Citizens' Party (Singapore)
Citizens' Party | |
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| Chinese name | 公民党 |
| Malay name | Parti Warganegara |
| Founder | Seah Peng Chuan |
| Founded | 25 February 1959 |
| Merged into | Workers' Party |
The Citizens' Party (Chinese: 公民党; pinyin: Gōng Mín Dǎng) was a political party in Singapore.
History
[edit]The party was established on 25 February 1959 by Seah Peng Chuan. Seah had been elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1955 elections as a member of the Labour Front, but had left the party to sit as an independent.[1]
In the May 1959 elections the party nominated five candidates for the 51 seats in the Assembly. However, it received only 0.6% of the vote and failed to win a seat.
The party subsequently merged into the Workers' Party on 13 September 1960.[1]
Election results
[edit]Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | Position | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contested | Total | ||||||||
| Seats | Won | Lost | |||||||
| 1959 | Seah Peng Chuan | 3,210 | 0.62% | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 / 51
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8th | No seats |
Seats Contested
[edit]| Election | Constituencies contested | Contested Vote %[2] |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Kallang, Kampong Kapor, Telok Ayer, Telok Blangah, Upper Serangoon | 5.6% |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Citizens' Party Singapore Elections
- ^ "Singapore Elections".
Parenthesis indicate seats represented in the Parliament of Singapore | |||||
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Notes: † The party has yet to contest in an election.
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