Singapore general election, 1968

Singaporean general election, 1968

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19 April 1968

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All 58 seats to the Parliament of Singapore
30 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout

91.8%

	Majority party

Leader	Lee Kuan Yew
Party	PAP
Leader's seat	Tanjong Pagar
Last election	37 seats, 46.9%
Seats won	58
Seat change	21
Popular vote	65,812
Percentage	86.7%
Swing	39.8%

Prime Minister before election

Lee Kuan Yew
PAP

Elected Prime Minister

Lee Kuan Yew
PAP

General elections were held in Singapore on 19 April 1968, the first as an independent state following the island's expulsion from Malaysia. The elections were boycotted by all opposition parties except the Workers Party, which only contested two constituencies. With five independents also running, only seven seats were contested, resulting in People's Action Party (PAP) candidates returned unopposed in the other 51 seats, meaning the party had won the elections before voting took place.

Although the total electorate was 759,367, only 84,883 voters lived in contested seats;Farrer Park, Geylang Serai, Jalan Kayu, Kampong Ubi, Moulmein, Nee Soon and Tanjong Pagar.

Following the resignations of eleven MPs from Barisan Sosialis (BS) and two other BS MPs fleeing Singapore to escape the Internal Security Department, Parliament was left with only PAP MPs.

The 58 members of Parliament were elected in 58 single-member constituencies, an increase from 51 in the 1963 elections.

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