2nd Parliament of Singapore

The 2nd Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 6 May 1968 and was prorogued on 14 April 1971. It commenced its second session on 21 July 1971 and was dissolved on 16 August 1972.^[1]

The members of the 2nd Parliament were elected in the 1968 general election. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his Cabinet. During the first session, Punch Coomaraswamy handed over the speakership to Dr Yeoh Ghim Seng.^[2]

Composition[]

Political party	Members
	At opening	At dissolution
People's Action Party	58	58
Total	58	58
Government majority	29	29

Members[]

This is the list of members of the 2nd Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1968 general election.

Constituency	Party	Member of Parliament
Alexandra	People's Action Party
Aljunied	People's Action Party
Anson	People's Action Party
Bras Basah	People's Action Party
Bukit Ho Swee	People's Action Party
Bukit Merah	People's Action Party
Bukit Panjang	People's Action Party
Bukit Timah	People's Action Party	Chor Yeok Eng
Cairnhill	People's Action Party	Lim Kim San
Changi	People's Action Party
Chua Chu Kang	People's Action Party
Crawford	People's Action Party
Delta	People's Action Party	Chan Choy Siong
Farrer Park	People's Action Party	Lee Chiaw Meng
Geylang East	People's Action Party
Geylang Serai	People's Action Party
Geylang West	People's Action Party	Yong Nyuk Lin
Havelock	People's Action Party
Hong Lim	People's Action Party	Lee Khoon Choy
Jalan Besar	People's Action Party
Jalan Kayu	People's Action Party
Joo Chiat	People's Action Party	Yeoh Ghim Seng
Jurong	People's Action Party	Ho Kah Leong
Kallang	People's Action Party
Kampong Chai Chee	People's Action Party
Kampong Glam	People's Action Party	Sinnathamby Rajaratnam
Kampong Kapor	People's Action Party
Kampong Kembangan	People's Action Party
Kampong Ubi	People's Action Party
Katong	People's Action Party
Kreta Ayer	People's Action Party	Goh Keng Swee
MacPherson	People's Action Party	Chua Sian Chin
Moulmein	People's Action Party
Mountbatten	People's Action Party
Nee Soon	People's Action Party
Pasir Panjang	People's Action Party	Othman bin Wok
Paya Lebar	People's Action Party
Potong Pasir	People's Action Party
Punggol	People's Action Party
Queenstown	People's Action Party	Jek Yeun Thong
River Valley	People's Action Party
Rochore	People's Action Party	Toh Chin Chye
Sembawang	People's Action Party
Sepoy Lines	People's Action Party
Serangoon Gardens	People's Action Party
Siglap	People's Action Party	Abdul Rahim bin Ishak
Stamford	People's Action Party
Tampines	People's Action Party	Phua Bah Lee
Tanglin	People's Action Party	Edmund William Barker
Tanjong Pagar	People's Action Party	Lee Kuan Yew
Telok Ayer	People's Action Party	Ong Pang Boon
Telok Blangah	People's Action Party
Thomson	People's Action Party
Tiong Bahru	People's Action Party
Toa Payoh	People's Action Party
Ulu Pandan	People's Action Party
Upper Serangoon	People's Action Party
Whampoa	People's Action Party

By-elections[]

#	Constituency	Date of by-election	New member		Old member
			Political party	Name	Political party	Name	Date seat vacated	Cause of vacation
1	Delta	8 April 1970	People's Action Party		People's Action Party	Chan Choy Siong	30 March 1970	Resignation
2	Havelock	8 April 1970	People's Action Party	Hon Sui Sen	People's Action Party		30 March 1970	Resignation
3	Whampoa	8 April 1970	People's Action Party		People's Action Party		30 March 1970	Resignation
4	Kampong Kapor	18 April 1970	People's Action Party		People's Action Party		30 March 1970	Resignation
5	Ulu Pandan	18 April 1970	People's Action Party		People's Action Party		30 March 1970	Resignation

Progression of government majority and party totals[]

Date	Event	Govt majority	PAP	Vacant
1968
6 May	Opening of Parliament	29	58	0
1969
1 January		29	58	0
31 December
1970
30 March	Chian Choy Siong (PAP, Delta) resigned	24	53	5
	Lim Soo Peng (PAP, Havelock) resigned
	Lim Cheng Lock (PAP, Kampong Kapor) resigned
	Lee Teck Him (PAP, Ulu Pandan) resigned
	Buang bin Omar Junid (PAP, Whampoa) resigned
8 April	Yeo Choo Kok (PAP) uncontested in Delta by-election	27	56	2
	Hon Sui Sen (PAP) uncontested in Havelock by-election
	Augustine Tan Hui Heng (PAP) uncontested in Whampoa by-election
18 April	Yeo Toon Chia (PAP) won Kampong Kapor by-election	29	58	0
	Chiang Hai Ding (PAP) won Ulu Pandan by-election
1971
14 April	Start of Parliament prorogation	29	58	0
21 July	End of Parliament prorogation	29	58	0
1972
16 August	Dissolution of Parliament	29	58	0

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