United Democratic Party (Malaysia)

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| name = United Democratic Party

| native_name = Parti Kesatuan Ra'ayat
民主联合党

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| abbreviation = UDP

| leader = Lim Chong Eu

| president = Zainal Abidin Abas{{Cite news |title=Dato Zainal elected head of the UDP |date=1963-04-16 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19630416-1.2.25.3 |access-date=2025-02-18 |work=The Straits Times |pages=4 |language=en}}

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| secretary_general = Lim Chong Eu

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| founder = Lim Chong Eu

| founded = {{start date|1962|04|21}}{{Cite news |title=NEW PARTY BACKED |last=Kwee |first=Yap Chin |date=1962-04-22 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19620422-1.2.2 |access-date=2025-02-18 |work=The Straits Times |pages=1 |language=en}}

| registered = 18 June 1962

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| dissolved = {{end date|1968|03|24}}

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| split = Malaysian Chinese Association

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| successor = Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia

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The United Democratic Party (UDP, {{lang-zh|民主联合党}}) was a political party in Malaysia.

History

The party was established by Lim Chong Eu and several other former members of the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) on 21 April 1962.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p777 Largely supported by middle-class Chinese voters, the party won a single seat in the 1964 general elections,Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p152 {{ISBN|0-19-924959-8}} with Lim elected in Tanjong.

The party was dissolved on 23 June 1968 after Lim had helped to establish the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan).{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220211234939/http://www.singapore-elections.com/malaysia-political-parties/udp.html United Democratic Party]}} Singapore Elections

Elections results

=General elections=

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!Election

!Leader

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1964

|Lim Chong Eu

|88,223

|4.29

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|{{No2|Opposition}}

=State elections=

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Kedah !Penang !Perak !Pahang !Negeri Sembilan !Johor
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! rowspan="2" |Election

! colspan="6" |State legislative assembly

! rowspan="2" |Total

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