1959 General Election

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Main Event[edit]

Event Date[1]
Nomination day 25 April 1959
Polling day 30 May 1959

Electoral Boundaries[edit]

Changes in boundaries
Constituency Changes
New
Aljunied SMC Carved out of Paya Lebar SMC
Anson SMC Carved out of Tanjong Pagar SMC
Bras Basah SMC Carved out of Stamford SMC
Bukit Merah SMC Absorbed part of Queenstown SMC and Tiong Bahru SMC
Chua Chu Kang SMC Carved out of Bukit Panjang SMC
Crawford SMC Carved out of Rochore SMC
Delta SMC Carved out of Havelock SMC
Geylang East SMC Carved out of Geylang SMC
Geylang Serai SMC Carved out of Ulu Bedok SMC
Geylang West SMC Carved out of Geylang SMC
Hong Lim SMC Carved out of Telok Ayer SMC
Jalan Besar SMC Carved out of Kampong Kapor SMC
Jalan Kayu SMC Carved out of Seletar SMC
Joo Chiat SMC Carved out of Katong SMC
Jurong SMC Carved out of Bukit Timah SMC
Kallang SMC Absorbed part of Kampong Kapor SMC and Whampoa SMC
Kampong Glam SMC Carved out of Rochore SMC
Kampong Kembangan SMC Carved out of Ulu Bedok SMC
Kreta Ayer SMC Carved out of Telok Ayer SMC
Moulmein SMC Carved out of Farrer Park SMC
Mountbatten SMC Carved out of Katong SMC
Nee Soon SMC Absorbed part of Seletar SMC and Sembawang SMC
Punggol SMC Carved out of Punggol–Tampines SMC
River Valley SMC Absorbed part of Cairnhill SMC and Tanglin SMC
Sepoy Lines SMC Carved out of Tiong Bahru SMC
Serangoon Gardens SMC Absorbed part of Seletar SMC and Serangoon SMC
Siglap SMC Absorbed part of Changi SMC and Katong SMC
Tampines SMC Carved out of Punggol–Tampines SMC
Telok Blangah SMC Carved out of Pasir Panjang SMC
Thomson SMC Absorbed part of Seletar SMC and Serangoon SMC
Toa Payoh SMC Carved out of Whampoa SMC
Ulu Pandan SMC Carved out of Tanglin SMC
Upper Serangoon SMC Absorbed part of Paya Lebar SMC and Serangoon SMC
Defunct
Geylang SMC Absorbed to Geylang East SMC and Geylang West SMC
Katong SMC Absorbed to Joo Chiat SMC, Mountbatten SMC and Siglap SMC
Punggol–Tampines SMC Absorbed to Punggol SMC and Tampines SMC
Seletar SMC Absorbed to Jalan Kayu SMC, Nee Soon SMC, Serangoon Gardens SMC and Thomson SMC
Serangoon SMC Absorbed to Serangoon Gardens SMC, Thomson SMC and Upper Serangoon SMC
Ulu Bedok SMC Absorbed to Geylang Serai SMC and Kampong Kembangan SMC
Whampoa SMC Absorbed to Kallang SMC and Toa Payoh SMC

Results[edit]

Parties and alliances Leader Seats Popular vote[2] % ±
Contested Won
People's Action Party (PAP) Lee Kuan Yew 51 43 281,891 54.08 ▲ 45.36
Singapore People's Alliance (SPA) Lim Yew Hock 39 4 107,755 20.67 New
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Syed Ali Zedha Alsagoff 8 3 27,448 5.27 ▲ 1.61
Independent(s) N/A 34 1 37,411 7.18 N/A
Liberal Socialist Party (LSP) Tan Ek Khoo 32 0 42,805 8.21 New
Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) Wong Foo Nam 5 0 5,593 1.07 ▼ 2.90
Workers' Party (WP) David Marshall 3 0 4,127 0.79 New
Labour Front (LF) Francis Thomas 3 0 3,414 0.65 ▼ 26.41
Citizens' Party (CP) Seah Peng Chuan 5 0 3,210 0.62 New
Malayan Indian Congress (MIC) T. K. Alexander 2 0 2,092 0.40 New
Partai Rakyat (PR) Harun bin Mohamed Amin 4 0 2,006 0.38 New
Katong United Residents Association (KURA) Leon Soh 2 0 1,759 0.34 New
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party (PMIP) Abdullah Zawawi 3 0 1,011 0.19 New
Kesatuan Melayu (KM) Muda Muhamed Mahmud 3 0 749 0.14 ▼ 0.65
Electorate 587,780
Total Votes cast 527,921 89.82
Valid Votes 521,271 98.74

References[edit]

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