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Singapore People's Alliance | |
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| Chinese name | 新加坡人民联盟 |
| Malay name | Perikatan Rakyat Singapura |
| Founder | Lim Yew Hock[1][2] |
| Founded | 10 November 1958 |
| Dissolved | 16 May 1965 |
| Preceded by | Liberal Socialist Party |
| Ideology | Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Singapore Alliance Party |
The Singapore People's Alliance was a political coalition in Singapore founded in 1958, comprising the Labour Front and Liberal Socialist Party. It has never won any seats in the Parliament of Singapore. However, the party did win 4 seats to the Singaporean Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1959 under the leadership of former Chief Minister Lim Yew Hock, with a popular vote of 107,755 or 20.7% of the total number of votes. Following the election, the Liberal Socialist Party merged into it.[3]
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