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1976 Singaporean general election
General elections were held in Singapore on 23 December 1976. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party, which won all 69 seats, the third of four consecutive elections in which they repeated the feat. Voter turnout was 95.1%, out of 857,297 voters eligible (from the total electorate of 1,095,817) from the 53 contested constituencies.[1][2]
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All 69 seats to the Parliament of Singapore 35 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 857,297 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 815,130 (95.08%) 1.53pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Electoral system
The 69 members of Parliament were elected from 69 single-member constituencies, an increase from 65 used for the previous elections in 1972. The deposit was increased for the first time to $1,200, up from $500.[2]
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 6 December | Dissolution of 3rd Parliament |
| 13 December | Nomination Day |
| 23 December | Polling Day |
| 7 February 1977 | Opening of 4th Parliament |
Constituencies
Similar to previous elections, constituencies were either dissolved or created due to population. Six constituencies were abolished and ten new ones created, which were reflected on the table:
| Constituency | Changes |
|---|---|
| New Constituencies | |
| Ang Mo Kio | Carved from parts of Nee Soon, Serangoon Gardens and Thomson |
| Bedok | Carved from Siglap |
| Boon Lay | Carved from Jurong |
| Buona Vista | Carved from Ulu Pandan |
| Braddell Heights | Carved from Paya Lebar, Serangoon Gardens, Thomson and Upper Serangoon |
| Brickworks | Carved from Leng Kee and Pasir Panjang |
| Khe Bong | Carved from Kuo Chuan and Toa Payoh |
| Kolam Ayer | Carved from Geylang West, Kallang and Potong Pasir |
| Marine Parade | Carved from Joo Chiat |
| Radin Mas | Carved from Henderson and Telok Blangah |
| Defunct Constituencies | |
| Bras Basah | Absorbed to Kampong Glam and Telok Ayer |
| Crawford | Absorbed to Jalan Besar and Kampong Glam |
| Hong Lim | Absorbed to Telok Ayer |
| Kampong Kapor | Absorbed to Jalan Besar |
| Sepoy Lines | Absorbed to Anson, Tanjong Pagar and Tiong Bahru |
| Stamford | Absorbed to River Valley and Telok Ayer |
Campaign
A total of 124 candidates contested the election. The ruling PAP was the only party to contest every one of 69 constituencies, while the five other opposition parties (namely Barisan Sosialis, the Singapore Justice Party, PKMS, the United Front and the Workers' Party) formed a Joint Opposition Council to cooperate at the polls. The Workers' Party nominated 22 candidates and United Front 14; no other party put forward more than six candidates, while two candidates ran as independents.
The election marked their political debut of two prominent candidates, independent Chiam See Tong and PAP Goh Chok Tong, who would become the then-longest-serving opposition MP and the second Prime Minister, respectively.[3]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| People's Action Party | 590,169 | 74.09 | 69 | +4 | |
| Workers' Party | 91,966 | 11.55 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Front | 53,373 | 6.70 | 0 | New | |
| Barisan Sosialis | 25,411 | 3.19 | 0 | 0 | |
| United People's Front | 14,233 | 1.79 | 0 | New | |
| Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura | 9,230 | 1.16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Singapore Justice Party | 5,199 | 0.65 | 0 | New | |
| People's Front | 2,818 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 4,173 | 0.52 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 796,572 | 100.00 | 69 | +4 | |
| Valid votes | 796,572 | 97.72 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 18,558 | 2.28 | |||
| Total votes | 815,130 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,095,817 | 95.08 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al., Singapore Elections[a] | |||||
By constituency
| Constituency | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Alexandra | 17,367 | People's Action Party | Tan Soo Khoon | 12,413 | 75.90 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Edward Chua Boon Eng | 3,941 | 24.10 / 100 | ||
| Aljunied | 17,461 | People's Action Party | Chin Harn Tong | 12,230 | 74.88 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Lim Kang Chew | 4,103 | 25.12 / 100 | ||
| Ang Mo Kio | 14,264 | People's Action Party | Yeo Toon Chia | Uncontested walkover | |
| Anson | 12,755 | People's Action Party | Perumal Govindaswamy | Uncontested walkover | |
| Bedok | 11,310 | People's Action Party | Sha'ari bin Tadin | 7,928 | 73.78 / 100 |
| People's Front | Sim Peng Kim | 2,818 | 26.22 / 100 | ||
| Boon Lay | 15,496 | People's Action Party | Ngeow Pack Hua | 11,749 | 79.82 / 100 |
| Singapore Justice Party | Varghese Joseph | 2,970 | 20.18 / 100 | ||
| Boon Teck | 18,872 | People's Action Party | Phey Yew Kok | 12,698 | 71.92 / 100 |
| Barisan Sosialis | Ng Seng Chua | 4,958 | 28.08 / 100 | ||
| Braddell Heights | 14,031 | People's Action Party | Lee Khoon Choy | Uncontested walkover | |
| Brickworks | 14,062 | People's Action Party | Ahmad bin Mohamed Mattar | 9,871 | 73.99 / 100 |
| United Front | Shums Tung Tao-Chang | 3,470 | 26.01 / 100 | ||
| Bukit Batok | 15,650 | People's Action Party | Chai Chong Yii | 12,216 | 84.57 / 100 |
| Singapore Justice Party | Sulaiman bin Jaffar | 2,229 | 15.43 / 100 | ||
| Bukit Ho Swee | 13,686 | People's Action Party | Seah Mui Kok | 9,451 | 73.50 / 100 |
| United Front | Hwang Ban Cheong | 3,407 | 26.50 / 100 | ||
| Bukit Merah | 17,538 | People's Action Party | Lim Guan Hoo | 12,775 | 76.37 / 100 |
| United Front | Wong Kui Yu | 3,952 | 23.63 / 100 | ||
| Bukit Panjang | 18,906 | People's Action Party | Lee Yiok Seng | 11,867 | 67.43 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Ho Juan Thai | 5,731 | 32.57 / 100 | ||
| Bukit Timah | 13,132 | People's Action Party | Chor Yeok Eng | Uncontested walkover | |
| Buona Vista | 16,267 | People's Action Party | Ang Kok Peng | 12,704 | 82.75 / 100 |
| United People's Front | Hashim bin Mukayat | 2,649 | 17.25 / 100 | ||
| Cairnhill | 13,419 | People's Action Party | Lim Kim San | 7,979 | 68.17 / 100 |
| Independent | Chiam See Tong | 3,726 | 31.83 / 100 | ||
| Changi | 17,827 | People's Action Party | Teo Chong Tee | 12,038 | 72.63 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Zainal Abiden bin Mohamed Ali | 4,537 | 27.37 / 100 | ||
| Chua Chu Kang | 18,136 | People's Action Party | Tang See Chim | 11,740 | 68.75 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Chan Keng Sieng | 5,336 | 31.25 / 100 | ||
| Delta | 14,821 | People's Action Party | Yeo Choo Kok | 10,636 | 76.40 / 100 |
| United Front | Ng Ho | 3,286 | 23.60 / 100 | ||
| Farrer Park | 11,949 | People's Action Party | Lee Chiaw Meng | Uncontested walkover | |
| Geylang East | 14,738 | People's Action Party | Ho Cheng Choon | 9,405 | 68.49 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Kum Teng Hock | 4,326 | 31.51 / 100 | ||
| Geylang Serai | 14,178 | People's Action Party | Rahmat bin Kenap | 8,780 | 66.34 / 100 |
| Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura | Amnah binte Kuong Hussein | 3,129 | 23.64 / 100 | ||
| United People's Front | Darus bin Shariff(Loses $1,200 deposit) | 1,326 | 10.02 / 100 | ||
| Geylang West | 18,101 | People's Action Party | Yong Nyuk Lin | 11,912 | 71.18 / 100 |
| United Front | Lim Tiong Hock | 4,822 | 28.82 / 100 | ||
| Havelock | 12,492 | People's Action Party | Hon Sui Sen | 9,250 | 79.29 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Ngoei Soon On | 2,416 | 20.71 / 100 | ||
| Henderson | 18,182 | People's Action Party | Lai Tha Chai | 12,857 | 74.77 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Hoe Boon Teck | 4,338 | 25.23 / 100 | ||
| Jalan Besar | 14,933 | People's Action Party | Chan Chee Seng | Uncontested walkover | |
| Jalan Kayu | 15,447 | People's Action Party | Hwang Soo Jin | 8,883 | 61.57 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair | 5,544 | 38.43 / 100 | ||
| Joo Chiat | 14,241 | People's Action Party | Yeoh Ghim Seng | 9,601 | 74.73 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Maideen bin Ameer Batcha | 3,247 | 25.27 / 100 | ||
| Jurong | 18,310 | People's Action Party | Ho Kah Leong | Uncontested walkover | |
| Kallang | 17,282 | People's Action Party | Suppiah Dhanabalan | 11,823 | 73.90 / 100 |
| United Front | Chan Yoke Kwong | 4,175 | 26.10 / 100 | ||
| Kampong Chai Chee | 19,126 | People's Action Party | Andrew Fong Sip Chee | 10,729 | 59.92 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Joshua Benjamin Jeyaratnam | 7,177 | 40.08 / 100 | ||
| Kampong Glam | 18,439 | People's Action Party | Sinnathamby Rajaratnam | 13,114 | 80.18 / 100 |
| United People's Front | Ang Bee Lian | 3,241 | 19.82 / 100 | ||
| Kampong Kembangan | 13,720 | People's Action Party | Mohd Mansor bin Sukaimi | 8,028 | 64.02 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Rajaratnam Murugason | 4,511 | 35.98 / 100 | ||
| Kampong Ubi | 20,811 | People's Action Party | Ya'acob bin Mohamed | 13,241 | 68.46 / 100 |
| Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura | Sahid bin Sahooman | 6,101 | 31.54 / 100 | ||
| Katong | 15,861 | People's Action Party | Joseph Francis De Conceicao | 10,721 | 76.18 / 100 |
| United Front | William James Cook | 3,353 | 23.82 / 100 | ||
| Khe Bong | 15,677 | People's Action Party | Ho See Beng | 10,950 | 74.33 / 100 |
| Barisan Sosialis | Sim Say Chuan | 3,782 | 25.67 / 100 | ||
| Kim Keat | 19,700 | People's Action Party | Ong Teng Cheong | 14,262 | 76.62 / 100 |
| Barisan Sosialis | Chin Tian Choo | 4,353 | 23.38 / 100 | ||
| Kim Seng | 14,860 | People's Action Party | Ong Leong Boon | 10,975 | 77.65 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Chiang Seok Keong | 3,159 | 22.35 / 100 | ||
| Kolam Ayer | 19,371 | People's Action Party | Sidek bin Saniff | 13,175 | 72.46 / 100 |
| United Front | Rajah Chetty | 5,007 | 27.54 / 100 | ||
| Kreta Ayer | 12,199 | People's Action Party | Goh Keng Swee | Uncontested walkover | |
| Kuo Chuan | 16,990 | People's Action Party | Pathmanaban Selvadurai | 11,931 | 74.42 / 100 |
| Barisan Sosialis | Ng Ah Chue | 4,100 | 25.58 / 100 | ||
| Leng Kee | 18,475 | People's Action Party | Ow Chin Hock | 13,356 | 76.76 / 100 |
| United Front | Ng Lep Chong | 4,043 | 23.24 / 100 | ||
| MacPherson | 18,716 | People's Action Party | Chua Sian Chin | Uncontested walkover | |
| Marine Parade | 19,528 | People's Action Party | Goh Chok Tong | 14,418 | 78.62 / 100 |
| United Front | Mohamed Mansor bin Abdul Rahman | 3,922 | 21.38 / 100 | ||
| Moulmein | 12,654 | People's Action Party | Sia Khoon Seong | 8,571 | 72.73 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Balakrishnan Ananthan | 2,766 | 23.47 / 100 | ||
| Independent | Lee Nai Choo(Loses $1,200 deposit) | 447 | 3.80 / 100 | ||
| Mountbatten | 15,440 | People's Action Party | Ng Yeow Chong | 9,412 | 65.86 / 100 |
| United Front | Seow Khee Leng | 4,878 | 34.14 / 100 | ||
| Nee Soon | 16,143 | People's Action Party | Ong Soo Chuan | Uncontested walkover | |
| Pasir Panjang | 12,142 | People's Action Party | Othman bin Wok | 8,138 | 71.93 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Zainal Abiddin bin Mohd Shah | 3,176 | 28.07 / 100 | ||
| Paya Lebar | 15,648 | People's Action Party | Tan Cheng San | 9,764 | 67.52 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Wong Hong Toy | 4,697 | 32.48 / 100 | ||
| Potong Pasir | 14,167 | People's Action Party | Ivan Cuthbert Baptist | 9,667 | 74.83 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Quek Doh Lam | 3,252 | 25.17 / 100 | ||
| Punggol | 20,444 | People's Action Party | Ng Kah Ting | 13,360 | 69.41 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Tan Yong Sin | 5,887 | 30.59 / 100 | ||
| Queenstown | 16,926 | People's Action Party | Jek Yeun Thong | Uncontested walkover | |
| Radin Mas | 18,418 | People's Action Party | N. Naidu Govindasamy | 13,246 | 75.65 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Othman Abdullah | 4,263 | 24.35 / 100 | ||
| River Valley | 17,022 | People's Action Party | Tan Eng Liang | 12,256 | 81.82 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Wu Kher | 2,724 | 18.18 / 100 | ||
| Rochore | 15,424 | People's Action Party | Toh Chin Chye | 9,053 | 65.50 / 100 |
| Barisan Sosialis | Lee Siew Choh | 4,768 | 34.50 / 100 | ||
| Sembawang | 17,695 | People's Action Party | Teong Eng Siong | 13,661 | 83.57 / 100 |
| United People's Front | John Santhirasekaran P. M. Thevar | 2,685 | 16.43 / 100 | ||
| Serangoon Gardens | 12,115 | People's Action Party | Lau Teik Soon | 7,471 | 68.74 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Charles Harry Crabb | 3,397 | 31.26 / 100 | ||
| Siglap | 13,849 | People's Action Party | Abdul Rahim bin Ishak | 9,733 | 78.20 / 100 |
| United Front | Weerappulli K. W. B. | 2,714 | 21.80 / 100 | ||
| Tampines | 15,559 | People's Action Party | Phua Bah Lee | Uncontested walkover | |
| Tanglin | 13,332 | People's Action Party | Edmund William Barker | Uncontested walkover | |
| Tanjong Pagar | 12,147 | People's Action Party | Lee Kuan Yew | 9,996 | 89.03 / 100 |
| United People's Front | Harbans Singh(Loses $1,200 deposit) | 1,232 | 10.97 / 100 | ||
| Telok Ayer | 15,515 | People's Action Party | Ong Pang Boon | Uncontested walkover | |
| Telok Blangah | 14,225 | People's Action Party | Shaik Ahmad bin Abdul Haleem | Uncontested walkover | |
| Thomson | 15,609 | People's Action Party | Ang Nam Piau | 10,636 | 74.12 / 100 |
| United Front | Chung Kit Wong | 3,714 | 25.88 / 100 | ||
| Tiong Bahru | 19,589 | People's Action Party | Ch'ng Jit Koon | 15,248 | 83.10 / 100 |
| United People's Front | Teo Kim Hoe | 3,100 | 16.90 / 100 | ||
| Toa Payoh | 13,933 | People's Action Party | Eric Cheong Yuen Chee | 9,633 | 73.63 / 100 |
| Barisan Sosialis | Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Rahman | 3,450 | 26.37 / 100 | ||
| Ulu Pandan | 16,343 | People's Action Party | Chiang Hai Ding | Uncontested walkover | |
| Upper Serangoon | 13,705 | People's Action Party | Sia Kah Hui | 9,982 | 79.15 / 100 |
| United Front | Ng Kwee Lim | 2,630 | 20.85 / 100 | ||
| Whampoa | 19,259 | People's Action Party | Augustine Tan Hui Heng | 14,636 | 80.98 / 100 |
| Workers' Party | Mohamed Shariff bin Yahya | 3,438 | 19.02 / 100 | ||
| Source: ELD | |||||
Notes
- ^ 238,520 of the 1,095,817 voters were registered in uncontested constituencies
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p254 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
- ^ a b Parliamentary general election 1976 Singapore Elections
- ^ Parliamentary general election 1976: Seats Singapore Elections