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The People's Front ( PF) was a short-lived
Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
an political party that was registered on 21 May 1971 where some members from a faction of
Barisan Sosialis Barisan Sosialis (BS), also known as the Socialist Front, is a defunct left-wing political party in Singapore. It was formed on 29 July 1961 and was officially registered on 13 August 1961 by the leftist faction of the People's Action Party (PA ...
(BS) that was mostly Chinese-speaking had decided to resign from BS. However, their existence was only prominent in 1972 election because by November 1976, most of its members had instead chose to join
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where the 1976 general election was held in December 1976. Eventually after 1976 general election, the few remaining party members who participated had decided to join
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instead, and the party was left dormant.


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Background of People's Front (Singapore)
Defunct political parties in Singapore Political parties established in 1971 1971 establishments in Singapore {{Singapore-party-stub