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Singapore 1991 general election

What was the result of the 1991 general election in Singapore?

People's Action Party won 77 of 81 seats with 61.0% 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 77 of 81 seats with 61.0% of the vote.

  • People's Action Party 77 −3 seats 61.0% −2.2 points
  • Workers' Party 1 +1 seat 14.3% −2.4 points
  • Singapore Democratic Party 3 +2 seats 12.0% +0.2 points
  • National Solidarity Party 0 0 seats 7.3% +3.6 points
  • Singapore Justice Party 0 0 seats 1.9% +0.9 points
  • Singapore Malay National Organisation 0 0 seats 1.6% +0.6 points
  • 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 1988 general election, party by party.

41 of 81 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 61.0%

    Share of the vote won by People's Action Party

    People's Action Party won 77 of 81 seats. A majority needs 41.

  2. +2 seats

    Seats gained by Singapore Democratic Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1988. People's Action Party lost 3 seats.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
People's Action Party77−361.0−2.2477,760
Workers' Party1+114.3−2.4112,010
Singapore Democratic Party3+212.0+0.293,856
National Solidarity Party007.3+3.657,306
Singapore Justice Party001.9+0.915,222
Independents001.9+0.714,596
Singapore Malay National Organisation001.6+0.612,862

± is the change against the Singapore 1988 general election, party by party. Shares are computed by us from the votes.

Votes by party
  • People's Action Party 477,760
  • Workers' Party 112,010
  • Singapore Democratic Party 93,856
  • National Solidarity Party 57,306
  • Singapore Justice Party 15,222
  • Independents 14,596
  • Singapore Malay National Organisation 12,862

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. Non-constituency members, who join Parliament without winning a constituency, are not counted.

11 of the 36 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 Party61.0% of votes95.1% of seats
  • Singapore Democratic Party12.0% of votes3.7% of seats
  • Workers' Party14.3% of votes1.2% of seats
  • National Solidarity Party7.3% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 27.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.4 by votes and 1.1 by seats; People's Action Party led Workers' Party by 46.7 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