Singaporean by-elections, 1970

Background

Instead of mass resignations made by the members of Barisan Sosialis in the parliament who opted to protest and "struggle for democracy" on the streets as the 1968 general election had effectively removed all oppositions from the parliament, this time it was five members from People's Action Party were invited to resign and give way to new blood as a part of renewing PAP's ranks.

This translates into five vacant constituencies, namely in Delta, Havelock, Kampong Kapor, Ulu Pandan and Whampoa and triggers the polling day on 18 April 1970 and the nomination day on 8 April 1970.

Similar to 1968 general election, no opposition parties except a newly formed United National Front that were formed by the remnants of the defunct Singapore Alliance send two candidates out of the five, namely Kampong Kapor and Ulu Pandan. Once again the PAP wins the other three by walkovers.

Election deposit

The election deposit was set at $500. 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.

Result

By-election 1970: Delta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Yeo Choo Kok	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			19,031
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

By-election 1970: Havelock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Hon Sui Sen	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			11,498
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

By-election 1970: Kampong Kapor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Yeo Toon Chia	5,527	62.4	N/A
	United National Front	Chng Boon Eng	3330	37.6	N/A
Majority			2,197	24.8	N/A
Turnout			9,195	83.7	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

By-election 1970: Ulu Pandan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Chiang Hai Ding	9,018	75.5	N/A
	United National Front	Vetrivelu Rengaswamy	2925	24.5	N/A
Majority			6,093	51.0	N/A
Turnout			12,355	86.3	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

By-election 1970: Whampoa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Augustine Tan Hui Heng	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			13,286
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

References

Elections and referendums in Singapore

General elections	1948 1951 1955 1959 1963 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1991 1997 2001 2006 2011 2015 Next

By-elections	1948 1952 1957 1961 1965 1966 1967 1970 1977 1979 1981 1992 2012 2013 2016

Presidential elections	1993 1999‡ 2005‡ 2011 2017

Local elections	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1949 (Apr) 1949 (Dec) 1950 1951 1952 1953 1957

Referendums	1962

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