Singapore general election, 1997

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The 1997 Singapore parliamentary election was an election in Singapore which was held on 2 January 1997. 765,332 out of the eligible 1.8 million voters have voted and selected their next government. The election results was released in the late evening that day and the ruling People's Action Party won a total of 81 out of 83 seats as well as a tenth consecutive term in office under the then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Other major political parties contesting in the election were the Workers' Party, Singapore Democratic Party, National Solidarity Party, Singapore People's Party and the Democratic Progressive Party.

After nomination day on 23 December 1996, the People's Action Party returned to power with a total of 47 out of the total 83 seats and could form a government on nomination day. On polling day, voters voted for the election for their Members of Parliament with all but two seats going to the PAP. In this election, Group Representation Constituencies were increased from four members to four to six members. Housing issues were one of the issues raised during the election.

1 Overview
2 Electorate
3 Electoral boundaries
4 Pre-election day events
5 Election results
6 Election aftermath
7 External links

[edit] Overview

[edit] Electorate

[edit] Electoral boundaries

Mergers
- Braddell Heights SMC merged into Marine Parade GRC
- Brickworks GRC merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC and West Coast GRC
- Bukit Batok SMC merged into Bukit Timah GRC
- Bukit Merah SMC merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC
- Bukit Timah SMC merged into Bukit Timah GRC
- Buona Vista SMC merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC
- Changi SMC merged into East Coast GRC
- Eunos GRC merged into Aljunied GRC, Marine Parade GRC and East Coast GRC
- Jurong SMC merged into Bukit Timah GRC
- Leng Kee SMC merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC
- Mountbatten SMC merged into Marine Parade GRC
- Nee Soon South SMC merged into Ang Mo Kio GRC
- Ulu Pandan SMC merged into Bukit Timah GRC
- Yuhua SMC merged into Bukit Timah GRC

New GRCs
- Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, created by merging Thomson GRC and Toa Payoh GRC
- Bukit Timah GRC, created by merging Bukit Batok SMC, Bukit Timah SMC, Jurong SMC, Ulu Pandan SMC and Yuhua SMC.
- East Coast GRC, created by merging a section of Eunos GRC and Bedok GRC
- Kreta Ayer-Tanglin GRC, created by merging Kreta Ayer SMC, Tanglin SMC
- West Coast GRC, created by splitting Telok Blangah division of Tanjong Pagar GRC

New SMCs
- Kampong Glam SMC which was created after Kampong Glam GRC was removed from the electoral boundary map.
- MacPherson SMC, carved out from Marine Parade GRC

Changes in electoral seats within GRCs
- Aljunied GRC, Ang Mo Kio GRC, Cheng San GRC, Hong Kah GRC were increased from four -member GRCs to five-member GRCs.
- Marine Parade GRC, Sembawang GRC and Tanjong Pagar GRC were increased from four-member GRCs to six-member GRCs.

Changes in electoral boundaries within constituencies

[edit] Pre-election day events

[edit] Election results

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Summary of the 2 January 1997 Parliament of Singapore **election results**
Parties and alliances		Leader	Contested seats	Seats won	Popular vote	%	+/-
	People's Action Party	Goh Chok Tong	83	81^†	465,751	65.0	+4.0
	Workers' Party of Singapore	Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam	14	1	101,544	14.2	-0.1
	Singapore Democratic Party:	Chee Soon Juan	13	0	76,129	10.6	-1.4
	National Solidarity Party	?	7	0	48,322	6.7	-0.6
	Singapore People's Party	Chiam See Tong	3	1	16,746	2.3	N.A.
	Democratic Progressive Party	Tan Soo Phuan	2	0	5,043	0.7	N.A.
	Independent	N.A.	1	0	3,210	0.4	N.A.
Total				83	734,000	100.0	-
Spoilt votes					17,255	-
Did not vote					31,332	-
Total voting electorate					765,332	-
^†includes uncontested victories