1972 General Election

Main Event

Event	Date
Nomination day	23 August 1972
Polling day	2 September 1972

Electoral Boundaries

• Alexandra SMC
• Aljunied SMC
• Anson SMC
• Boon Teck SMC
• Bras Basah SMC
• Bukit Batok SMC
• Bukit Ho Swee SMC
• Bukit Merah SMC
• Bukit Panjang SMC
• Bukit Timah SMC
• Cairnhill SMC
• Changi SMC
• Chua Chu Kang SMC
• Crawford SMC
• Delta SMC
• Farrer Park SMC
• Geylang East SMC
• Geylang Serai SMC
• Geylang West SMC
• Havelock SMC
• Henderson SMC
• Hong Lim SMC
• Jalan Besar SMC
• Jalan Kayu SMC
• Joo Chiat SMC
• Jurong SMC
• Kallang SMC
• Kampong Chai Chee SMC
• Kampong Glam SMC
• Kampong Kapor SMC
• Kampong Kembangan SMC
• Kampong Ubi SMC
• Katong SMC
• Kim Keat SMC
• Kim Seng SMC
• Kreta Ayer SMC
• Kuo Chuan SMC
• Leng Kee SMC
• MacPherson SMC
• Moulmein SMC
• Mountbatten SMC
• Nee Soon SMC
• Pasir Panjang SMC
• Paya Lebar SMC
• Potong Pasir SMC
• Punggol SMC
• Queenstown SMC
• River Valley SMC
• Rochore SMC
• Sembawang SMC
• Sepoy Lines SMC
• Serangoon Gardens SMC
• Siglap SMC
• Stamford SMC
• Tampines SMC
• Tanglin SMC
• Tanjong Pagar SMC
• Telok Ayer SMC
• Telok Blangah SMC
• Thomson SMC
• Tiong Bahru SMC
• Toa Payoh SMC
• Ulu Pandan SMC
• Upper Serangoon SMC
• Whampoa SMC

Changes in boundaries

Constituency	Changes
New
Boon Teck SMC	Carved out from Toa Payoh SMC
Bukit Batok SMC	Carved out from Bukit Panjang SMC, Bukit Timah SMC and Chua Chu Kang SMC
Henderson SMC	Carved out from Tiong Bahru SMC
Kim Keat SMC	Carved out from Toa Payoh SMC
Kim Seng SMC	Carved out from Bukit Ho Swee SMC and Delta SMC
Kuo Chuan SMC	Carved out from Toa Payoh SMC
Leng Kee SMC	Carved out from Bukit Merah SMC

Results

Parties and alliances		Leader	Seats		Popular vote	%	±
			Contested	Won
	1 People's Action Party	Lee Kuan Yew	65	65	524,892	70.43	▼ 16.29
	1 Workers' Party	Jeyaretnam J. B.	27	0	90,885	12.20	▲ 8.18
	1 United National Front	R. Vetrivelu	33	0	55,001	7.38	New
	1 Barisan Sosialis	Lee Siew Choh	10	0	34,483	4.63	New
	1 People's Front	Leong Mun Kwai	7	0	22,462	3.01	New
	1 Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura	Ahmad Haji Taff	2	0	10,054	1.35	New
	Independent(s)	N/A	2	0	7,462	1.00	N/A
Electorate					908,382
Walkover					95,456
Total Votes cast					760,468	93.55
Valid Votes					745,239	98.00