Elections in 1950s Note 1: In 1957, Singapore Malay Union (SMU) was expelled by its alliance partners consisted of
UMNO and
MCA for fielding a candidate in
that by-election which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Fatimah as another independent candidate. Note 2: Lim Cher Kheng was the then incumbent seeking for another term. He represented the Democratic Party ''(Not to be confused with the
Singapore Democratic Party, which was only formed after Singapore's independence.)'' which was dissolved by merging with
Progressive Party (Singapore) as
Liberal Socialist Party within a year from the
1955 General elections. With that consideration, the vote swing for both independent candidate Lim and Liberal Socialist Party candidate Wee will be taken from Lim's previous election result because that is the result for the candidate himself and his party respectively. Note 3:
UMNO,
MCA and
MIC together with
Singapore People's Alliance was informally formed as an alliance in 1961, where it still within this term of election which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Abdul Rahman as a candidate for
Singapore Alliance.
Elections in 1960s Note: One of the component party in
Singapore Alliance is
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), and hence the swing will be based on
its previous election of UMNO candidate.
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