting was postponed until between 6 June and 4 July 1970 in Sabah and Sarawak. This election marked the first parliamentary election held in Sabah and Sarawak after the formation of Malaysia in 1963.

The election 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. 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. This election also saw that Alliance lost its majority in Perak, Selangor and Penang in addition to Kelantan.

State elections also took place in 330 state constituencies in 12 (out of 13, except Sabah) states of Malaysia on the same day.

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