The Malay Union ( ms, Kesatuan Melayu) was a political party in

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History

The party was established on 14 May 1926 as a religious and cultural organisations for the Malay community.Malay Union
Singapore elections In 1954 it was one of three parties that allied to form the

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alongside the Democratic Labour Party and Singapore Socialist Party. When a decision was made to merge into a single party, the Malay Union withdrew from the alliance, and joined the

Singapore Alliance The Singapore Alliance Party, or simply the Singapore Alliance, was a political coalition formed on 2 June 1961 that contested several elections in Singapore, notably the 1955 Elections of Singapore and the 1963 Elections of Singapore. It consist ...

alongside the

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(whose Singaporean branch had been founded by the leaders of the Malay Union) and the

Malayan Chinese Association The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA; zh, 马来西亚华人公会; ; ta, மலேசிய சீனர் சங்கம், initially known as the Malayan Chinese Association) is a uni-racial political party in Malaysia that seeks to ...

. In the 1955 general elections the party nominated a single candidate,

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, in the Southern Islands constituency. He was elected with 50.6% of the vote. The party fielded a candidate in the 1957 by-election in Cairnhill, receiving 17% of the vote. However, the party had previously agreed with the other Alliance members not to field a candidate, and was subsequently expelled from the Alliance for doing so. After trying but failing to form an alliance with the

Pan-Malayan Islamic Party The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; ms, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; ms, ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. As the party focused on Islamic fundamentalism, PAS's ...

and Parti Rakyat, the MU contested the 1959 general elections alone. By this time the party was led by Muda Muhamed Mahmud, as Abdul Hamid had left to join the UMNO.Singapore election candidates (M)
Singapore Elections It nominated three candidates, but received only 0.5% of the voting, failing to win a seat. After the Societies Ordinance came into force in 1960, it failed to re-register.

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