1955 General Election

Main Event

Event	Date
Nomination day	28 February 1955
Polling day	2 April 1955

Electoral Boundaries

• Bukit Panjang SMC
• Bukit Timah SMC
• Cairnhill SMC
• Changi SMC
• Farrer Park SMC
• Geylang SMC
• Havelock SMC
• Kampong Kapor SMC
• Katong SMC
• Pasir Panjang SMC
• Paya Lebar SMC
• Punggol–Tampines SMC
• Queenstown SMC
• Rochore SMC
• Seletar SMC
• Sembawang SMC
• Serangoon SMC
• Southern Islands SMC
• Stamford SMC
• Tanglin SMC
• Tanjong Pagar SMC
• Telok Ayer SMC
• Tiong Bahru SMC
• Ulu Bedok SMC
• Whampoa SMC

Results

Parties and alliances		Leader	Seats		Popular vote	%	±
			Contested	Won
	Labour Front (LF)	David Marshall	17	10	42,300	27.06	New
	Progressive Party (PP)	Tan Chye Cheng	22	4	38,695	24.75	New
	Independent(s)	N/A	10	3	15,098	9.66	N/A
	People's Action Party (PAP)	Lee Kuan Yew	4	3	13,634	8.72	New
	Democratic Party (DP)	Tan Ek Khoo	20	2	32,115	20.54	New
	Malayan Chinese Association (MCA)	Wong Foo Nam	3	1	6,203	3.97	New
	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)	Abdul Hamid bin Jumat	1	1	5,721	3.66	New
	Kesatuan Melayu (KM)	Mohamed Sidik bin H. A. Hamid	1	1	1,233	0.79	New
	Labour Party (LP)	Lee Yong Min	1	0	1,325	0.85	New
Electorate					300,299
Total Votes cast					158,154	52.67
Valid Votes					156,324	98.84