The 1967 Singaporean by-elections were triggered by the final batch of mass resignations from
Barisan Sosialis's elected Members of Parliament who heeded to Lim Huan Boon's call on the grounds that Singapore's independence was "phony" because no discussion of Singapore's separation matter was made in the legislature. The final walkout of Barisan members were Koo Young,
Loh Miaw Gong
Loh Miaw Gong (; (born ) is a Singaporean politician, trade unionist and former political prisoner. She was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly in 1963, which later became the first parliament of Singapore. Contesting as part of the op ...
, Ong Lian Teng, Poh Ber Liak and Tan Cheng Tong, and left five constituencies vacant;
Bukit Panjang, Havelock, Jalan Kayu, Tampines and Thomson respectively. As a result, by-elections were held on 7 March 1967, with the nomination day held on 24 February 1967. Despite five constituencies were vacant, only Thomson was contested by two independent candidates a
PAP candidate—in which PAP won. PAP also won the other four constituencies by an uncontested walkover.
Election deposit
The election deposit was set at $500. Similar to 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
Aftermath of this by election
After this by election which saw both independent candidates obtaining less than one-eighth of the votes and had their election deposit forfeited, the parliament is effectively held only by the PAP Members until the famous
1981 Anson by election as the other 2 BS members
Chan Sun Wing
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(
Nee Soon
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) and
Wong Soon Fong (
Toa Payoh) had opted to flee the country in order to avoid being arrested
by the
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(ISD) as what happened to their colleague
Chia Thye Poh and others.
References
External links
Background of 1967 By election
{{Singapore elections
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
Singapore
1967 in Singapore
March 1967 events in Asia