1970 Singaporean by-elections

none 1970 Singaporean by-elections Singapore 1970 Flag of Singapore.svg legislative 1967 Singaporean by-elections 1967 1977 Singaporean by-elections 1977 5 seats to the Parliament of Singapore 18 April 1970 25,310 21,550 (85.14%) File:Mr. Lee Kuan Yew Mayoral reception 1965 (cropped).jpg Lee Kuan Yew People's Action Party 5 14,545 69.93% Chng Boon Eng Vetrivelu Rengaswamy United National Front (Singapore) 0 6,255 30.07% MPs Chan Choy Siong Lim Soo Peng Lim Cheng Lock Lee Teck Lim Buang bin Omar Jumid PAP Elected MPs Yeo Choo Kok Hon Sui Sen Yeo Toon Chia Chiang Hai Ding Augustine Tan Hui Heng PAP The by-elections were held in April 1970, for five seats in the Parliament of Singapore, after the resignation of Members of Parliament of the People's Action Party (PAP). The end result saw PAP winning all five seats, three seats without a contest, and the remaining two via contest. Background On 30 March 1970, five members from the People's Action Party were simultaneously resigned from the government per the party's renewal process, namely Chan Choy Siong, Lim Soo Peng, Lim Cheng Lock, Lee Teck Lim, and Buang bin Omar Jumid. The by-elections were scheduled to be held on 18 April. Similar to the 1968 general election, no opposition parties stood except a newly formed United National Front formed from remnants of the now-defunct Singapore Alliance; it only contested the two vacant seats of Kampong Kapor and Ulu Pandan; this left the other three seats, Delta, Havelock and Whampoa, being uncontested during nomination day on 8 April. Previously, prior to the 1968 election, there were mass resignations by each of the 11 (out of 13) members of Barisan Sosialis in the parliament over the course of the 1966 year, who opted to protest and "struggle for democracy" on the streets, had effectively removed all opposition from the parliament. It was only the second time since Independence where a resignation occurred by the governing PAP, after Joo Chiat MP Fong Kim Heng resigned on medical grounds on 18 October 1966. Following Chan's resignation, the Parliament was left without a woman representation after the by-election, which would remain as it was until 14 years later in 1984.Sexism and politics: General elections should not be beauty pageants https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/sexism-and-politics-general-elections-should-not-be-beauty-pageants The Straits Times 10 May 2025 en 10 May 2025Women Members of Parliament https://www.pap.org.sg/womens-wing/members-of-parliament/ People's Action Party 10 May 2025 en-SG Results By-election 1970: Delta People's Action Party Yeo Choo Kok Walkover 19,031 People's Action Party N/A By-election 1970: Havelock People's Action Party Hon Sui Sen Walkover 11,498 People's Action Party N/A By-election 1970: Kampong Kapor People's Action Party Yeo Toon Chia 5,527 62.4 N/A United National Front (Singapore) Chng Boon Eng 3,330 37.6 N/A 2,197 24.8 N/A 9,195 83.7 N/A People's Action Party N/A By-election 1970: Ulu Pandan People's Action Party Chiang Hai Ding 9,018 75.5 N/A United National Front (Singapore) Vetrivelu Rengaswamy 2,925 24.5 N/A 6,093 51.0 N/A 12,355 86.3 N/A People's Action Party N/A By-election 1970: Whampoa People's Action Party Augustine Tan Hui Heng Walkover 13,286 People's Action Party N/A References Background of 1970 By Election 1970 By Elections Result 1970 Singapore Category:1970 in Singapore Category:April 1970 in Asia