LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION 1959
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Voters: 12,239

Polled: 11,045 (90.2%)

Liberal Socialist Party Singapore People's Alliance
TAN Keng Siong, 32
Businessman [M]
LIM Yew Hock, 45
Chief Minister [M]
Forfeited $500 deposit483 (4.4%)Forfeited $500 deposit 5,275 (48.2%)
Workers' Party People's Action Party
David Saul MARSHALL, 51
Lawyer [M]
OH Su Chen, 46
Teacher [F]
2,920 (26.7%) 2,262 (20.7%)

Winner's majority: 2,355 (21.5%)

Valid votes: 10,940 (99.0%)

Rejected votes: 105 (1.0%)

Previous BE 1957: LSP won 40.3% (swing -35.9%)

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