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Singapore 1955 general election

What was the result of the 1955 general election in Singapore?

Labour Front won 10 of 25 seats with 27.1% of the vote.

  • Singapore
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • Elections Department Singapore (data.gov.sg), read 28 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Results published by the Elections Department, read : Labour Front won 10 of 25 seats with 27.1% of the vote.

  • Labour Front 10 27.1%
  • Progressive Party 4 24.8%
  • Democratic Party 2 20.5%
  • People's Action Party 3 8.7%
  • Alliance (UMNO, MCA and Malay Union) 3 8.4%
  • Labour Party 0 0.8%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
13 of 25 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 27.1%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Front

    Labour Front won 10 of 25 seats. A majority needs 13.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Labour Front1027.142,300
Progressive Party424.838,695
Democratic Party220.532,115
Independents39.715,098
People's Action Party38.713,634
Alliance (UMNO, MCA and Malay Union)38.413,157
Labour Party00.81,325

Shares are computed by us from the votes.

Votes by party
  • Labour Front 42,300
  • Progressive Party 38,695
  • Democratic Party 32,115
  • Independents 15,098
  • People's Action Party 13,634
  • Alliance (UMNO, MCA and Malay Union) 13,157
  • Labour Party 1,325

Contains information from Parliamentary General Election Results by Candidate, accessed on 28 October 2026 from the Elections Department Singapore, which is made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0. Shown in our own layout; the Elections Department does not endorse it.

We summed each party's votes over the constituencies that were contested, and counted its seats from the winner of each constituency: a team wins every seat of its group constituency. Shares are of those votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Front27.1% of votes40.0% of seats
  • Progressive Party24.8% of votes16.0% of seats
  • People's Action Party8.7% of votes12.0% of seats
  • Alliance (UMNO, MCA and Malay Union)8.4% of votes12.0% of seats
  • Democratic Party20.5% of votes8.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 14.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.0 by votes and 4.3 by seats; Labour Front led Progressive Party by 2.3 points of the vote.

Time and source Data as of

Sources
  • Elections Department Singapore, Parliamentary General Election Results by Candidate, on data.gov.sg. Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0; shown in our own layout, not endorsed by the Department. (source). Licence: Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0