1977 Singaporean by-elections

1977 by-elections in Singapore June 2026 1977 Singaporean by-elections Singapore 1977 Flag of Singapore.svg parliamentary 1970 Singaporean by-elections 1970 1979 Singaporean by-elections 1979 14 May 1977 (Radin Mas) 23 July 1977 (Bukit Merah) 2 seats to the Parliament of Singapore 35,412 33,897 (95.72%) 1.27% File:Mr. Lee Kuan Yew Mayoral reception 1965 (cropped).jpg Lee Kuan Yew People's Action Party 2 23,678 71.38% 4.62% File:JoshuaBenjaminJeyaretnam-Singapore-20051107-detail.jpg J. B. Jeyaretnam Workers' Party (Singapore) 0 5,021 15.14% 2.69% Lee Siew Choh Barisan Sosialis 0 4,473 13.48% 13.48% MPs N. Govindasamy Naidu Lim Guan Hoo PAP Elected MPs Bernard Chen Lim Chee Onn PAP On 14 May and 23 July 1977 in Singapore, by-elections were respectively held for the constituencies of Radin Mas and Bukit Merah. They were called following the deaths of their respective Member of Parliament, Govindasamy Naidu and Lim Guan Hoo. Background On 14 February 1977, Govindasamy Naidu, the MP for Radin Mas, died suddenly from a myocardial infarction, resulting in Radin Mas being announced vacant. One day earlier before Govindasamy's death, Lim Guan Hoo, the MP for Bukit Merah suffered from a stroke and collapsed whilst watching the Vigilante Corps performing at the National Stadium. He was sent to the Singapore General Hospital where he stayed there in a coma for 172 days, before dying on 3 August at 2:40 am. His seat was vacated on 30 June.3 August 1977 MP dies https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newnation19770803-1.2.2? 26 June 2024 New Nation 1 NewspaperSG While there were plans for a multi-cornered contest, opposition parties negotiated to nominate one to avoid risks of a vote splitting, and eventually saw a straight fight between one opposition against a debuting PAP candidate. In Radin Mas, the nominees were Bernard Chen, a former civil servant, and Workers' Party secretary-general J. B. Jeyaretnam; an independent candidate attempted to contest but was disqualified for the absence in electoral register. For Bukit Merah, civil administrator Lim Chee Onn and Lee Siew Choh of the Barisan Sosialis were nominated.Singapore Parliamentary By-Election July 1977 https://sg-elections.com/by-election/1977-7/ 2026-06-11 sg-elections.com Results By-election, 14 May 1977: Radin Mas People's Action Party Bernard Chen 12,053 70.6 -5.1 Workers' Party of Singapore J. B. Jeyaretnam 5,021 29.4 +5.1 7,032 41.2 -10.2 17,415 94.6 -2.5 People's Action Party -10.2 By-election, 23 July 1977: Bukit Merahhttps://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_by1977a.html ELD | 1977 Parliamentary By-election Result www.eld.gov.sgSingapore Parliamentary By-Election July 1977 > Bukit Merah https://sg-elections.com/by-election/1977-7/bukit-merah.html 11 June 2026 sg-elections.com People's Action Party Lim Chee Onn 11,625 72.21 4.16 Barisan Sosialis Lee Siew Choh 4,473 27.79 N/A 7,152 44.42 8.32 16,098 97.67 0.76 384 2.33 0.76 16,482 97.31 0.41 16,937 3.43 People's Action Party 4.16 References 1977 Singapore By-elections Singaporean by-elections Singaporean by-elections