Singapore People's Alliance

Singapore People's Alliance
Chinese name新加坡人民联盟
Malay namePerikatan Rakyat Singapura
FounderLim Yew Hock[1][2]
Founded10 November 1958; 65 years ago (1958-11-10)
Dissolved16 May 1965; 59 years ago (1965-05-16)
Preceded byLiberal Socialist Party
IdeologySocialism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationSingapore Alliance Party

The Singapore People's Alliance was a political coalition in Singapore founded in 1958, comprising the Labour Front and Liberal Socialist Party. It has never won any seats in the Parliament of Singapore. However, the party did win 4 seats to the Singaporean Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1959 under the leadership of former Chief Minister Lim Yew Hock, with a popular vote of 107,755 or 20.7% of the total number of votes. Following the election, the Liberal Socialist Party merged into it.[3]

  1. ^ "Man who thumped the Reds". Straits Times. 1 December 1984.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Singapore Elections was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Lau, Albert (1998). A Moment of Anguish: Singapore in Malaysia and the Politics of Disengagement. Singapore: Times Academic Press. ISBN 981-210-1349.