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First internal government

Last updated 15 July 2025

This page was first published on 29 March 2015.

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Being carried by supporters after election results were declared.

First internal government

The PAP won 43 out of the 51 seats it contested in the 1959 elections. Singapore's first fully-elected government was sworn into office at City Hall on 5 June 1959. Mr Lee became Singapore’s first Prime Minister, a position he would hold for 31 years until he stepped down in 1990.