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The Democratic Party (
abbreviation An abbreviation (from Latin ''brevis'', meaning ''short'') is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method. It may consist of a group of letters or words taken from the full version of the word or phrase; for example, the word ''abbrevia ...
: DP; ) was a short-lived political party in
Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
that was registered on 11 February 1955 by the people from the Mandarin-speaking bourgeois who were members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.


History

At the time, it was one of the two largest parties in Singapore (The other party was
Progressive Party Progressive Party may refer to: Active parties * Progressive Party, Brazil * Progressive Party (Chile) * Progressive Party of Working People, Cyprus * Dominica Progressive Party * Progressive Party (Iceland) * Progressive Party (Sardinia), Ita ...
(PP), who won the 1948 elections) as both parties had sent more than 20 candidates out of the total 25 seats before the emergence of
Labour Front The Labour Front is a defunct political party in Singapore that operated from 1955 to 1960. History The Labour Front was founded to contest the 1955 legislative elections by David Saul Marshall, Singapore's first chief minister and Lim Yew Ho ...
who became the ruling party after the 1955 elections (That sent 17 candidates and won 10 of them) and the
People's Action Party The People's Action Party (abbreviation: PAP) is a major conservative centre-right political party in Singapore and is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the opposition Workers' Party (WP) and ...
that was the ruling party of
Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
after 1959 elections. Despite being the two largest parties in Singapore, the Democratic and Progressive parties decided to merge in order to form the
Liberal Socialist Party The Liberal Socialist Party ( abbreviation: LSP) was a political party in the Singapore. It was formed in the 1950s from the merger of the Singapore Progressive Party (SPP) and the Democratic Party (DP), the latter not to be confused with the ...
(LSP) at 5 February 1956, only to be wound up a few years later.


See also

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Progressive Party Progressive Party may refer to: Active parties * Progressive Party, Brazil * Progressive Party (Chile) * Progressive Party of Working People, Cyprus * Dominica Progressive Party * Progressive Party (Iceland) * Progressive Party (Sardinia), Ita ...
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Liberal Socialist Party The Liberal Socialist Party ( abbreviation: LSP) was a political party in the Singapore. It was formed in the 1950s from the merger of the Singapore Progressive Party (SPP) and the Democratic Party (DP), the latter not to be confused with the ...
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Singapore Democratic Party The Singapore Democratic Party (abbreviation: SDP) is a politcal party in Singapore. The party was founded on 6 August 1980 by Chiam See Tong. During the 1991 general election, Ling How Doong and Cheo Chai Chen won Bukit Gombak SMC and Nee ...
* Workers' Party


References

Defunct political parties in Singapore Political parties established in 1955 Political parties disestablished in 1956 1955 establishments in Singapore 1956 disestablishments in Singapore {{Singapore-party-stub