Singaporean by-elections, 1977

Background

There were 2 by elections held in 1977 where both People's Action Party's Member of Parliament, N. Govindasamy and Lim Guan Hoo had died which vacates Radin Mas and Bukit Merah respectively. Through co-operation within the opposition camp, no 3 corner / multiple corner fights were shown in both by-elections.

First 1977 By Election (May)

With the demise of N. Govindasamy who was the then incumbent of Radin Mas, it sets the first by election in 1977 with the polling day on 14 May 1977 and the nomination day was set on 4 May 1977.

Second 1977 By Election (July)

With the demise of Lim Guan Hoo who was the then incumbent of Bukit Merah, it sets the second by election in 1977 with the polling day on 23 July 1977 and the nomination day was set on 13 July 1977.

Election deposit

The election deposit was set at $1200. Similar with previous elections, the election deposit will be forfeited if the particular candidate had failed to secure at least 12.5% or one-eighth of the votes.

Results

First 1977 By-election (May): Radin Mas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Bernard Chen Tien Lap	12,053	70.6	-5.1
	WP	Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam	5,021	29.4	+5.1
Majority			7,032	41.2	-10.2
Turnout			17,415	94.6	-2.5
	PAP hold		Swing	-10.2

Second 1977 By-election (July): Bukit Merah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Chee Onn	11,625	72.2	-4.2
	BS	Lee Siew Choh	4,473	27.8	+27.8
Majority			7,152	44.4	-8.4
Turnout			16,482	97.0	+0.3
	PAP hold		Swing	-4.2

References

Elections and referendums in Singapore

General elections	1948 1951 1955 1959 1963 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1991 1997 2001 2006 2011 2015 Next

By-elections	1948 1952 1957 1961 1965 1966 1967 1970 1977 1979 1981 1992 2012 2013

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Referendums	1962

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