1976 Singaporean general election

1976 Singaporean general election

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All 69 seats in Parliament
35 seats needed for a majority
Registered857,297
Turnout95.08% (Increase 1.53pp)
  First party
 
Leader Lee Kuan Yew
Party PAP
Last election 70.43%, 65 seats
Seats won 69
Seat change Increase4
Popular vote 590,169
Percentage 74.09%
Swing Increase 3.66pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Lee Kuan Yew
PAP

Prime Minister after election

Lee Kuan Yew
PAP

General elections were held in Singapore on 23 December 1976. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party, which won all 69 seats, the third of four consecutive elections in which they repeated the feat. Voter turnout was 95%, out of 857,297 voters eligible (from the total electorate of 1,095,817) from the 53 contested constituencies.[1][2]

  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 1976 Singapore Elections