1959 General Election

Main Event

Event	Date
Nomination day	25 April 1959
Polling day	30 May 1959

Electoral Boundaries

• Aljunied SMC
• Anson SMC
• Bras Basah 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
• Hong Lim SMC
• Jalan Besar SMC
• Jalan Kayu SMC
• Joo Chiat SMC
• Jurong SMC
• Kallang SMC
• Kampong Glam SMC
• Kampong Kapor SMC
• Kampong Kembangan SMC
• Kreta Ayer SMC
• Moulmein SMC
• Mountbatten SMC
• Nee Soon SMC
• Pasir Panjang SMC
• Paya Lebar SMC
• Punggol SMC
• Queenstown SMC
• River Valley SMC
• Rochore SMC
• Sembawang SMC
• Sepoy Lines SMC
• Serangoon Gardens SMC
• Siglap SMC
• Southern Islands 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

Results

Parties and alliances		Leader	Seats		Popular vote	%	+/-
			Contested	Won
	1 People's Action Party	Lee Kuan Yew	51	43	281,891	54.08	▲ 45.36
	1 Singapore People's Alliance	Lim Yew Hock	39	4	107,755	20.67	New
	1 United Malays National Organisation	Syed Ali Zedha Alsagoff	8	3	27,448	5.27	▲ 1.61
	Independent(s)	N/A	34	1	37,411	7.18	N/A
	1 Liberal Socialist Party	Tan Ek Khoo	32	0	42,805	8.21	New
	1 Malayan Chinese Association	Wong Foo Nam	5	0	5,593	1.07	▼ -2.90
	1 Workers' Party	David Marshall	3	0	4,127	0.79	New
	1 Labour Front	Francis Thomas	3	0	3,414	0.65	▼ -26.41
	1 Citizens' Party	Seah Peng Chuan	5	0	3,210	0.62	New
	1 Malayan Indian Congress	T. K. Alexander	2	0	2,092	0.40	New
	1 Partai Rakyat	Harun bin Mohamed Amin	4	0	2,006	0.38	New
	1 Katong United Residents Association	Leon Soh	2	0	1,759	0.34	New
	1 Pan-Malayan Islamic Party	Abdullah Zawawi	3	0	1,011	0.19	New
	1 Kesatuan Melayu	Muda Muhamed Mahmud	3	0	749	0.14	▼ -0.65
Electorate					587,780
Total Votes cast					527,919	89.82
Valid Votes					521,271	98.74