1988 General Election

Main Event

Event	Date
Nomination day	24 August 1988
Polling day	3 September 1988

Electoral Boundaries

• Ang Mo Kio SMC
• Ayer Rajah SMC
• Boon Lay SMC
• Braddell Heights SMC
• Bukit Batok SMC
• Bukit Gombak SMC
• Bukit Merah SMC
• Bukit Panjang SMC
• Bukit Timah SMC
• Buona Vista SMC
• Cairnhill SMC
• Changi SMC
• Chua Chu Kang SMC
• Fengshan SMC
• Hougang SMC
• Jurong SMC
• Kallang SMC
• Kampong Glam SMC
• Kebun Baru SMC
• Kim Keat SMC
• Kim Seng SMC
• Kreta Ayer SMC
• Leng Kee SMC
• MacPherson SMC
• Moulmein SMC
• Mountbatten SMC
• Nee Soon Central SMC
• Nee Soon South SMC
• Paya Lebar SMC
• Potong Pasir SMC
• Punggol SMC
• Serangoon Gardens SMC
• Siglap SMC
• Tanglin SMC
• Tanjong Pagar SMC
• Teck Ghee SMC
• Telok Blangah SMC
• Thomson SMC
• Ulu Pandan SMC
• Whampoa SMC
• Yio Chu Kang SMC
• Yuhua SMC

3-Members Group Representative Constituency

• Aljunied GRC
• Bedok GRC
• Brickworks GRC
• Cheng San GRC
• Eunos GRC
• Hong Kah GRC
• Jalan Besar GRC
• Marine Parade GRC
• Pasir Panjang GRC
• Sembawang GRC
• Tampines GRC
• Tiong Bahru GRC
• Toa Payoh GRC

Changes in boundaries

Constituency	Changes
GRC
Aljunied GRC	Formed from Aljunied SMC, Kampong Kembangan SMC and Kampong Ubi SMC
Bedok GRC	Formed from Bedok SMC, Kampong Chai Chee SMC and Tanah Merah SMC
Brickworks GRC	Formed from Alexandra SMC, Brickworks SMC and Queenstown SMC
Cheng San GRC	Formed from Cheng San SMC, Chong Boon SMC and Jalan Kayu SMC
Eunos GRC	Formed from Eunos SMC, Kaki Bukit SMC and a portion of Tampines SMC (Tampines North)
Hong Kah GRC	Formed from parts of Bukit Batok SMC (Hong Kah North), Hong Kah SMC (Hong Kah Central) and Yuhua SMC (Hong Kah South)
Jalan Besar GRC	Formed from Geylang West SMC, Jalan Besar SMC and Kolam Ayer SMC
Marine Parade GRC	Formed from Geylang Serai SMC, Joo Chiat SMC and Marine Parade SMC
Pasir Panjang GRC	Formed from Clementi SMC, Pasir Panjang SMC and West Coast SMC
Sembawang GRC	Formed from parts of Nee Soon SMC (Chong Pang and Nee Soon East) and Sembawang SMC
Tampines GRC	Formed from Changkat SMC and Tampines SMC (Tampines East and Tampines West)
Tiong Bahru GRC	Formed from Delta SMC, Henderson SMC, Tiong Bahru SMC and Radin Mas SMC Delta was absorbed into Tiong Bahru division
Toa Payoh GRC	Formed from Boon Teck SMC, Khe Bong SMC, Kuo Chuan SMC and Toa Payoh SMC Khe Bong was absorbed into Boon Teck division
New
Bukit Gombak SMC	Carved out from Bukit Batok SMC
Hougang SMC	Carved out from Punggol SMC
Nee Soon Central SMC	Carved out from Nee Soon SMC
Nee Soon South SMC	Carved out from Nee Soon SMC
Defunct
Anson SMC	Absorbed to Tanjong Pagar SMC
Bo Wen SMC	Absorbed to Ang Mo Kio SMC
River Valley SMC	Absorbed to Cairnhill SMC
Rochore SMC	Absorbed to Kampong Glam SMC
Telok Ayer SMC	Absorbed to Kreta Ayer SMC

Results

Parties and alliances		Leader	Seats		Popular vote	%	+/-
			Contested	Won
	1 People's Action Party	Lee Kuan Yew	81	80	848,029	63.17	▼ 1.66
	1 Singapore Democratic Party	Chiam See Tong	18	1	158,341	11.8	▲ 8.14
	1 Workers' Party	J B Jeyaretnam	32	0	224,473	16.72	▲ 4.06
	1 National Solidarity Party	Kum Teng Hock	8	0	50,432	3.76	New
	1 United People's Front	Harbans Singh	5	0	17,282	1.29	▼ 1.81
	Independent(s)	N/A	4	0	15,412	1.15	N/A
	1 Justice Party, Singapore	M Ramasamy	3	0	14,660	1.09	▼ 0.15
	1 Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura	Ibrahim Ariff	4	0	13,526	1.01	▲ 0.47
	1 Angkatan Islam	M Sani Jan	1	0	280	0.02	▼ 0.02
Electorate					1,660,583
Walkover					210,745
Total Votes cast					1,373,064	94.7
Valid Votes					1,342,435	97.77