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[[Category:Politics]]
[[Category:Politics]]

Revision as of 17:16, 5 July 2020

Main Event

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

Electoral Boundaries

Results

Parties and alliances Leader Seats Popular vote % ±
Contested Won
1
Labour Front
David Marshall 17 10 42,300 27.06 New
1
Progressive Party
Tan Chye Cheng 22 4 38,695 24.75 New
Independent(s) N/A 10 3 15,098 9.66 N/A
1
People's Action Party
Lee Kuan Yew 4 3 13,634 8.72 New
1
Democratic Party
Tan Ek Khoo 20 2 32,115 20.54 New
1
Malayan Chinese Association
Wong Foo Nam 3 1 6,203 3.97 New
1
United Malays National Organisation
Abdul Hamid bin Jumat 1 1 5,721 3.66 New
1
Kesatuan Melayu
Mohamed Sidik bin H. A. Hamid 1 1 1,233 0.79 New
1
Labour Party
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