1959 PAP prime ministerial election

Singapore PAP Prime Ministerial Election, 1959

30 May 1959
12 votes from the Central Executive Committee of PAP (excluding Chairman)
Candidate Lee Kuan Yew Ong Eng Guan Party PAP PAP Popular vote 6 + C[1] 6 Percentage 50% 50%
Elected Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew PAP

This is the only Prime Ministerial Election in Singapore history. The People's Action Party Central Executive Committee met on the victory of the 1959 Singaporean general election to elect a Prime Minister.^[1] At the end of the election, Lee Kuan Yew won by a mere 1 vote, that was voted by the then party Chairman Toh Chin Chye.