Election In Singapore 1959
2 in the end the people s action party pap led by lee kuan yew was voted into power after taking 43 out of 51 seats and capturing 53 4 percent of the votes cast.
Election in singapore 1959. 3 lee was then sworn into office as singapore s first prime minister. In previous elections some seats had always been chosen by singapore s colonial authorities. It was the culmination of what had happened since the restoration of british government in singapore after the second world war.
The parliament of singapore is unicameral with 93 seats. It was the culmination of what had happened since the restoration of british government in singapore after the second world war. The official website of the elections department singapore.
Choa chu kang number of electors. Since the legislative assembly election in 1959 the people s action p. The election was distinctive in being the first election in which all the seats were completely determined by the population as per the new constitution of singapore of 1959.
It was the culmination of what had happened since the restoration of british government in singapore after the second world war. The 1959 singapore legislative assembly general election was a general election held in singapore on 30 may 1959 to choose the members of the legislative assembly of singapore. The 1959 legislative assembly general election was held on 30 may to elect 51 members into the legislative assembly following the dissolution of the assembly on 31 march.
They were held under the new constitution and the first in which all 51 seats in the legislative assembly were elected. Announcements note to overseas voters please apply for a local contact address lca from ica before restoring your name to the registers of electors. After the war the british returned to malaya to re establish.
1959 legislative assembly general election results. General elections were held in singapore on 30 may 1959. The 1959 election marked a turning point in the constitutional and political development of singapore.