Citizens' Party (Singapore)

Singapore
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Singapore
Constitution
Executive President Tony Tan Keng Yam Government Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Deputy PMs Teo Chee Hean Tharman Shanmugaratnam Cabinet Government organisations
Legislature President Tony Tan Keng Yam Parliament Speaker: Halimah Yacob Constituencies Members of Parliament (MPs) Non-constituency MPs Nominated MPs Political parties
Judiciary Chief Justice: Sundaresh Menon Supreme Court Court of Appeal High Court State Courts
Elections Presidential Parliamentary
Foreign relations
Related topics OB marker Women in Singapore politics
Other countries Atlas

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

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 . Politics Portal List of political parties Politics of Singapore