1992 Marine Parade by-election

A by-election for the Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency in Singapore was held on 19 December 1992.

Marine Parade by-election, 1992

19 December 1992

4 seats to the Parliament of Singapore
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Goh Chok Tong
Othman bin Haron Eusofe
Teo Chee Hean
Matthias Yao
Chee Soon Juan
Low Yong Nguan
Mohamed Shariff bin Yahya
Ashleigh Seow
Party PAP SDP
Popular vote 48,965 16,447
Percentage 72.9% 24.5%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Candidate Ken Sen
Tan Chee Kian
Sarry bin Hassan
Yong Choon Poh
Theng Chin Eng
Yen Kim Khooi
Suib bin Abdul Rahman
Lim Teong Howe
Party NSP SJP
Popular vote 950 764
Percentage 1.4% 1.1%

MPs before election

Goh Chok Tong
Lim Chee Onn
Othman bin Haron Eusofe
Matthias Yao
PAP

Elected MPs

Goh Chok Tong
Othman bin Haron Eusofe
Teo Chee Hean
Matthias Yao
PAP

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, Othman bin Haron Eusofe 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

By-election 1992: Marine Parade GRC[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

References

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