1965 Hong Lim by-election

By-election to determine the representative of Hong Lim constituency February 2024 1965 Hong Lim by-election Singapore 1965 Flag of Singapore.svg legislative 10 July 1965 1961 Singaporean by-elections 1961 1966 Singaporean by-elections 1966 11,837 10,858 (91.73%) 3.77% Lee Khoon Choy People's Action Party 6,398 59.55% 26.28% Ong Chang Sam Barisan Sosialis 4,346 40.45% 19.87% Assemblyman Ong Eng Guan UPP Elected Assemblyman Lee Khoon Choy PAP The by-election was held on 10 July 1965, with the nomination day held on 30 June 1965. Legislative Assembly member and chief of United People's Party Ong Eng Guan resigned his seat, precipitating a by-election for the Hong Lim Constituency. This is the last by-election (and in any of the elections) for the Legislative Assembly prior to Singapore's expulsion from Malaysia and its independence. This was also the only by-election of Singapore to be held while Singapore was in Malaysian Federation. Background Ong Eng Guan was a two-time Assembly Member who first elected in Hong Lim in the 1959 election, then under the People's Action Party (PAP) banner. Upon his expulsion from the PAP in 1961, he resigned his seat of Hong Lim but later won the ensuing by-election as an independent candidate. Ong later formed United People's Party to lead in the 1963 election, with Ong being the only member to win a seat to retain Hong Lim. Ong resigned on 23 June 1965 for his political retirement.17 June 1965 Mr. Ong Quits The Assembly 1 The Straits Times http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19650617-1.2.3 The election marked with several significance as it would be the last election to have a contest between PAP and Barisan Sosialis (BS). The PAP was by then a full national party with a presence in Malaysia, despite winning only one seat of the 11 it contested in the federal election of 1964. Results By-election 10 July 1965: Hong Lim People's Action Party Lee Khoon Choy 6398 +26.2 Barisan Sosialis Ong Chang Sam 4346 +19.9 2052 19.00 N/A 114 11837 +0.7 People's Action Party gain from United People's Party Aftermath After Singapore left the Malaysian federation on 9 August, the Legislative Assembly was converted into Parliament of Singapore. The following year, Barisan Sosialis begin to collapse following a passage of a constitutional amendment that legislators who resign or are expelled from the parties would also have their seats vacated; 11 of the 13 seats were vacated as a result; the last two of the BS MPs, Chan Sun Wing and Wong Soon Fong, left their seats upon the dissolution of the parliament in 1968. That same year, BS announced on boycotting the election, allowing PAP to achieve a monopoly.Barisan starts its 'Don't vote' campaign https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19680221-1.2.69 26 March 2024 The Straits Budget 21 February 1968 13 NewspaperSGThe Clean Sweep https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19680415-1.2.66.1 26 March 2024 The Straits Times 15 April 1968 10 NewspaperSG BS would ultimately met their fate in May 1988 and were merged into Workers' Party.Mutalib, H 2003 Parties and politics: a study of opposition parties and PAP in Singapore Eastern Univ Pr PAP's sole Malaysian legislator, Devan Nair, converted the party's extension into the Peninsular Malaysia into the Democratic Action Party (DAP), replacing the "thunderflash" in the PAP's symbol with a "rocket", but left Malaysia a few years later and returned to Singapore. The DAP remains a political party in Malaysia to this day, being part of the Pakatan Harapan coalition. Nair, however, would enter Singapore politics in 1979 before becoming the third President of Singapore two years later.Singh Bajinder Pal Thailand's Indians hope for stability, peace after coup http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/other-news/Thailands-Indians-hope-for-stability-peace-after-coup/articleshow/35612651.cms 5 December 2015 Bennett, Coleman & Co. LtdSingapore Party Loses Vote https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/01/world/singapore-party-loses-vote.html The New York Times 9 July 2023 1 November 1981 References Background of 1965 Hong Lim By Election 1965 Hong Lim By Election's Results 1965 Category:1965 elections in Asia Category:1965 in Singapore