1988 Singaporean general election
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All 81 directly elected seats in Parliament (and up to 3 NCMPs) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 1,669,013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 94.70% ( 0.95pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Singapore on 3 September 1988. President Wee Kim Wee dissolved parliament on 17 August 1988 on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party, which won 80 of the 81 seats. This is Lee Kuan Yew's last election as Prime Minister before handing to Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.
Though the total eligible voter population surpassed one million in 1976, the 1988 elections was the first time that over one million voters were able to vote in contested constituencies. This was not repeated until 2006.
As of 2025, the 1988 election was the recent election to date where Workers' Party did not win any seats in Parliament (not counting the Non-constituency Member of Parliament).