| Country: | Malaysia |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1959 Malayan general election |
| Previous Year: | 1959 |
| Previous Mps: | Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 1st Malayan Parliament |
| Next Election: | 1969 Malaysian general election |
| Next Year: | 1969 |
| Seats For Election: | 104 of the 159 seats in the Dewan Rakyat |
| Elected Mps: | Members elected |
| Majority Seats: | 53 |
| Registered: | 2,681,895 |
| Turnout: | 80.03% |
| Election Date: | 25 April 1964 |
| Image1: | Tunku Abd. Rahman in Holland (cropped 4to3 portrait).jpg |
| Leader1: | Tunku Abdul Rahman |
| Party1: | Alliance Party (Malaysia) |
| Last Election1: | 51.8%, 74 seats |
| Seats1: | 89 |
| Seat Change1: | 15 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,204,340 |
| Percentage1: | 58.5% |
| Swing1: | 6.7pp |
| Leader2: | Tan Chee Khoon |
| Party2: | Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front |
| Last Election2: | 12.9%, 8 seats |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 330,898 |
| Percentage2: | 16.1% |
| Swing2: | 3.2pp |
| Image3: | Burhanuddin al-Helmy.jpg |
| Leader3: | Burhanuddin al-Helmy |
| Party3: | PAS |
| Last Election3: | 21.3%, 13 seats |
| Seats3: | 9 |
| Seat Change3: | 4 |
| Popular Vote3: | 301,187 |
| Percentage3: | 14.6% |
| Swing3: | 6.7pp |
| Image4: | Lim Chong Eu.jpg |
| Leader4: | Lim Chong Eu |
| Party4: | UDP |
| Colour4: | FF0000 |
| Last Election4: | – |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | New |
| Popular Vote4: | 88,223 |
| Percentage4: | 4.3pp |
| Swing4: | New |
| Image5: | Portrait of D.R. Seenivasagam.jpg |
| Party5: | People's Progressive Party (Malaysia) |
| Last Election5: | 6.3%, 4 seats |
| Seats5: | 2 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| Popular Vote5: | 69,898 |
| Percentage5: | 3.4% |
| Swing5: | 2.9pp |
| Image6: | Mr. Lee Kuan Yew Mayoral reception 1965 (3to4).jpg |
| Leader6: | Lee Kuan Yew |
| Party6: | People's Action Party |
| Last Election6: | – |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Seat Change6: | New |
| Popular Vote6: | 42,130 |
| Percentage6: | 2.0% |
| Swing6: | New |
| Prime Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Prime Minister-designate |
| Before Election: | Tunku Abdul Rahman |
| Before Party: | Alliance Party (Malaysia) |
| After Election: | Tunku Abdul Rahman |
| After Party: | Alliance Party (Malaysia) |
| Map Size: | 400px |
General elections were held in Malaysia on Saturday, 25 April 1964 to elect members of the second parliament. Voting took place in 104 out of 159 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament.[1] State elections also took place in 282 state constituencies in 11 (out of 14, except Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore) states of Malaysia on the same day, each electing one Member of the Legislative Assembly to the Dewan Undangan Negeri.
The result was a victory for the Alliance Party, which won 89 of the 104 seats with a turnout of 79%. The result also contributed towards the eventual expulsion of Singapore from Malaysia. The Singaporean-based People's Action Party decided to run on the mainland in response to the United Malays National Organisation (UNMO) participating in the 1963 Singaporean general election, which violated an agreement not to do so, and although the PAP attracted large crowds at its rallies, it won only one seat – Devan Nair in Bangsar. It is thought by some historians that Finance Minister and Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) President Tan Siew Sin's appeal to the Chinese to avoid challenging the Malay special rights and risk merger with Indonesia helped the MCA retain its status as the "undisputed leader of the Chinese in the Malayan peninsula". Nevertheless, UMNO leaders were furious with the PAP.
It was the first parliamentary general election held after the formation of Malaysia in 1963. State elections were not held in Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak. Transitional provisions allowed the state legislatures of the three states to choose their parliamentary representatives until the next election. The three states had been allocated a total of 55 seats in the Malaysian Parliament: 15 seats for Singapore, 16 seats for Sabah and 24 seats for Sarawak. Together, the three states held 34% out the 159 seats in the parliament. This was intended to act as a check to prevent parliament from passing constitutional amendments (which require a two-thirds majority) without the agreement of representatives from the three new states. After Singapore left Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak were only left with 25% of the seats, as a consequence Sabah and Sarawak were not able to stop the parliament from approving laws that would encroach on the special rights granted to Sabah and Sarawak upon merger to form Malaysia.
Two Alliance candidates were returned unopposed.