1967 Singaporean by-elections

1967 Singaporean by-elections Singapore 1967 Flag of Singapore.svg legislative 7 March 1967 14,123 11,624 (82.31%) 13.14% 1966 Singaporean by-elections 1966 1970 1970 Singaporean by-elections 5 seats to the Parliament of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore Making a Toast at a State Dinner Held in His Honor, 1975.jpg 200x200px Lee Kuan Yew People's Action Party 5 5 9,407 83.59% 49.94% MPs Ong Lian Teng Loh Miaw Gong Tan Cheng Tong Poh Ber Liak Koo Young BS Elected MPs P. Selvadurai Lim Soo Peng Teo Hup Teck Chew Chin Han Ang Nam Piau PAP none The 1967 by-elections were held on 7 March 1967, precipitated following a series of resignations of Barisan Sosialis's MPs which occurred the year before on 5 December 1966. History A total of 12 MPs resigned a year prior, 11 of which from Barisan Sosialis, who resigned their seats citing that Lim Huan Boon, who initiated the mass exodus, claimed Singapore's independence was "phony" because no discussion of Singapore's separation matter was made in the legislature. Six of the vacated seats had by-elections prior, while the other five, Koo Young, Loh Miaw Gong, Ong Lian Teng, Poh Ber Liak and Tan Cheng Tong, resigned on 5 December. The seats for Bukit Panjang, Havelock, Jalan Kayu, Tampines and Thomson, respectively, were therefore vacant, and polls adjourned on 7 March. On nomination day on 24 February, only Thomson had a contest involving a multi-cornered fight with two independents. Results By-election 1967: Bukit Panjang People's Action Party P. Selvadurai Walkover 16,070 People's Action Party Barisan Sosialis N/A By-election 1967: Havelock People's Action Party Lim Soo Peng Walkover 12,898 People's Action Party Barisan Sosialis N/A By-election 1967: Jalan Kayu People's Action Party Teo Hup Teck Walkover 11,275 People's Action Party Barisan Sosialis N/A By-election 1967: Tampines People's Action Party Chew Chin Han Walkover 16,481 People's Action Party Barisan Sosialis N/A By-election 1967: Thomson People's Action Party Ang Nam Piau 9,407 83.6 +44.1 Independent Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair 1,310 11.6 +11.6 Independent Chan Yoke Kwong 537 4.8 +4.8 8,097 72.0 N/A 11,624 82.3 -13.7 People's Action Party Barisan Sosialis N/A Aftermath of this by election Much like the previous year's by-election, oppositions would see downturn and the Barisan Sosialis lost credibility. By the end of the following year's election, the last two Barisan MPs Chan Sun Wing (Nee Soon) and Wong Soon Fong (Toa Payoh) had opted to flee the country in order to avoid being arrestedLeong Weng Kam Ex-leftist MP Wong Soon Fong dies at 81 http://www.straitstimes.com/politics/ex-leftist-mp-wong-soon-fong-dies-at-81 5 December 2015 Straits Times by the Internal Security Department (ISD) as what happened to their colleague Chia Thye Poh and others, completing PAP's government monopoly. The results in the by-election where both independent candidates had their election deposits forfeited proved that PAP would be dominant onto government control and trustworthiness of voting electorate. Opposition would not win any of the election again for the next 14 years until 1981. References External links Background of 1967 By election Results of 1967 By election 1967 Singapore Category:1967 in Singapore Category:March 1967 in Asia