Citizens' Party (Singapore)

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The Citizens' Party (Chinese: 公民党) was a political party in Singapore.

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, but had left the party to sit as an independent.^[1]

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 on 13 September 1960.^[1]

References

1 2 Citizens' Party Singapore Elections

Political parties in Singapore

Parties represented in the Parliament of Singapore (101 seats)

People's Action Party (83) Workers' Party (6+3*) NMP (9)

Minor parties (without representation in the Parliament)

Singapore Democratic Party National Solidarity Party Reform Party Singaporeans First Singapore People's Party Singapore Democratic Alliance People's Power Party Democratic Progressive Party Singapore Justice Party Singapore Malay National Organisation People's Liberal Democratic Party Socialist Front Singapore National Front

Defunct parties

Alliance Party Singapura
Barisan Sosialis
Citizens' Party
Communist Party
Democratic Party
Islamic Movement
Katong United Residents' Association
Labour Front
Labour Party
Liberal Socialist Party
Malay Union
Malayan Chinese Association
Malayan Communist Party
Malayan Democratic Party
Malayan Indian Congress
National Party of Singapore
Pan-Malayan Islamic Party
People's Front
People's Party
People's Republican Party
Progressive Party
Singapore Alliance
Singapore Alliance Party
Singapore Chinese Party
Singapore Congress
Singapore Indian Congress
Singapore Malay Union
Singapore Malays Association
Singapore People's Alliance
Singapore Regional Indian Congress
Singapore Socialist Party
Singapore United Front
United Democratic Party
United Front
United Malays National Organisation
United National Front
United People's Front
United People's Party
United Singapore Democrats

Notes: ^*The MPs of Workers' Party include Non-Constituency MPs .

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