| Formed by then-Chief Minister and LF chief Lim Yew Hock to salvage his government's image and counter PAP's growing appeal by bringing various parties together under one banner, it was initially named United Socialist Front. LSP, WP and remnants of LF refused to dissolve but SPA successfully invited many of their members to cross over. In the 1959 General Election, the SPA-UMNO-MCA ruling coalition was voted out of power. SPA was the main opposition before BS emerged, launching its publication "The People". In the 1963 GE, it came together with the UMNO-MCA-MIC alliance to form SA but the bloc failed to clinch any seat. After SA was restructured into a single party called APS, SPA was dissolved. |
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