Singapore 1976 general election
What was the result of the 1976 general election in Singapore?
People's Action Party won 69 of 69 seats with 74.1% 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 : People's Action Party won 69 of 69 seats with 74.1% of the vote.
- People's Action Party 69 +4 seats 74.1% +3.7 points
- Workers' Party 0 0 seats 11.5% −0.7 points
- United Front and People's Front 0 7.1%
- Barisan Sosialis 0 0 seats 3.2% −1.4 points
- United People's Front 0 1.8%
- Singapore Malay National Organisation 0 0 seats 1.2% −0.2 points
- Singapore Justice Party 0 0.7%
- 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 1972 general election, party by party.
Key numbers
74.1%
Share of the vote won by People's Action Party
People's Action Party won 69 of 69 seats. A majority needs 35.
+4 seats
Seats gained by People's Action Party
The largest gain in seats compared with 1972.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Action Party | 69 | +4 | 74.1 | +3.7 | 590,169 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | −0.7 | 91,966 |
| United Front and People's Front | 0 | 7.1 | 56,191 | ||
| Barisan Sosialis | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | −1.4 | 25,411 |
| United People's Front | 0 | 1.8 | 14,233 | ||
| Singapore Malay National Organisation | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | −0.2 | 9,230 |
| Singapore Justice Party | 0 | 0.7 | 5,199 | ||
| Independents | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | −0.5 | 4,173 |
± is the change against the Singapore 1972 general election, party by party. Shares are computed by us from the votes.
Votes by party
- People's Action Party 590,169
- Workers' Party 91,966
- United Front and People's Front 56,191
- Barisan Sosialis 25,411
- United People's Front 14,233
- Singapore Malay National Organisation 9,230
- Singapore Justice Party 5,199
- Independents 4,173
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.
16 of the 69 constituencies were won without a vote, because only one candidate or team stood there. A walkover adds seats and no votes.
How do the votes compare with the seats?
- People's Action Party74.1% of votes100.0% of seats
- Workers' Party11.5% of votes0.0% of seats
- United Front and People's Front7.1% of votes0.0% of seats
- Barisan Sosialis3.2% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 20.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 1.8 by votes and 1.0 by seats; People's Action Party led Workers' Party by 62.5 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