1979 Singaporean by-elections|
|
|
| Registered | 80,075 |
|---|
| Turnout | 74,887 (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% |
|
|
|
|
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 post-independence Singapore.
All People's Action Party (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, and the rest defeating candidates from Democratic Progressive Party, United People's Front, and an independent candidate.
