1979 Singaporean by-elections

1979 Singaporean by-elections
10 February 1979
7 seats to the Parliament of Singapore
Registered80,075
Turnout74,887 (93.52%) 1.39%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Lee Kuan Yew J. B. Jeyaretnam
Party PAP WP
Seats won 7 0
Seat change
Popular vote 53,222 8,036
Percentage 72.69% 10.98%
Swing 1.37% 5.59%
MP before election

Perumal Govindaswamy
Yong Nyuk Lin
Ng Yeow Chong
Ong Soo Chuan
Ivan Baptist
Teong Eng Siong
Shaik Ahmad bin Abdul Haleem
PAP

Elected MP

Devan Nair
Teh Cheang Wan
Eugene Yap
Koh Lip Lin
Howe Yoon Chong
Tony Tan
Rohan bin Kamis
PAP

By-elections were held in Singapore on 10 February 1979 for seven constituencies, with nominations being accepted on 31 January. With 80,075 registered voters, the 1979 by-elections remain the largest by-election by combined electorate to have ever taken place in post-independence Singapore.

All candidates for the governing People's Action Party (PAP) won their respective by-elections.

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