Hong Lim by-election, 1965

Background

Merely a month before Singapore's separation from Malaysia and independence, UPP chief and sole Assembly Member Ong Eng Guan resigned his seat and retired from politics. This last Legislative Assembly election became a straight fight between Singapore's two main parties - the People's Action Party and Barisan Sosialis - and both fielded former PAP AMs as candidates. The PAP was by then a full national party with a presence in Malaysia despite winning only one seat out of 11 it contested in the federal elections of 1964.

After Singapore was ejected from the Federation, PAP's only Malaysian legislator, Devan Nair, converted the party's extension into the Peninsular to the Democratic Action Party - replacing the "thunderflash" in the PAP's symbol with a "rocket" - but he quit Malaysia politics and returned to Singapore a few years later. DAP remains a key political party in Malaysia until today and is part of the Pakatan Harapan coalition in Malaysia.

Historical Significance

This was the last Legislative Assembly election which oversees the straight fight between the 2 major political parties in Singapore, namely the People's Action Party and Barisan Sosialis. Both parties have decided to field former PAP Assembly Members as the candidates of this seat.

The following year in 1966, BS would withdraw all members from parliament and boycott the next election of 1968.

Election Deposit

The election deposit was set at $500.

Results

By-election 1965: Hong Lim
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Lee Khoon Choy	6,398	59.5	+26.2
	BS	Ong Chang Sam	4,346	40.5	+19.9
Majority			2,052	19.0	N/A
Turnout			10,858	91.7	+0.7
	PAP gain from UPP		Swing	N/A

References

Elections and referendums in Singapore

General elections	1948 1951 1955 1959 1963 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1991 1997 2001 2006 2011 2015 Next

By-elections	1948 1952 1957 1961 1965 1966 1967 1970 1977 1979 1981 1992 2012 2013 2016

Presidential elections	1993 1999‡ 2005‡ 2011 2017

Local elections	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1949 (Apr) 1949 (Dec) 1950 1951 1952 1953 1957

Referendums	1962

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