1959 General Election
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Main Event
Event | Date[1] |
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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[2] | % | ± | ||
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Contested | Won | ||||||
People's Action Party (PAP) | Lee Kuan Yew | 51 | 43 | 281,891 | 54.08 | ▲ 45.36 | |
Singapore People's Alliance (SPA) | Lim Yew Hock | 39 | 4 | 107,755 | 20.67 | New | |
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) | Syed Ali Zedha Alsagoff | 8 | 3 | 27,448 | 5.27 | ▲ 1.61 | |
Independent(s) | N/A | 34 | 1 | 37,411 | 7.18 | N/A | |
Liberal Socialist Party (LSP) | Tan Ek Khoo | 32 | 0 | 42,805 | 8.21 | New | |
Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) | Wong Foo Nam | 5 | 0 | 5,593 | 1.07 | ▼ 2.90 | |
Workers' Party (WP) | David Marshall | 3 | 0 | 4,127 | 0.79 | New | |
Labour Front (LF) | Francis Thomas | 3 | 0 | 3,414 | 0.65 | ▼ 26.41 | |
Citizens' Party (CP) | Seah Peng Chuan | 5 | 0 | 3,210 | 0.62 | New | |
Malayan Indian Congress (MIC) | T. K. Alexander | 2 | 0 | 2,092 | 0.40 | New | |
Partai Rakyat (PR) | Harun bin Mohamed Amin | 4 | 0 | 2,006 | 0.38 | New | |
Katong United Residents Association (KURA) | Leon Soh | 2 | 0 | 1,759 | 0.34 | New | |
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party (PMIP) | Abdullah Zawawi | 3 | 0 | 1,011 | 0.19 | New | |
Kesatuan Melayu (KM) | Muda Muhamed Mahmud | 3 | 0 | 749 | 0.14 | ▼ 0.65 | |
Electorate | 587,780 | ||||||
Total Votes cast | 527,921 | 89.82 | |||||
Valid Votes | 521,271 | 98.74 |
References
- ↑ "PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Elections Department.
- ↑ "1959 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Elections Department.
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