1972 General Election

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Main Event

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

Electoral Boundaries

Changes in boundaries
Constituency Changes
New
Boon Teck SMC Carved from Toa Payoh SMC
Kim Keat SMC Carved from Toa Payoh SMC
Kuo Chuan SMC Carved from Toa Payoh SMC
Bukit Batok SMC Carved from Bukit Panjang SMC, Bukit Timah SMC and Chua Chu Kang SMC
Henderson SMC Carved from Tiong Bahru SMC
Kim Seng SMC Carved from Bukit Ho Swee SMC and Delta SMC
Leng Kee SMC Carved from Bukit Merah SMC

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