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==Electoral Boundaries==
==Electoral Boundaries==
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Revision as of 13:50, 2 July 2020

Main Event

Event Date
Nomination day 25 April 1959
Polling day 30 May 1959

Electoral Boundaries

Results

Parties and alliances Leader Seats Popular vote % +/-
Contested Won
1
People's Action Party
Lee Kuan Yew 51 43 281,891 54.08 ▲ 45.36
1
Singapore People's Alliance
Lim Yew Hock 39 4 107,755 20.67 New
1
United Malays National Organisation
Syed Ali Zedha Alsagoff 8 3 27,448 5.27 ▲ 1.61
Independent(s) N/A 34 1 37,411 7.18 N/A
1
Liberal Socialist Party
Tan Ek Khoo 32 0 42,805 8.21 New
1
Malayan Chinese Association
Wong Foo Nam 5 0 5,593 1.07 ▼ 2.90
1
Workers' Party
David Marshall 3 0 4,127 0.79 New
1
Labour Front
Francis Thomas 3 0 3,414 0.65 ▼ 26.41
1
Citizens' Party
Seah Peng Chuan 5 0 3,210 0.62 New
1
Malayan Indian Congress
T. K. Alexander 2 0 2,092 0.40 New
1
Partai Rakyat
Harun bin Mohamed Amin 4 0 2,006 0.38 New
1
Katong United Residents Association
Leon Soh 2 0 1,759 0.34 New
1
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party
Abdullah Zawawi 3 0 1,011 0.19 New
1
Kesatuan Melayu
Muda Muhamed Mahmud 3 0 749 0.14 ▼ 0.65
Electorate 587,780
Total Votes cast 527,919 89.82
Valid Votes 521,271 98.74