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

Changes in boundaries

Constituency	Changes
New
Aljunied SMC	Carved out of Paya Lebar SMC
Anson SMC	Carved out of Tanjong Pagar SMC
Bras Basah SMC	Carved out of Stamford SMC
Bukit Merah SMC	Absorbed part of Queenstown SMC and Tiong Bahru SMC
Chua Chu Kang SMC	Carved out of Bukit Panjang SMC
Crawford SMC	Carved out of Rochore SMC
Delta SMC	Carved out of Havelock SMC
Geylang East SMC	Carved out of Geylang SMC
Geylang Serai SMC	Carved out of Ulu Bedok SMC
Geylang West SMC	Carved out of Geylang SMC
Hong Lim SMC	Carved out of Telok Ayer SMC
Jalan Besar SMC	Carved out of Kampong Kapor SMC
Jalan Kayu SMC	Carved out of Seletar SMC
Joo Chiat SMC	Carved out of Katong SMC
Jurong SMC	Carved out of Bukit Timah SMC
Kallang SMC	Absorbed part of Kampong Kapor SMC and Whampoa SMC
Kampong Glam SMC	Carved out of Rochore SMC
Kampong Kembangan SMC	Carved out of Ulu Bedok SMC
Kreta Ayer SMC	Carved out of Telok Ayer SMC
Moulmein SMC	Carved out of Farrer Park SMC
Mountbatten SMC	Carved out of Katong SMC
Nee Soon SMC	Absorbed part of Seletar SMC and Sembawang SMC
Punggol SMC	Carved out of Punggol–Tampines SMC
River Valley SMC	Absorbed part of Cairnhill SMC and Tanglin SMC
Sepoy Lines SMC	Carved out of Tiong Bahru SMC
Serangoon Gardens SMC	Absorbed part of Seletar SMC and Serangoon SMC
Siglap SMC	Absorbed part of Changi SMC and Katong SMC
Tampines SMC	Carved out of Punggol–Tampines SMC
Telok Blangah SMC	Carved out of Pasir Panjang SMC
Thomson SMC	Absorbed part of Seletar SMC and Serangoon SMC
Toa Payoh SMC	Carved out of Whampoa SMC
Ulu Pandan SMC	Carved out of Tanglin SMC
Upper Serangoon SMC	Absorbed part of Paya Lebar SMC and Serangoon SMC
Defunct
Geylang SMC	Absorbed to Geylang East SMC and Geylang West SMC
Katong SMC	Absorbed to Joo Chiat SMC, Mountbatten SMC and Siglap SMC
Punggol–Tampines SMC	Absorbed to Punggol SMC and Tampines SMC
Seletar SMC	Absorbed to Jalan Kayu SMC, Nee Soon SMC, Serangoon Gardens SMC and Thomson SMC
Serangoon SMC	Absorbed to Serangoon Gardens SMC, Thomson SMC and Upper Serangoon SMC
Ulu Bedok SMC	Absorbed to Geylang Serai SMC and Kampong Kembangan SMC
Whampoa SMC	Absorbed to Kallang SMC and Toa Payoh SMC

Results

Parties and alliances		Leader	Seats		Popular vote	%	±
			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