1960 Kampar by-election

1960 Kampar by-election

← 1959 18 May 1960 1964 →
P053 seat in the Dewan Rakyat
Turnout	22,271
First party Second party Third party   PPP All PMIP Candidate Chan Yoon Onn Wong Kok Wek Abdul Wahab Mohamed Noor Party PPP MCA PMIP Alliance Alliance Popular vote 11,314 9,315 1,509 Percentage 51.11% 42.08% 6.82%
MP before election Leong Kee Nyean Alliance (MCA) Elected MP Chan Yoon Onn PPP

The Kampar by-election is a parliamentary by-election that was held on 18 May 1960 in the state of Perak in the Federation of Malaya. The Kampar seat fell vacant following the disqualification of incumbent, Leong Kee Nyean of Alliance by the High Court for corrupt practice.^[1] He won the seat in 1959 Malayan general election with a majority of 1,235 votes.

Chan Yoon Onn of PPP wrest the seat, winning against Wong Kok Wek of Alliance and Abdul Wahab Mohamed Noor of PMIP with a majority of 1,999 votes. The constituency had 28,662 voters. This marks the first time ruling Alliance to ever lost a by-election.^[2][3]