1972 General Election

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Main Event

Event Date
Nomination day 23 August 1972
Polling day 2 September 1972

Electoral Boundaries

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