1979 Singaporean by-elections

The by-elections were held on 10 February for seven constituencies, with the nomination day held on 31 January. With 80,075 registered voters, the 1979 by-elections remain the largest by-election to have ever taken place in Singapore.

1979 Singaporean by-elections
10 February 1979
7 seats to the Parliament of Singapore
Registered80,075
Turnout74,887 (93.52%) 1.39%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Lee Kuan Yew J. B. Jeyaretnam
Party PAP WP
Seats won 7 0
Seat change
Popular vote 53,222 8,036
Percentage 72.69% 10.98%
Swing 1.37% 5.59%
MP before election

Govindaswamy Perumal
Yong Nyuk Lin
Ng Yeow Chong
Ong Soo Chuan
Ivan Baptist
Teong Eng Siong
Shaik Ahmad bin Abdul Haleem
PAP

 Elected MP

Devan Nair
Teh Cheang Wan
Eugene Yap
Koh Lip Lin
Howe Yoon Chong
Tony Tan
Rohan bin Kamis
PAP

All PAP candidates, Devan Nair, Eugene Yap Giau Cheng, Howe Yoon Chong, Tony Tan, Rohan bin Kamis, Koh Lip Lin, and Teh Cheang Wan, won their respective contests with two walkovers, defeating candidates from Democratic Progressive Party, United People's Front, and an independent candidate.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.