1976 General Election

Main Event

Event	Date
Nomination day	13 December 1976
Polling day	23 December 1976

Electoral Boundaries

• Alexandra SMC
• Aljunied SMC
• Ang Mo Kio SMC
• Anson SMC
• Bedok SMC
• Boon Lay SMC
• Boon Teck SMC
• Braddell Heights SMC
• Brickworks SMC
• Bukit Batok SMC
• Bukit Ho Swee SMC
• Bukit Merah SMC
• Bukit Panjang SMC
• Bukit Timah SMC
• Buona Vista SMC
• Cairnhill SMC
• Changi SMC
• Chua Chu Kang SMC
• Delta SMC
• Farrer Park SMC
• Geylang East SMC
• Geylang Serai SMC
• Geylang West SMC
• Havelock SMC
• Henderson SMC
• Jalan Besar SMC
• Jalan Kayu SMC
• Joo Chiat SMC
• Jurong SMC
• Kallang SMC
• Kampong Chai Chee SMC
• Kampong Glam SMC
• Kampong Kembangan SMC
• Kampong Ubi SMC
• Katong SMC
• Khe Bong SMC
• Kim Keat SMC
• Kim Seng SMC
• Kolam Ayer SMC
• Kreta Ayer SMC
• Kuo Chuan SMC
• Leng Kee SMC
• MacPherson SMC
• Marine Parade SMC
• Moulmein SMC
• Mountbatten SMC
• Nee Soon SMC
• Pasir Panjang SMC
• Paya Lebar SMC
• Potong Pasir SMC
• Punggol SMC
• Queenstown SMC
• Radin Mas SMC
• River Valley SMC
• Rochore SMC
• Sembawang SMC
• Serangoon Gardens SMC
• Siglap 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
• Whampoa SMC

Changes in boundaries

Constituency	Changes
New
Ang Mo Kio SMC	Carved out from parts of Nee Soon SMC, Serangoon Gardens SMC and Thomson SMC
Bedok SMC	Carved out from Siglap SMC
Boon Lay SMC	Carved out from Jurong SMC
Buona Vista SMC	Carved out from Ulu Pandan SMC
Braddell Heights SMC	Carved out from Paya Lebar SMC, Serangoon Gardens SMC, Thomson SMC and Upper Serangoon SMC
Brickworks SMC	Carved out from Leng Kee SMC and Pasir Panjang SMC
Khe Bong SMC	Carved out from Kuo Chuan SMC and Toa Payoh SMC
Kolam Ayer SMC	Carved out from Geylang West SMC, Kallang SMC and Potong Pasir SMC
Marine Parade SMC	Carved out from Joo Chiat SMC
Radin Mas SMC	Carved out from Henderson SMC and Telok Blangah SMC
Defunct
Bras Basah SMC	Absorbed to Kampong Glam SMC and Telok Ayer SMC
Crawford SMC	Absorbed to Jalan Besar SMC and Kampong Glam SMC
Hong Lim SMC	Absorbed to Telok Ayer SMC
Kampong Kapor SMC	Absorbed to Jalan Besar SMC
Sepoy Lines SMC	Absorbed to Anson SMC, Tanjong Pagar SMC and Tiong Bahru SMC
Stamford SMC	Absorbed to River Valley SMC and Telok Ayer SMC

Results

Parties and alliances		Leader	Seats		Popular vote	%	±
			Contested	Won
	People's Action Party (PAP)	Lee Kuan Yew	69	69	590,169	74.09	▲ 3.66
	Workers' Party (WP)	Jeyaretnam J. B.	22	0	91,966	11.55	▼ 0.65
	United Front (UF)	Seow Khee Leng	14	0	53,373	6.70	New
	Barisan Sosialis (BS)	Lee Siew Choh	6	0	25,411	3.19	▼ 1.44
	United People's Front (UPF)	Harbans Singh	6	0	14,233	1.79	New
	Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura (PKMS)	Selamat Shamsuri	2	0	9,230	1.16	▼ 0.19
	Singapore Justice Party (SJP)	M. Ramasamy	2	0	5,199	0.65	New
	Independent(s)	N/A	2	0	4,173	0.52	N/A
	People's Front (PF)	Leong Mun Kwai	1	0	2,818	0.35	▼ 2.66
Electorate					1,095,817
Walkover					238,520
Total Votes cast					815,130	95.08
Valid Votes					796,572	97.72