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

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