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Singapore 1963 general election

What was the result of the 1963 general election in Singapore?

People's Action Party won 37 of 51 seats with 46.9% of the vote.

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  • Final result
  • Elections Department Singapore (data.gov.sg), read 28 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Results published by the Elections Department, read : People's Action Party won 37 of 51 seats with 46.9% of the vote.

  • People's Action Party 37 −6 seats 46.9% −7.1 points
  • Barisan Sosialis 13 33.2%
  • Singapore Alliance 0 8.4%
  • United People's Party 1 8.4%
  • Partai Rakyat 0 0 seats 1.4% +1.0 points
  • Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 0 0 seats 0.3% +0.1 points
  • United Democratic Party 0 0.1%
  • Workers' Party 0 0 seats 0.0% −0.7 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Singapore 1959 general election, party by party.

26 of 51 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 46.9%

    Share of the vote won by People's Action Party

    People's Action Party won 37 of 51 seats. A majority needs 26.

  2. +1.0 points

    Share of the vote gained by Partai Rakyat

    The largest gain in votes compared with 1959. People's Action Party lost 7.1 points.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
People's Action Party37−646.9−7.1272,924
Barisan Sosialis1333.2193,301
Singapore Alliance08.448,907
United People's Party18.448,785
Partai Rakyat001.4+1.08,259
Independents0−11.2−6.66,788
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party000.3+0.11,545
United Democratic Party00.1760
Workers' Party000.0−0.7286

± is the change against the Singapore 1959 general election, party by party. Shares are computed by us from the votes.

Votes by party
  • People's Action Party 272,924
  • Barisan Sosialis 193,301
  • Singapore Alliance 48,907
  • United People's Party 48,785
  • Partai Rakyat 8,259
  • Independents 6,788
  • Pan-Malayan Islamic Party 1,545
  • United Democratic Party 760
  • Workers' Party 286

Contains information from Parliamentary General Election Results by Candidate, accessed on 28 October 2026 from the Elections Department Singapore, which is made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0. Shown in our own layout; the Elections Department does not endorse it.

We summed each party's votes over the constituencies that were contested, and counted its seats from the winner of each constituency: a team wins every seat of its group constituency. Shares are of those votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • People's Action Party46.9% of votes72.5% of seats
  • Barisan Sosialis33.2% of votes25.5% of seats
  • United People's Party8.4% of votes2.0% of seats
  • Singapore Alliance8.4% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 20.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.9 by votes and 1.7 by seats; People's Action Party led Barisan Sosialis by 13.7 points of the vote.

Time and source Data as of

Sources
  • Elections Department Singapore, Parliamentary General Election Results by Candidate, on data.gov.sg. Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0; shown in our own layout, not endorsed by the Department. (source). Licence: Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0