1959 PAP prime ministerial election

PAP Prime Ministerial Election, 1959
30 May 1959
12 votes from the Central Executive Committee of PAP (excluding the Chairman)
 
Candidate Lee Kuan Yew Ong Eng Guan
Party PAP PAP
Popular vote 6 + TCC 6
Percentage 50% 50%
Elected Prime Minister

Lee Kuan Yew
PAP

The 1959 People's Action Party (PAP) prime ministerial election was an internal vote conducted by the party's Central Executive Committee (CEC) following the PAP's victory in the 1959 Singaporean general election. The 12-member committee was evenly split between two contenders, Ong Eng Guan and Lee Kuan Yew, each receiving six votes. The deadlock was broken when the party chairman, Toh Chin Chye, cast the tiebreaker in favour of Lee, securing his appointment as Singapore's first Prime Minister.

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