Background
There were 2 by elections held in 1977 where both
People's Action Party
The People's Action Party (abbreviation: PAP) is a major conservative centre-right political party in Singapore and is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the opposition Workers' Party (WP) and ...
's Members of Parliament,
N. Govindasamy and
Lim Guan Hoo had died suddenly, which vacates
Radin Mas
Radin Mas is a neighbourhood within Telok Blangah Estate, located in Bukit Merah, Singapore.
Etymology
The area was named after '' Radin Mas Ayu'' ( Jawi: رادين مس ايو; jv, ꦫꦢꦶꦤ꧀ꦩꦱ꧀ꦲꦪꦸ ), a princess of the Javane ...
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)
With the demise of
N. Govindasamy who was the then incumbent of
Radin Mas
Radin Mas is a neighbourhood within Telok Blangah Estate, located in Bukit Merah, Singapore.
Etymology
The area was named after '' Radin Mas Ayu'' ( Jawi: رادين مس ايو; jv, ꦫꦢꦶꦤ꧀ꦩꦱ꧀ꦲꦪꦸ ), a princess of the Javane ...
, 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)
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
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.
Results
References
Background of First 1977 By electionBackground of Second 1977 By election
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1977
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Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
By-elections
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election ( Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election use ...
Singaporean by-elections
Singaporean by-elections