The Citizens' Party () was a political party in
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 ...
.
History
The party was established on 25 February 1959 by
Seah Peng Chuan. Seah had been elected to the
Legislative Assembly in
1955 elections as a member of the
Labour Front
The Labour Front (abbreviation: LF), was a political party in Singapore that operated from 1955 to 1960. It won the 1955 legislative assembly election, and lasted for one term as the ruling coalition.
History
LF was founded in 25 August 1954 ...
, but had left the party to sit as an independent.
[Citizens' Party]
Singapore Elections
In the
May 1959 elections the party nominated five candidates for the 51 seats in the Assembly. However, it received only 0.6% of the vote and failed to win a seat.
The party subsequently merged into the
Workers' Party
Workers' Party is a name used by several political parties throughout the world. The name has been used by both organisations on the left and right of the political spectrum. It is currently used by followers of Marxism, Marxism–Leninism, Maoism ...
on 13 September 1960.
Election results
Legislative Assembly
Seats Contested
References
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Defunct political parties in Singapore
Political parties established in 1959
1959 establishments in Singapore
Political parties disestablished in 1960
1960 disestablishments in Singapore