Politics in Malaya

Politics of Malaya takes place in the framework of a federal representative democratic constitutional monarchy, in which the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is head of state and the Prime Minister of Malaya is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the federal government and the 13 state governments. Federal legislative power is vested in the federal parliament and the state assemblies. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature, though the executive maintains a certain level of influence in the appointment of judges to the courts.

The Constitution of Malaysia is codified and the system of government is based on the Westminster system. The hierarchy of authority in Malaysia, in accordance to the Federal Constitution, stipulates the three branches (administrative components) of the Malaysian government as consisting of the Executive, Judiciary and Legislative branch. Whereas, the Parliament consists of the Dewan Negara (Upper House/Senate) and Dewan Rakyat (Lower House/House of Representatives).Malaysia has had a multi-party system since the first direct election of the Federal Legislative Council of Malaya in 1870 on a first-past-the-post basis.

Parti Gabungan Malaya ( Malay Unionist Party / Unionist )
The Unionist Party were established by both former and then Prime Minister Jaafar Muhammad and Tengku Dziauddin ( Tengku Kudin ) in 1870 shortly before the first Federal Legislative Council of Malaya election held in July 1870.The Unionist party were created with the merged with the several small malay organisation known as Kesatuan Melayu ( KM ) or Malay Union which already exist since 1840s, and also the party's aim also to attract locals and public servant to join the politics.Several early leaders of this party including, Tengku Kudin, the first chairman of the party, Jaafar Muhammad, Abdul Rahman Andak, and Wan Mohamed Saman.

Post War and Modern Political Development
The Unionist Party were dissolved in 1931 after having internal issues within the members.During the unionist's downfall, several political party were raised such as Democratic Party or Parti Demokratik Malaya and Labor Party or Parti Buruh.The era also were noted for the radical party development alongside with the national economy growth and Malaya status as big powerhouse in the world.

The Democratic Party's stand as major party were loss after they loss in the 1955 snap election after the opposition held a vote of no confidence with the Wan Idris's government.The new rise of Nationalist Party ( Parti Kebangsaan Melayu ) which lead by former chief of youth wing of the democrats, Nik Ahmad Kamil who left the party in 1952 after having dispute with the party leaderships.Since then Nationalist Party were successfully stand as major political party until now.

Political Parties and elections
Several political parties exist in Malaya. However, the politics of Malaya have primarily been dominated by the MNP since 1955, with the Partai Ra'ayat ( PR ) playing an important role as opposition .MNP was the ruling party for decades since 1955. Most of the prime ministers were elected from the MNP.