Downfall
With the introduction of the Rendel Constitution, more power was given to the locals, more legislative council seats up for grabs and more local could vote. The PP were not able to appeal to the electorate, as it had pro-colonial conservative policies. The electorate, mostly working-class Chinese, supported the more radical Labour Front and the PAP. Nevertheless, the PP contested in 22 legislative councillor seats.
The PP failed to win the successive elections in the 1955 general elections, winning only 4 out of the 22 they contested, with none of their leaders in any seats. They merged with the Democratic Party to form the Liberal Socialist Party.
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