Following the 1969 general election, Gerakan won most of the state electorates in the state of Penang and became the first party not affiliated with the Alliance Party to form government in a state in Malaysia.
Following the 1969 general election, Gerakan won most of the seats in the state legislature of Penang. Gerakan and the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, which won in Kelantan, were the only parties not then affiliated with the Alliance Party to form a state government in Malaysia.