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Revision as of 21:15, 22 July 2020

Main Event

Event Date[1]
Nomination day 28 February 1955
Polling day 2 April 1955

Electoral Boundaries

Results

Parties and alliances Leader Seats Popular vote[2] % ±
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

References

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