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Singapore 1959 general election

What was the result of the 1959 general election in Singapore?

People's Action Party won 43 of 51 seats with 54.1% of the vote.

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  • 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 : People's Action Party won 43 of 51 seats with 54.1% of the vote.

  • People's Action Party 43 +40 seats 54.1% +45.4 points
  • Singapore People's Alliance 4 20.7%
  • Liberal Socialist Party 0 8.2%
  • Alliance (UMNO and MCA) 3 6.3%
  • Workers' Party 0 0.8%
  • Labour Front 0 −10 seats 0.7% −26.4 points
  • Citizens' Party 0 0.6%
  • Partai Rakyat 0 0.4%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Singapore 1955 general election, party by party.

26 of 51 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 54.1%

    Share of the vote won by People's Action Party

    People's Action Party won 43 of 51 seats. A majority needs 26.

  2. +40 seats

    Seats gained by People's Action Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1955. Labour Front lost 10 seats.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
People's Action Party43+4054.1+45.4281,891
Singapore People's Alliance420.7107,755
Liberal Socialist Party08.242,805
Independents1−27.7−1.940,252
Alliance (UMNO and MCA)36.333,041
Workers' Party00.84,127
Labour Front0−100.7−26.43,414
Citizens' Party00.63,210
Partai Rakyat00.42,006
Katong United Residents' Association00.31,759
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party00.21,011

± is the change against the Singapore 1955 general election, party by party. Shares are computed by us from the votes.

Votes by party
  • People's Action Party 281,891
  • Singapore People's Alliance 107,755
  • Liberal Socialist Party 42,805
  • Independents 40,252
  • Alliance (UMNO and MCA) 33,041
  • Workers' Party 4,127
  • Labour Front 3,414
  • Citizens' Party 3,210
  • Partai Rakyat 2,006
  • Katong United Residents' Association 1,759
  • Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 1,011

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?

  • People's Action Party54.1% of votes84.3% of seats
  • Singapore People's Alliance20.7% of votes7.8% of seats
  • Alliance (UMNO and MCA)6.3% of votes5.9% of seats
  • Liberal Socialist Party8.2% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 24.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.8 by votes and 1.4 by seats; People's Action Party led Singapore People's Alliance by 33.4 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