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((short description|Defunct political party in Singapore))
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((More citations needed|date=January 2022))
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((Infobox political party
|name               = Progressive Party
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| lang1 = Chinese
| name_lang1 = 进步党<br>''Jìnbù Dǎng''
| lang2 = Malay
| name_lang2 =''Parti Progresif'' <br> ڤرتي ڤروݢريسيف
| lang3 = Tamil
| name_lang3 = முற்போக்குக் கட்சி ''Muṟpōkkuk kaṭci''
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|colorcode          = ((party color|Progressive Party (Singapore)))
|leader             = 
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|secretary_general  =
|spokesperson       = 
|founder            = [[Tan Chye Cheng]]
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|merged             = [[Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)|Liberal Socialist Party]]
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The '''Singapore Progressive Party''' ([[abbreviation]]: '''PP'''), or simply the '''Progressive Party''', was a [[political party]] that was formed on 25 August 1947. It won the [[1948 Singapore general election|1948 Legislative Assembly general elections]] with half of the contested seats in the [[Legislative Assembly]], 3 out of 6. At that time, the self-government power of the Legislative Assembly was still rather limited.

==History==
The party was founded by three lawyers, namely [[Tan Chye Cheng]], [[John Laycock]] and Nazir Ahmad Mallal. All three were educated at the [[University of London]] and were three of the six first ever elected legislative councillors in Singapore. The party was Singapore's first political party.

==Party ideology==
The Progressive Party was heavily backed by and made up of English-speaking upper class professionals. Its campaign ideology was to advocate progressive and gradual reforms, rather than sudden, quick, radical ones, which fell in line with [[United Kingdom|British]] policy at the time, to slowly let Singapore gain full self-government. This approach was criticised vehemently by [[David Marshall (Singaporean politician)|David Saul Marshall]], leader of the [[Labour Front]] who instead wanted rapid reform.

==Legislative Council==
In the Legislative Council, the SPP worked closely with the British Government. The SPP fought for equal treatment with both local and European civil servants, but this did not please the Chinese-educated locals, who were very unhappy with the SPP's Pro-British stance.

==Central Provident Fund==
In 1951, PP drafted a law for the setting up of a [[Central Provident Fund]],<ref>((Cite web|title=PROVIDENT FUND TOR ALL EMPLOYEES|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/freepress19510116-1.2.51|access-date=2022-01-11|website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg|language=en-SG))</ref> and it was approved by the British government in 1954, this CPF scheme provides financial security for workers in their retirement or for workers who were unable to work, this scheme came into effect in 1955, when David Marshall took office, and even after so many years, the CPF scheme despite having a few revisions and changes, remains in Singapore.

==Election Results==
===Legislative Council===
{|class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+
|-
!align=center|Election
!Seats up for Election
!Seats contested by Party
!Contested seats won
!Contested seats lost
!Total seats won
!Change
!Total votes
!Share of votes
!Swing
!align=center|Resulting Government
!Party Leader
|-
|[[1948 Singaporean general election|1948]]
|6
|5
|3
|2
|((composition bar|3|6|purple))
|((increase)) 3
|11,754
|((composition bar|49.49|100|purple))
|((increase)) 49.49%
|((n/a))
|[[Tan Chye Cheng]]
|-
|[[1951 Singaporean general election|1951]]
|9
|8
|6
|2
|((composition bar|6|9|purple))
|((increase)) 3
|11,202
|((composition bar|45.37|100|purple))
|((decrease)) 4.12%
|((n/a))
|[[Tan Chye Cheng]]
|-
|}

; Legislative Council By-Elections
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|-
!align=center|Election
!Seats up for Election
!Seats contested by Party
!Contested seats won
!Contested seats lost
!Total seats won
!Change
!Total votes
!Share of votes
!align=center|Resulting Government
!Party Leader
|-
|[[1948 Rural West by-election|1948]]
|1
|1
|0
|1
|((composition bar|0|1|purple))
|((no change))
|705
|((composition bar|23.91|100|purple))
|((n/a))
|[[Tan Chye Cheng]]
|-
|}

===Legislative Assembly===
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!align=center|Election
!Seats up for Election
!Seats contested by Party
!Contested seats won
!Contested seats lost
!Total seats won
!Change
!Total votes
!Share of votes
!Swing
!align=center|Resulting Government
!Party Leader
|-
|[[1955 Singaporean general election|1955]]
|25
|22
|4
|18
|((composition bar|4|25|purple))
|((decrease)) 2
|38,695
|((composition bar|24.75|100|purple))
|((decrease)) 20.62%
|((no2|Opposition))
|[[Tan Chye Cheng]]
|-
|}

===Municipal Council(till 1951) / City Council(since 1951)===
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!align=center|Election
!Seats up for Election
!Seats contested by Party
!Contested seats won
!Contested seats lost
!Total seats won
!Change
!Total votes
!Share of votes
!Swing
|-
|[[April 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election|April 1949]]
|18
|16
|13
|3
|((composition bar|13|18|purple))
|((increase)) 13
|10,874
|((composition bar|73.89|100|purple))
|''New Party''
|-
|[[December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election|December 1949]]
|6
|6
|3
|3
|((composition bar|12|18|purple))
|((decrease)) 1
|3,907
|((composition bar|50.05|100|purple))
|((decrease)) 23.84%
|-
|[[1950 Singapore Municipal Commission election|1950]]
|6
|4
|3
|1
|((composition bar|9|18|purple))
|((decrease)) 3
|3,902
|((composition bar|32.41|100|purple))
|((decrease)) 17.64%
|-
|[[1951 Singapore City Council election|1951]]
|6
|6
|2
|4
|((composition bar|9|18|purple))
|((nochange))
|6,729
|((composition bar|43.20|100|purple))
|((increase)) 10.79%
|-
|[[1952 Singapore City Council election|1952]]
|6
|6
|4
|2
|((composition bar|9|18|purple))
|((nochange))
|9,637
|((composition bar|42.88|100|purple))
|((decrease)) 0.32%
|-
|[[1953 Singapore City Council election|1953]]
|6 ''(including 1 unopposed)''
|4
|3
|1
|((composition bar|9|18|purple))
|((no change))
|8,532
|((composition bar|40.52|100|purple))
|((decrease)) 2.36%
|-
|}

==References==
((Reflist))
*[http://singapore-elections.com/political-parties/pp.html Background of Progressive Party]

((Singaporean political parties))

[[Category:Conservative parties in Singapore]]
[[Category:Defunct political parties in Singapore]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1947]]
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 1956]]
[[Category:1947 establishments in Singapore]]
[[Category:1956 disestablishments in Singapore]]

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