There were 2 by elections held in 1977 where both People's Action Party's Members of Parliament, N. Govindasamy and Lim Guan Hoo had died suddenly, which vacates Radin Mas and Bukit Merah respectively. Through co-operation within the opposition camp, no 3 corner / multiple corner fights were shown in both by-elections.
First 1977 By Election (May)edit
With the demise of N. Govindasamy who was the then incumbent of Radin Mas, it sets the first by election in 1977 with the polling day on 14 May 1977 and the nomination day was set on 4 May 1977.
Second 1977 By Election (July)edit
With the demise of Lim Guan Hoo who was the then incumbent of Bukit Merah, it sets the second by election in 1977 with the polling day on 23 July 1977 and the nomination day was set on 13 July 1977.
Election depositedit
The election deposit was set at $1200. Similar with previous elections, the election deposit will be forfeited if the particular candidate had failed to secure at least 12.5% or one-eighth of the votes.
1977, singaporean, elections, 1970, 1977, radin, july, 1977, bukit, merah, 1979, seats, parliament, singaporeregistered35, 412turnout33, first, party, second, party, third, party, leader, kuan, jeyaretnam, siew, choh, party, seats, seat, change, popular, vote,. 1977 Singaporean by elections 1970 14 May 1977 Radin Mas 23 July 1977 Bukit Merah 1979 2 seats to the Parliament of SingaporeRegistered35 412Turnout33 897 95 72 1 27 First party Second party Third party Leader Lee Kuan Yew J B Jeyaretnam Lee Siew Choh Party PAP WP BS Seats won 2 0 0 Seat change Popular vote 23 678 5 021 4 473 Percentage 71 38 15 14 13 48 Swing 4 62 2 69 13 48 MPs before election N Govindasamy NaiduLim Guan Hoo PAP Elected MPs Bernard Chin Tien LapLim Chee Onn PAP Contents 1 Background 1 1 First 1977 By Election May 1 2 Second 1977 By Election July 2 Election deposit 3 Results 4 ReferencesBackground editThere were 2 by elections held in 1977 where both People s Action Party s Members of Parliament N Govindasamy and Lim Guan Hoo had died suddenly which vacates Radin Mas and Bukit Merah respectively Through co operation within the opposition camp no 3 corner multiple corner fights were shown in both by elections First 1977 By Election May edit With the demise of N Govindasamy who was the then incumbent of Radin Mas it sets the first by election in 1977 with the polling day on 14 May 1977 and the nomination day was set on 4 May 1977 Second 1977 By Election July edit With the demise of Lim Guan Hoo who was the then incumbent of Bukit Merah it sets the second by election in 1977 with the polling day on 23 July 1977 and the nomination day was set on 13 July 1977 Election deposit editThe election deposit was set at 1200 Similar with previous elections the election deposit will be forfeited if the particular candidate had failed to secure at least 12 5 or one eighth of the votes Results editBy election 14 May 1977 Radin Mas Party Candidate Votes PAP Bernard Chen Tien Lap 12 053 70 6 5 1 WP J B Jeyaretnam 5 021 29 4 5 1 Majority 7 032 41 2 10 2 Turnout 17 415 94 6 2 5 PAP hold Swing 10 2 By election 23 July 1977 Bukit Merah Party Candidate Votes PAP Lim Chee Onn 11 625 72 2 4 2 BS Lee Siew Choh 4 473 27 8 27 8 Majority 7 152 44 4 8 4 Turnout 16 482 97 0 0 3 PAP hold Swing 4 2References editBackground of First 1977 By election Background of Second 1977 By election Results of First 1977 By election Results of Second 1977 By election Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1977 Singaporean by elections amp oldid 1171938022, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
