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{{Short description|Elections to the 3rd Parliament of Singapore}}
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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1972 Singaporean general election
| country = Singapore
| country = Singapore
| type = parliamentary
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1968 Singaporean general election
| previous_election = 1968 Singaporean general election
| previous_year = 1968
| previous_year = 1968
| outgoing_members = 2nd Parliament of Singapore
| next_election = 1976 Singaporean general election
| next_election = 1976 Singaporean general election
| next_year = 1976
| next_year = 1976
| elected_members = 3rd Parliament of Singapore
| election_date = 2 September 1972
| election_date = 2 September 1972
| turnout = 93.5%
| registered = 812,926
| turnout = 93.55% ({{increase}} 1.72pp)
| seats_for_election = All 65 seats to the [[Parliament of Singapore]]<br />33 seats were needed for a majority
| seats_for_election = All 65 seats in [[Parliament of Singapore|Parliament]]
| image1 = [[File:Mr. Lee Kuan Yew Mayoral reception 1965 (cropped).jpg|150x150px]]
| majority_seats = 33
| image1 = Mr. Lee Kuan Yew Mayoral reception 1965 (cropped).jpg
| leader1 = [[Lee Kuan Yew]]
| leader1 = [[Lee Kuan Yew]]
| party1 = People's Action Party
| party1 = People's Action Party
| last_election1 = 86.72%, 58 seats
| leaders_seat1 = [[Tanjong Pagar Single Member Constituency|Tanjong Pagar]]
| seats1 = '''65'''
| last_election1 = 58 seats, 86.7%
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 7
| seats_before1 = 58
| popular_vote1 = '''524,892'''
| seats1 = 65
| percentage1 = '''70.43%'''
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}7
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 16.29pp
| popular_vote1 = 524,892
| percentage1 = 70.4
| swing1 = {{decrease}}16.3%
| map_image=Singaporean election 1972 map.png
| map_image=Singaporean election 1972 map.png
| map_caption= Results by constituency
| map_size=300px
| title = [[Prime Minister of Singapore|Prime Minister]]
| map_caption=Winning party by constituency.
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Lee Kuan Yew]]
| before_party = People's Action Party
| after_election = [[Lee Kuan Yew]]
| after_party = People's Action Party
}}{{Politics of Singapore}}
}}{{Politics of Singapore}}


'''General elections''' were held in [[Singapore]] on 2 September 1972. The result was a fourth victory for the [[People's Action Party]], which won all 65 seats, the second of four consecutive elections in which they repeated the feat. Voter turnout was 93.5% in the 57 constituencies (which represented 812,926 voters) that were contested,<ref>[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p254 {{ISBN|0-19-924959-8}}</ref> with PAP candidates elected unopposed in the other eight, which represents 95,456 voters.<ref>[http://www.singapore-elections.com/general-election/1972/ Parliamentary general election 1972] Singapore Elections</ref>
General elections were held in [[Singapore]] on 2 September 1972. The result was a fourth victory for the [[People's Action Party]], which won all 65 seats, the second of four consecutive elections in which they repeated the feat. Voter turnout was 93.5% in the 57 constituencies (which represented 812,926 voters) that were contested,<ref>[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p254 {{ISBN|0-19-924959-8}}</ref> with PAP candidates elected unopposed in the other eight, which represents 95,456 voters.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190806045817/http://www.singapore-elections.com/general-election/1972/ Parliamentary general election 1972]}} Singapore Elections</ref>


==Electoral system==
==Electoral system==
{{see also|List of Singaporean electoral divisions (1972–76)}}
The 65 members of [[Parliament of Singapore|Parliament]] were elected in [[List of Singaporean electoral divisions (1972–76)|65 single-member constituencies]], an increase from 58 in the [[1968 Singaporean general election|1968 elections]]. Like the previous elections, boundaries and constituencies were carved due to development or population; the newly added constituencies were:
The 65 members of [[Parliament of Singapore|Parliament]] were elected in [[List of Singaporean electoral divisions (1972–76)|65 single-member constituencies]], an increase from 58 in the [[1968 Singaporean general election|1968 elections]]. Like the previous elections, boundaries and constituencies were carved due to development or population; the newly added constituencies were:


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!Event
!Event
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| 16 August||Dissolution of 2nd Parliament
| 16 August||Dissolution of [[2nd Parliament of Singapore|2nd Parliament]]
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| 23 August||Nomination Day
| 23 August||Nomination Day
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| 2 September||Polling Day
| 2 September||Polling Day
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| 12 October||Opening of 3rd Parliament
| 12 October||Opening of [[3rd Parliament of Singapore|3rd Parliament]]
|}
|}


==Campaign==
==Campaign==
Unlike the previous elections in 1968, which saw the PAP returning to power after nomination day due to low number of contests (seven out of 58 seats), this election saw contests in all but eight seats. [[Barisan Sosialis]] renounced its boycott strategy and attempted to make a comeback, while the [[Workers' Party of Singapore|Workers' Party]] saw its rejuvenation with the introduction of its new secretary-general, also lawyer and former district judge, [[J. B. Jeyaretnam]] (who would later went to become the inaugural opposition Member of Parliament in 1981); former leader and ex-Chief Minister [[David Marshall (Singaporean politician)|David Marshall]] contemplated standing as an independent, but ultimately did not run due to a [[stingray]] wound. PAP candidate and architect [[Ong Teng Cheong]], who made his debut in the election, would later serve as a [[Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore|Deputy Prime Minister]] and also the first-elected (and fifth) [[President of Singapore]].
Unlike the previous elections in 1968, which saw the PAP returning to power after nomination day due to low number of contests (seven out of 58 seats), this election saw contests in all but eight seats. [[Barisan Sosialis]] renounced its boycott strategy and attempted to make a comeback, while the [[Workers' Party of Singapore|Workers' Party]] saw its rejuvenation with the introduction of its new secretary-general, also lawyer and former district judge, [[J. B. Jeyaretnam]] (who would later become the inaugural opposition Member of Parliament in 1981); former leader and ex-Chief Minister [[David Marshall (Singaporean politician)|David Marshall]] contemplated standing as an independent, but ultimately did not run due to a [[stingray]] wound. PAP candidate and architect [[Ong Teng Cheong]], who made his debut in the election, would later serve as a [[Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore|Deputy Prime Minister]] and also the first-elected (and fifth) [[President of Singapore]].


Describing the alternative opposition parties as having lost their credibility with swerving political manoeuvres, coupled with Singapore's strong economic progress and successful housing development, the PAP declared that Singaporeans no longer saw need for political diversity, claiming that this led to squabbling that would impede its effective governance.
Describing the alternative opposition parties as having lost their credibility with swerving political manoeuvres, coupled with Singapore's strong economic progress and successful housing development, the PAP declared that Singaporeans no longer saw need for political diversity, claiming that this led to squabbling that would impede its effective governance.
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Despite expectations that the PAP would not coast to victory and Prime Minister [[Lee Kuan Yew]] even anticipating that the PAP winning around 45 seats would be a convincing victory, the PAP still managed to capture every seat in Parliament for the second time.
Despite expectations that the PAP would not coast to victory and Prime Minister [[Lee Kuan Yew]] even anticipating that the PAP winning around 45 seats would be a convincing victory, the PAP still managed to capture every seat in Parliament for the second time.


<onlyinclude>{{Election results
<!-- tags placed so that election results may be transcluded in other articles -->
|image=[[File:Singapore Parliament 1971.svg]]
<onlyinclude>{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|party1=[[People's Action Party]]|votes1=524892|sw1=–16.29|seats1=65|sc1=+7
!Party
|party2=[[Workers' Party of Singapore|Workers' Party]]|votes2=90885|sw2=+8.18|seats2=0|sc2=0
|party3=United National Front|votes3=55001|sw3=New|seats3=0|sc3=New|color3=#33AACC
|party4=[[Barisan Sosialis]]|votes4=34483|sw4=New|seats4=0|sc4=New
|party5=[[People's Front (Singapore)|People's Front]]|votes5=22462|sw5=New|seats5=0|sc5=New
|party6=[[Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura]]|votes6=10054|sw6=New|seats6=0|sc6=New
|party7=Independents|votes7=7462|sw7=–8.27|seats7=0|sc7=0
|invalid=15229
|total_sc=+7
|electorate=908382
|turnout=93.55
|source=Nohlen et al., {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160517213021/http://singapore-elections.com/general-election/1972/index.html Singapore Elections]}}{{efn|95,456 of the 908,382 voters were registered in uncontested constituencies}}
}}</onlyinclude>

===By constituency===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Constituency
!Electorate
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidates
!Votes
!Votes
!%
!%
!Seats
!+/–
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Alexandra Single Member Constituency|Alexandra]]
|align=left|[[People's Action Party]]||524,892||70.4||65||+7
| rowspan="3" align="right"|24,499
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Wong Lin Ken]]'''
|align="right"|17,965
|align="right"|77.52
|-
|-
|align=left|[[Workers' Party of Singapore|Workers' Party]]||90,885||12.2||0||0
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Wong Kui Yu
|align="right"|3,782
|align="right"|16.32
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|align=left|United National Front||55,001||7.4||0||New
|United National Front
|S.A. Hamid
|align="right"|1,427
|align="right"|6.16
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Aljunied Single Member Constituency|Aljunied]]
|align=left|[[Barisan Sosialis]]||34,483||4.6||0||New
| rowspan="3" align="right"|19,278
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Chin Harn Tong]]'''
|align="right"|12,861
|align="right"|71.51
|-
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|align=left|[[People's Front (Singapore)|People's Front]]||22,462||3.0||0||New
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Lim Kang Chew
|align="right"|4,360
|align="right"|24.25
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|align=left|[[Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura]]||10,054||1.3||0||New
|United National Front
|Amir Ali bin Mohamed
|align="right"|762
|align="right"|4.24
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Anson SMC|Anson]]
|align=left|Independents||7,462||1.0||0||0
| rowspan="3" align="right"|8,171
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Perumal Govindaswamy'''
|align="right"|5,027
|align="right"|74.34
|-
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||15,229||–||–||–
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Tay Kim Oh
|align="right"|1,291
|align="right"|19.09
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''760,468'''||'''100'''||'''65'''||'''+7'''
|United National Front
|Paul C. Kunjuraman
|align="right"|444
|align="right"|6.57
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Boon Teck Single Member Constituency|Boon Teck]]
|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||812,926||93.5||–||–
| rowspan="2" align="right"|15,958
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Phey Yew Kok]]'''
|align="right"|9,947
|align="right"|66.75
|-
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Front (Singapore)}}|
|colspan=5 align=left|Source: Nohlen et al.
|[[People's Front (Singapore)|People's Front]]
|}</onlyinclude>
|Lim Thiam Hock
|align="right"|4,954
|align="right"|33.25
|-
|[[Bras Basah Single Member Constituency|Bras Basah]]
|align="right"|8,323
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Ho See Beng'''
| colspan="2" |''Uncontested''
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency|Bukit Batok]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|14,563
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Chai Chong Yii]]'''
|align="right"|9,765
|align="right"|73.78
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Rengaswamy Vetrivelu
|align="right"|3,471
|align="right"|26.22
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Bukit Ho Swee Single Member Constituency|Bukit Ho Swee]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|12,212
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Seah Mui Kok'''
|align="right"|7,862
|align="right"|68.77
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Barisan Sosialis}}|
|[[Barisan Sosialis]]
|Chin Tian Choo
|align="right"|2,209
|align="right"|19.32
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Wee Kia Eng
|align="right"|1,361
|align="right"|11.91
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Bukit Merah Single Member Constituency|Bukit Merah]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|13,960
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Lim Guan Hoo]]'''
|align="right"|9,044
|align="right"|69.33
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Kho Jiak Hiong
|align="right"|2,042
|align="right"|15.65
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Barisan Sosialis}}|
|[[Barisan Sosialis]]
|Said bin Jali
|align="right"|1,958
|align="right"|15.02
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Bukit Panjang Single Member Constituency|Bukit Panjang]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|15,461
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Lee Yiok Seng'''
|align="right"|9,527
|align="right"|67.65
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Tang Song Khiang
|align="right"|3,496
|align="right"|24.82
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Leyu Tan Jib
|align="right"|1,060
|align="right"|7.53
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency|Bukit Timah]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|15,476
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Chor Yeok Eng]]'''
|align="right"|9,475
|align="right"|66.78
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Barisan Sosialis}}|
|[[Barisan Sosialis]]
|Krishnan K. Nair
|align="right"|4,714
|align="right"|33.22
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Cairnhill Single Member Constituency|Cairnhill]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|11,952
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Lim Kim San]]'''
|align="right"|8,458
|align="right"|80.92
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Paul Elisha
|align="right"|1,994
|align="right"|19.08
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Changi SMC|Changi]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|18,297
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Sim Boon Woo'''
|align="right"|10,512
|align="right"|62.42
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Normah binte Yahya
|align="right"|4,917
|align="right"|29.20
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Omar bin Ninggal
|align="right"|1,412
|align="right"|8.38
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency|Chua Chu Kang]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|15,669
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Tang See Chim'''
|align="right"|9,002
|align="right"|62.36
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Barisan Sosialis}}|
|[[Barisan Sosialis]]
|Ng Ah Chue
|align="right"|5,434
|align="right"|37.64
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Crawford Single Member Constituency|Crawford]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|9,285
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Ang Kok Peng]]'''
|align="right"|6,040
|align="right"|72.60
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Wu Kher
|align="right"|1,565
|align="right"|18.81
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|N. M. Abdul Wahid
|align="right"|714
|align="right"|8.59
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Delta Single Member Constituency|Delta]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|13,781
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Yeo Choo Kok'''
|align="right"|9,149
|align="right"|70.72
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Wong Hong Toy
|align="right"|2,186
|align="right"|16.90
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Barisan Sosialis}}|
|[[Barisan Sosialis]]
|Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Rahman
|align="right"|1,602
|align="right"|12.38
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Farrer Park Single Member Constituency|Farrer Park]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|12,707
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Lee Chiaw Meng]]'''
|align="right"|8,521
|align="right"|73.82
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|[[J. B. Jeyaretnam]]
|align="right"|2,668
|align="right"|23.11
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|S. A. Latiff
|align="right"|354
|align="right"|3.07
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Geylang East Single Member Constituency|Geylang East]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|16,580
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Ho Cheng Choon'''
|align="right"|9,692
|align="right"|64.24
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Kum Teng Hock
|align="right"|4,951
|align="right"|32.81
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Mohamed Elias bin Ibrahim
|align="right"|445
|align="right"|2.95
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Geylang Serai SMC|Geylang Serai]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|13,837
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Rahmat bin Kenap'''
|align="right"|6,711
|align="right"|53.59
|-
|bgcolor=#01CC00|
|[[Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura]]
|Ahmad bin Haji Taff
|align="right"|4,978
|align="right"|39.75
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Raja Rom bin Raja Jaafar
|align="right"|833
|align="right"|6.66
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Geylang West SMC|Geylang West]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|11,653
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Yong Nyuk Lin]]'''
|align="right"|7,320
|align="right"|69.28
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Quek Doh Lam
|align="right"|3,246
|align="right"|30.72
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Havelock Single Member Constituency|Havelock]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|10,849
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Hon Sui Sen]]'''
|align="right"|7,151
|align="right"|72.65
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Barisan Sosialis}}|
|[[Barisan Sosialis]]
|Harbans Singh
|align="right"|2,692
|align="right"|27.35
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Henderson Single Member Constituency|Henderson]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|9,431
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Lai Tha Chai'''
|align="right"|6,577
|align="right"|74.43
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Front (Singapore)}}|
|[[People's Front (Singapore)|People's Front]]
|Wong Wen Nan
|align="right"|2,260
|align="right"|25.57
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Hong Lim Single Member Constituency|Hong Lim]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|7,486
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Lee Khoon Choy]]'''
|align="right"|4,835
|align="right"|73.79
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Front (Singapore)}}|
|[[People's Front (Singapore)|People's Front]]
|Wong Kong Hoa
|align="right"|1,717
|align="right"|26.21
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Jalan Besar SMC|Jalan Besar]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|10,310
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Chan Chee Seng]]'''
|align="right"|7,794
|align="right"|83.86
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Johnnie Ng Kong Wah
|align="right"|1,500
|align="right"|16.14
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency|Jalan Kayu]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|14,982
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Hwang Soo Jin]]'''
|align="right"|8,283
|align="right"|59.42
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
| Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair
|align="right"|5,137
|align="right"|36.86
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Ong Seng Kok
|align="right"|518
|align="right"|3.72
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Joo Chiat SMC|Joo Chiat]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|15,684
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Yeoh Ghim Seng]]'''
|align="right"|11,669
|align="right"|83.49
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|William James Cook
|align="right"|2,307
|align="right"|16.51
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Jurong SMC|Jurong]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|15,348
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Ho Kah Leong]]'''
|align="right"|10,741
|align="right"|76.43
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Ng Soon Hee
|align="right"|3,312
|align="right"|23.57
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Kallang Single Member Constituency|Kallang]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|17,232
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Abdul Aziz bin Karim'''
|align="right"|12,626
|align="right"|79.75
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Sultan Mydin bin Abdul Hamid
|align="right"|3,205
|align="right"|20.25
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Kampong Chai Chee SMC|Kampong Chai Chee]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|15,564
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Sha'ari bin Tadin'''
|align="right"|7,458
|align="right"|52.39
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Barisan Sosialis}}|
|[[Barisan Sosialis]]
|Ng Yang Choo
|align="right"|4,188
|align="right"|29.42
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Hashim bin Yadi
|align="right"|2,590
|align="right"|18.19
|-
|[[Kampong Glam SMC|Kampong Glam]]
|align="right"|7,542
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[S. Rajaratnam]]'''
| colspan="2" |''Uncontested''
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Kampong Kapor Single Member Constituency|Kampong Kapor]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|9,361
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Yeo Toon Chia]]'''
|align="right"|6,132
|align="right"|73.15
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Chng Boon Eng
|align="right"|2,251
|align="right"|26.85
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Kampong Kembangan Single Member Constituency|Kampong Kembangan]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|18,480
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Mohamed Ariff bin Suradi'''
|align="right"|9,671
|align="right"|57.53
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Othman bin Abdullah
|align="right"|5,451
|align="right"|32.43
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Kamaruddin bin Hassan
|align="right"|1,687
|align="right"|10.04
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Kampong Ubi Single Member Constituency|Kampong Ubi]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|15,431
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Ya'acob bin Mohamed'''
|align="right"|8,030
|align="right"|56.86
|-
|bgcolor=#01CC00|
|[[Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura]]
|Abdul Rahman bin Mohamed Zin
|align="right"|5,076
|align="right"|35.94
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Darus bin Shariff
|align="right"|1,017
|align="right"|7.20
|-
|[[Katong Single Member Constituency|Katong]]
|align="right"|16,766
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Joseph Francis De Conceicao'''
| colspan="2" |''Uncontested''
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Kim Keat Single Member Constituency|Kim Keat]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|14,640
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Ong Teng Cheong]]'''
|align="right"|10,262
|align="right"|74.00
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Seow Khee Leng
|align="right"|3,022
|align="right"|21.79
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Winston J. Paglar
|align="right"|583
|align="right"|4.21
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Kim Seng Single Member Constituency|Kim Seng]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|12,893
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Ong Leong Boon]]'''
|align="right"|8,178
|align="right"|67.74
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Heng Swee Tong
|align="right"|3,895
|align="right"|32.26
|-
|[[Kreta Ayer Single Member Constituency|Kreta Ayer]]
|align="right"|9,627
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Goh Keng Swee]]'''
| colspan="2" |''Uncontested''
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Kuo Chuan Single Member Constituency|Kuo Chuan]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|15,142
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Pathmanaban Selvadurai]]'''
|align="right"|10,523
|align="right"|73.69
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Barisan Sosialis}}|
|[[Barisan Sosialis]]
|P. Manokaran
|align="right"|3,757
|align="right"|26.31
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Leng Kee Single Member Constituency|Leng Kee]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|17,158
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Ahmad Mattar]]'''
|align="right"|10,929
|align="right"|68.28
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Ng Ho
|align="right"|4,036
|align="right"|25.21
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|N. Loganathan
|align="right"|1,042
|align="right"|6.51
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[MacPherson Single Member Constituency|MacPherson]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|15,637
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Chua Sian Chin]]'''
|align="right"|10,117
|align="right"|68.76
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Lee Tow Kiat
|align="right"|4,597
|align="right"|31.24
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Moulmein Single Member Constituency|Moulmein]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|11,144
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Sia Khoon Seong'''
|align="right"|7,412
|align="right"|72.43
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Cheng Poh Yew
|align="right"|2,822
|align="right"|27.57
|-
|[[Mountbatten SMC|Mountbatten]]
|align="right"|14,396
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Ng Yeow Chong'''
| colspan="2" |''Uncontested''
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Nee Soon SMC|Nee Soon]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|17,061
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Ong Soo Chuan'''
|align="right"|11,636
|align="right"|73.29
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Yap Fatt Shing
|align="right"|4,240
|align="right"|26.71
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Pasir Panjang Single Member Constituency|Pasir Panjang]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|13,964
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Othman Wok]]'''
|align="right"|9,209
|align="right"|71.77
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Syed Ahmad bin Syed Husain
|align="right"|3,623
|align="right"|28.23
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Paya Lebar Single Member Constituency|Paya Lebar]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|19,102
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Tay Boon Too'''
|align="right"|11,073
|align="right"|61.59
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Tan Poh Seng
|align="right"|5,361
|align="right"|29.82
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Independent (politician)}}|
|Independent
|Kow Kee Seng
|align="right"|1,545
|align="right"|8.59
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency|Potong Pasir]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|13,103
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Ivan Cuthbert Baptist'''
|align="right"|7,772
|align="right"|66.22
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Rajaratnam Murugason
|align="right"|3,391
|align="right"|28.89
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Harnek Singh
|align="right"|573
|align="right"|4.89
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Punggol SMC|Punggol]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|15,303
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Ng Kah Ting]]'''
|align="right"|8,215
|align="right"|58.13
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Independent (politician)}}|
|Independent
|Ng Teng Kian
|align="right"|5,917
|align="right"|41.87
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Queenstown Single Member Constituency|Queenstown]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|18,458
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Jek Yeun Thong]]'''
|align="right"|14,200
|align="right"|81.24
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Chua Eng Huat
|align="right"|2,504
|align="right"|28.89
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Lew Ban Huat
|align="right"|775
|align="right"|4.43
|-
|[[River Valley Single Member Constituency|River Valley]]
|align="right"|12,189
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Tan Eng Liang'''
| colspan="2" |''Uncontested''
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Rochore Single Member Constituency|Rochore]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|11,589
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Toh Chin Chye]]'''
|align="right"|6,218
|align="right"|60.40
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Barisan Sosialis}}|
|[[Barisan Sosialis]]
|[[Lee Siew Choh]]
|align="right"|4,076
|align="right"|39.60
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Sembawang Single Member Constituency|Sembawang]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|12,217
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Teong Eng Siong'''
|align="right"|8,466
|align="right"|77.36
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Mohd Arif bin Sahul Hameed
|align="right"|2,478
|align="right"|22.64
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Sepoy Lines Single Member Constituency|Sepoy Lines]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|12,308
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Wee Toon Boon'''
|align="right"|9,160
|align="right"|81.30
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Ho Soo Hock
|align="right"|2,107
|align="right"|18.70
|-
|[[Serangoon Gardens Single Member Constituency|Serangoon Gardens]]
|align="right"|13,836
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Leonard Peter Rodrigo'''
| colspan="2" |''Uncontested''
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Siglap Single Member Constituency|Siglap]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|16,091
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Abdul Rahim Ishak]]'''
|align="right"|11,456
|align="right"|78.63
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Ariffin bin Noordin
|align="right"|2,529
|align="right"|17.36
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Yahiya bin Haji Mohamed Ghouse
|align="right"|584
|align="right"|4.01
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Stamford Single Member Constituency|Stamford]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|8,212
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Andrew Fong Sip Chee]]'''
|align="right"|5,083
|align="right"|71.77
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Chiang Seok Keong
|align="right"|1,999
|align="right"|28.23
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Tampines SMC|Tampines]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|15,302
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Phua Bah Lee]]'''
|align="right"|9,049
|align="right"|64.30
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Front (Singapore)}}|
|[[People's Front (Singapore)|People's Front]]
|Tan Sim Hock
|align="right"|5,025
|align="right"|35.70
|-
|[[Tanglin Single Member Constituency|Tanglin]]
|align="right"|12,777
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Edmund W. Barker]]'''
| colspan="2" |''Uncontested''
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Tanjong Pagar Single Member Constituency|Tanjong Pagar]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|9,946
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Lee Kuan Yew]]'''
|align="right"|7,542
|align="right"|84.08
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Front (Singapore)}}|
|[[People's Front (Singapore)|People's Front]]
|Leong Mun Kwai
|align="right"|1,428
|align="right"|15.92
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Telok Ayer Single Member Constituency|Telok Ayer]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|10,547
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Ong Pang Boon]]'''
|align="right"|7,612
|align="right"|83.98
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Ng Oh Chew
|align="right"|1,452
|align="right"|16.02
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Telok Blangah Single Member Constituency|Telok Blangah]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|14,624
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''N. Naidu Govindasamy'''
|align="right"|7,669
|align="right"|57.92
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Zainul Abiddin bin Mohd Shah
|align="right"|4,714
|align="right"|35.60
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Muthusamy Ramasamy
|align="right"|858
|align="right"|6.48
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Thomson Single Member Constituency|Thomson]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|18,702
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Ang Nam Piau'''
|align="right"|12,378
|align="right"|72.55
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Front (Singapore)}}|
|[[People's Front (Singapore)|People's Front]]
|Wong Chung Kit
|align="right"|4,683
|align="right"|27.45
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Tiong Bahru Single Member Constituency|Tiong Bahru]]
| rowspan="3" align="right"|17,394
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''[[Ch'ng Jit Koon]]'''
|align="right"|11,991
|align="right"|75.62
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Workers' Party of Singapore}}|
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|Seow Yong Chew
|align="right"|2,972
|align="right"|18.74
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Lee Kah Chit
|align="right"|894
|align="right"|5.64
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Toa Payoh Single Member Constituency|Toa Payoh]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|15,742
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Eric Cheong Yuen Chee'''
|align="right"|10,884
|align="right"|73.85
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Barisan Sosialis}}|
|[[Barisan Sosialis]]
|Tay Cheng Kang
|align="right"|3,853
|align="right"|26.15
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Ulu Pandan Single Member Constituency|Ulu Pandan]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|14,485
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Chiang Hai Ding'''
|align="right"|9,378
|align="right"|71.83
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Ang Kheng Kwan
|align="right"|3,678
|align="right"|28.17
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Upper Serangoon Single Member Constituency|Upper Serangoon]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|16,621
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Sia Kah Hui'''
|align="right"|11,862
|align="right"|77.72
|-
|bgcolor=#33AACC|
|United National Front
|Lim Kia Joo
|align="right"|3,401
|align="right"|22.28
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Whampoa Single Member Constituency|Whampoa]]
| rowspan="2" align="right"|12,044
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Action Party}}|
|[[People's Action Party]]
|'''Augustine Tan Hui Heng'''
|align="right"|8,773
|align="right"|78.55
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Front (Singapore)}}|
|[[People's Front (Singapore)|People's Front]]
|Phang Juet Haw
|align="right"|2,395
|align="right"|21.45
|- class=sortbottom
| colspan="7" |Source: [https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1972.html ELD] {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190806045817/http://www.singapore-elections.com/general-election/1972/ Singapore Elections]}}
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Latest revision as of 04:43, 5 November 2024

1972 Singaporean general election
← 1968 2 September 1972 1976 →
All 65 seats in Parliament
33 seats needed for a majority
Registered812,926
Turnout93.55% (Increase 1.72pp)
  First party
 
Leader Lee Kuan Yew
Party PAP
Last election 86.72%, 58 seats
Seats won 65
Seat change Increase 7
Popular vote 524,892
Percentage 70.43%
Swing Decrease 16.29pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Lee Kuan Yew
PAP

Prime Minister after election

Lee Kuan Yew
PAP

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General elections were held in Singapore on 2 September 1972. The result was a fourth victory for the People's Action Party, which won all 65 seats, the second of four consecutive elections in which they repeated the feat. Voter turnout was 93.5% in the 57 constituencies (which represented 812,926 voters) that were contested,[1] with PAP candidates elected unopposed in the other eight, which represents 95,456 voters.[2]

Electoral system

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See also: List of Singaporean electoral divisions (1972–76)

The 65 members of Parliament were elected in 65 single-member constituencies, an increase from 58 in the 1968 elections. Like the previous elections, boundaries and constituencies were carved due to development or population; the newly added constituencies were:

Constituency Changes
New Constituencies
Boon Teck
Kim Keat
Kuo Chuan		 Carved from Toa Payoh
Bukit Batok Carved from Bukit Panjang, Bukit Timah and Choa Chu Kang
Henderson Carved from Tiong Bahru
Kim Seng Carved from Bukit Ho Swee and Delta
Leng Kee Carved from Bukit Merah

Timeline

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Date Event
16 August Dissolution of 2nd Parliament
23 August Nomination Day
2 September Polling Day
12 October Opening of 3rd Parliament

Campaign

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Unlike the previous elections in 1968, which saw the PAP returning to power after nomination day due to low number of contests (seven out of 58 seats), this election saw contests in all but eight seats. Barisan Sosialis renounced its boycott strategy and attempted to make a comeback, while the Workers' Party saw its rejuvenation with the introduction of its new secretary-general, also lawyer and former district judge, J. B. Jeyaretnam (who would later become the inaugural opposition Member of Parliament in 1981); former leader and ex-Chief Minister David Marshall contemplated standing as an independent, but ultimately did not run due to a stingray wound. PAP candidate and architect Ong Teng Cheong, who made his debut in the election, would later serve as a Deputy Prime Minister and also the first-elected (and fifth) President of Singapore.

Describing the alternative opposition parties as having lost their credibility with swerving political manoeuvres, coupled with Singapore's strong economic progress and successful housing development, the PAP declared that Singaporeans no longer saw need for political diversity, claiming that this led to squabbling that would impede its effective governance.

Results

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Despite expectations that the PAP would not coast to victory and Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew even anticipating that the PAP winning around 45 seats would be a convincing victory, the PAP still managed to capture every seat in Parliament for the second time.

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
People's Action Party524,89270.43–16.2965+7
Workers' Party90,88512.20+8.1800
United National Front55,0017.38New0New
Barisan Sosialis34,4834.63New0New
People's Front22,4623.01New0New
Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura10,0541.35New0New
Independents7,4621.00–8.2700
Total745,239100.00–65+7
Valid votes745,23998.00
Invalid/blank votes15,2292.00
Total votes760,468100.00
Registered voters/turnout908,38293.55
Source: Nohlen et al., Singapore Elections[usurped][a]

By constituency

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Constituency Electorate Party Candidates Votes %
Alexandra 24,499 People's Action Party Wong Lin Ken 17,965 77.52
Workers' Party Wong Kui Yu 3,782 16.32
United National Front S.A. Hamid 1,427 6.16
Aljunied 19,278 People's Action Party Chin Harn Tong 12,861 71.51
Workers' Party Lim Kang Chew 4,360 24.25
United National Front Amir Ali bin Mohamed 762 4.24
Anson 8,171 People's Action Party Perumal Govindaswamy 5,027 74.34
Workers' Party Tay Kim Oh 1,291 19.09
United National Front Paul C. Kunjuraman 444 6.57
Boon Teck 15,958 People's Action Party Phey Yew Kok 9,947 66.75
People's Front Lim Thiam Hock 4,954 33.25
Bras Basah 8,323 People's Action Party Ho See Beng Uncontested
Bukit Batok 14,563 People's Action Party Chai Chong Yii 9,765 73.78
United National Front Rengaswamy Vetrivelu 3,471 26.22
Bukit Ho Swee 12,212 People's Action Party Seah Mui Kok 7,862 68.77
Barisan Sosialis Chin Tian Choo 2,209 19.32
Workers' Party Wee Kia Eng 1,361 11.91
Bukit Merah 13,960 People's Action Party Lim Guan Hoo 9,044 69.33
Workers' Party Kho Jiak Hiong 2,042 15.65
Barisan Sosialis Said bin Jali 1,958 15.02
Bukit Panjang 15,461 People's Action Party Lee Yiok Seng 9,527 67.65
Workers' Party Tang Song Khiang 3,496 24.82
United National Front Leyu Tan Jib 1,060 7.53
Bukit Timah 15,476 People's Action Party Chor Yeok Eng 9,475 66.78
Barisan Sosialis Krishnan K. Nair 4,714 33.22
Cairnhill 11,952 People's Action Party Lim Kim San 8,458 80.92
United National Front Paul Elisha 1,994 19.08
Changi 18,297 People's Action Party Sim Boon Woo 10,512 62.42
Workers' Party Normah binte Yahya 4,917 29.20
United National Front Omar bin Ninggal 1,412 8.38
Chua Chu Kang 15,669 People's Action Party Tang See Chim 9,002 62.36
Barisan Sosialis Ng Ah Chue 5,434 37.64
Crawford 9,285 People's Action Party Ang Kok Peng 6,040 72.60
Workers' Party Wu Kher 1,565 18.81
United National Front N. M. Abdul Wahid 714 8.59
Delta 13,781 People's Action Party Yeo Choo Kok 9,149 70.72
Workers' Party Wong Hong Toy 2,186 16.90
Barisan Sosialis Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Rahman 1,602 12.38
Farrer Park 12,707 People's Action Party Lee Chiaw Meng 8,521 73.82
Workers' Party J. B. Jeyaretnam 2,668 23.11
United National Front S. A. Latiff 354 3.07
Geylang East 16,580 People's Action Party Ho Cheng Choon 9,692 64.24
Workers' Party Kum Teng Hock 4,951 32.81
United National Front Mohamed Elias bin Ibrahim 445 2.95
Geylang Serai 13,837 People's Action Party Rahmat bin Kenap 6,711 53.59
Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura Ahmad bin Haji Taff 4,978 39.75
United National Front Raja Rom bin Raja Jaafar 833 6.66
Geylang West 11,653 People's Action Party Yong Nyuk Lin 7,320 69.28
Workers' Party Quek Doh Lam 3,246 30.72
Havelock 10,849 People's Action Party Hon Sui Sen 7,151 72.65
Barisan Sosialis Harbans Singh 2,692 27.35
Henderson 9,431 People's Action Party Lai Tha Chai 6,577 74.43
People's Front Wong Wen Nan 2,260 25.57
Hong Lim 7,486 People's Action Party Lee Khoon Choy 4,835 73.79
People's Front Wong Kong Hoa 1,717 26.21
Jalan Besar 10,310 People's Action Party Chan Chee Seng 7,794 83.86
United National Front Johnnie Ng Kong Wah 1,500 16.14
Jalan Kayu 14,982 People's Action Party Hwang Soo Jin 8,283 59.42
Workers' Party Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair 5,137 36.86
United National Front Ong Seng Kok 518 3.72
Joo Chiat 15,684 People's Action Party Yeoh Ghim Seng 11,669 83.49
United National Front William James Cook 2,307 16.51
Jurong 15,348 People's Action Party Ho Kah Leong 10,741 76.43
United National Front Ng Soon Hee 3,312 23.57
Kallang 17,232 People's Action Party Abdul Aziz bin Karim 12,626 79.75
United National Front Sultan Mydin bin Abdul Hamid 3,205 20.25
Kampong Chai Chee 15,564 People's Action Party Sha'ari bin Tadin 7,458 52.39
Barisan Sosialis Ng Yang Choo 4,188 29.42
Workers' Party Hashim bin Yadi 2,590 18.19
Kampong Glam 7,542 People's Action Party S. Rajaratnam Uncontested
Kampong Kapor 9,361 People's Action Party Yeo Toon Chia 6,132 73.15
United National Front Chng Boon Eng 2,251 26.85
Kampong Kembangan 18,480 People's Action Party Mohamed Ariff bin Suradi 9,671 57.53
Workers' Party Othman bin Abdullah 5,451 32.43
United National Front Kamaruddin bin Hassan 1,687 10.04
Kampong Ubi 15,431 People's Action Party Ya'acob bin Mohamed 8,030 56.86
Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura Abdul Rahman bin Mohamed Zin 5,076 35.94
United National Front Darus bin Shariff 1,017 7.20
Katong 16,766 People's Action Party Joseph Francis De Conceicao Uncontested
Kim Keat 14,640 People's Action Party Ong Teng Cheong 10,262 74.00
Workers' Party Seow Khee Leng 3,022 21.79
United National Front Winston J. Paglar 583 4.21
Kim Seng 12,893 People's Action Party Ong Leong Boon 8,178 67.74
Workers' Party Heng Swee Tong 3,895 32.26
Kreta Ayer 9,627 People's Action Party Goh Keng Swee Uncontested
Kuo Chuan 15,142 People's Action Party Pathmanaban Selvadurai 10,523 73.69
Barisan Sosialis P. Manokaran 3,757 26.31
Leng Kee 17,158 People's Action Party Ahmad Mattar 10,929 68.28
Workers' Party Ng Ho 4,036 25.21
United National Front N. Loganathan 1,042 6.51
MacPherson 15,637 People's Action Party Chua Sian Chin 10,117 68.76
Workers' Party Lee Tow Kiat 4,597 31.24
Moulmein 11,144 People's Action Party Sia Khoon Seong 7,412 72.43
Workers' Party Cheng Poh Yew 2,822 27.57
Mountbatten 14,396 People's Action Party Ng Yeow Chong Uncontested
Nee Soon 17,061 People's Action Party Ong Soo Chuan 11,636 73.29
United National Front Yap Fatt Shing 4,240 26.71
Pasir Panjang 13,964 People's Action Party Othman Wok 9,209 71.77
United National Front Syed Ahmad bin Syed Husain 3,623 28.23
Paya Lebar 19,102 People's Action Party Tay Boon Too 11,073 61.59
Workers' Party Tan Poh Seng 5,361 29.82
Independent Kow Kee Seng 1,545 8.59
Potong Pasir 13,103 People's Action Party Ivan Cuthbert Baptist 7,772 66.22
Workers' Party Rajaratnam Murugason 3,391 28.89
United National Front Harnek Singh 573 4.89
Punggol 15,303 People's Action Party Ng Kah Ting 8,215 58.13
Independent Ng Teng Kian 5,917 41.87
Queenstown 18,458 People's Action Party Jek Yeun Thong 14,200 81.24
Workers' Party Chua Eng Huat 2,504 28.89
United National Front Lew Ban Huat 775 4.43
River Valley 12,189 People's Action Party Tan Eng Liang Uncontested
Rochore 11,589 People's Action Party Toh Chin Chye 6,218 60.40
Barisan Sosialis Lee Siew Choh 4,076 39.60
Sembawang 12,217 People's Action Party Teong Eng Siong 8,466 77.36
United National Front Mohd Arif bin Sahul Hameed 2,478 22.64
Sepoy Lines 12,308 People's Action Party Wee Toon Boon 9,160 81.30
United National Front Ho Soo Hock 2,107 18.70
Serangoon Gardens 13,836 People's Action Party Leonard Peter Rodrigo Uncontested
Siglap 16,091 People's Action Party Abdul Rahim Ishak 11,456 78.63
Workers' Party Ariffin bin Noordin 2,529 17.36
United National Front Yahiya bin Haji Mohamed Ghouse 584 4.01
Stamford 8,212 People's Action Party Andrew Fong Sip Chee 5,083 71.77
Workers' Party Chiang Seok Keong 1,999 28.23
Tampines 15,302 People's Action Party Phua Bah Lee 9,049 64.30
People's Front Tan Sim Hock 5,025 35.70
Tanglin 12,777 People's Action Party Edmund W. Barker Uncontested
Tanjong Pagar 9,946 People's Action Party Lee Kuan Yew 7,542 84.08
People's Front Leong Mun Kwai 1,428 15.92
Telok Ayer 10,547 People's Action Party Ong Pang Boon 7,612 83.98
United National Front Ng Oh Chew 1,452 16.02
Telok Blangah 14,624 People's Action Party N. Naidu Govindasamy 7,669 57.92
Workers' Party Zainul Abiddin bin Mohd Shah 4,714 35.60
United National Front Muthusamy Ramasamy 858 6.48
Thomson 18,702 People's Action Party Ang Nam Piau 12,378 72.55
People's Front Wong Chung Kit 4,683 27.45
Tiong Bahru 17,394 People's Action Party Ch'ng Jit Koon 11,991 75.62
Workers' Party Seow Yong Chew 2,972 18.74
United National Front Lee Kah Chit 894 5.64
Toa Payoh 15,742 People's Action Party Eric Cheong Yuen Chee 10,884 73.85
Barisan Sosialis Tay Cheng Kang 3,853 26.15
Ulu Pandan 14,485 People's Action Party Chiang Hai Ding 9,378 71.83
United National Front Ang Kheng Kwan 3,678 28.17
Upper Serangoon 16,621 People's Action Party Sia Kah Hui 11,862 77.72
United National Front Lim Kia Joo 3,401 22.28
Whampoa 12,044 People's Action Party Augustine Tan Hui Heng 8,773 78.55
People's Front Phang Juet Haw 2,395 21.45
Source: ELD Singapore Elections[usurped]

Notes

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  1. ^ 95,456 of the 908,382 voters were registered in uncontested constituencies

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p254 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ^ Parliamentary general election 1972[usurped] Singapore Elections
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