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Malayan general election, 1955
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The federal legislative election of 1955, which was held on 27 July 1955, is the only general election in the Federation of Malaya (present day Peninsular Malaysia) held before Malaya's independence on 31 August 1957. In this election, the Parti Perikatan (Alliance Party; present day Barisan Nasional) which consisted of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) and the Malayan Indian Congress (MIC), won 81% of the total votes and 51 out of 52 seats which was contested. The Pan-Malayan Islamic Party (PMIP) (Malay: Persatuan Islam Se-Malaysia) won their only seat in Krian, Perak, and was subsequently nicknamed "Mr. Opposition".
PMIP was formed primarily to contest in the 1955 election. Before that, PMIP was known as the "Pan-Malayan Islamic Association", as a part of UMNO. PMIP won support by proclaiming its aim of making Islam the base of the Malay society in the north of Malay Peninsula, which was facing the lowest economic growth in Malaya.
The election was also the first in which MIC contested. MIC joined the Parti Perikatan in 1954, while MCA had teamed up with UMNO in the Kuala Lumpur city election in 1952.
See also
Reference
- Barbara Watson Andaya dan Leonard Y. Andaya. A History of Malaysia, The MacMlllan Press Ltd. (1982). ISBN 0-333-276736.
- The World Book Encyclopedia, World Book International (1994). ISBN 0-7166-6694-4.
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