1992 Marine Parade by-election
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A by-election for the Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency in Singapore was held on 19 December 1992 with the People's Action Party (PAP) as the winning party.
The People's Action Party (PAP) have defeated Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) , Singapore Justice Party (SJP) & National Solidarity Party (NSP) with 72.9% of the valid votes. People's Action Party (PAP) candidates are declared to be the MPs for Marine Parade GRC.
Background[]
At the time of the by-election, both Deputy Prime Ministers, Ong Teng Cheong and Lee Hsien Loong, were suffering from cancer. Goh decided to hold a by-election in a safe constituency with the best chances of winning for “political self-renewal” to get people of “ministerial calibre” to join the government under PAP. While Goh, and Matthias Yao were running again in the same constituency, Lim Chee Onn was replaced with Teo Chee Hean, the former chief of the Singapore navy, for the by-election.[1]
At the 1991 general election, Goh promised to hold a by-election in 12 to 18 months’ time to allow J. B. Jeyaretnam, of the Workers’ Party, to contest a seat in parliament. Jeyaretnam was unable to contest in the 1991 general election due to a parliamentary ban which expired 2 months after the 1991 general election.[2][3]
Election deposit[]
The election deposit was set at $6000 per candidate. 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[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Goh Chok Tong Othman bin Haron Eusofe Teo Chee Hean Matthias Yao |
48,965 | 72.9 | -4.3 | |
| SDP | Chee Soon Juan Low Yong Nguan Mohamed Shariff bin Yahya Ashleigh Seow |
16,447 | 24.5 | +24.5 | |
| NSP | Ken Sen Tan Chee Kian Sarry bin Hassan Yong Choon Poh |
950 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| SJP | Theng Chin Eng Yen Kim Khooi Suib bin Abdul Rahman Lim Teong Howe |
764 | 1.1 | -21.7 | |
| Majority | 30,804 | 45.9 | -8.5 | ||
| Turnout | 68,436 | 92.5 | -1.1 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | -4.3 | |||
See also[]
- 2020 Singaporean general election - another election where a multi-cornered contest occurred in a GRC (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC between People's Action Party, Singapore Democratic Alliance and the new party, Peoples Voice)[5][6]
References[]
- ^ "PM tells why he picked his own ward". Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam". Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "A politically shrewd manoeuvre". Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "1992 PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION RESULT". Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ Straits Times (30 June 2020). "Singapore GE2020: All 93 seats to be contested at July 10 election; 192 candidates from 11 parties file papers on Nomination Day".
- ^ Straits Times (30 June 2020). "Singapore GE2020: Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC to see three-cornered fight for first time since 1992".
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