1979 By Election

Main Event

Event	Date
Nomination day	31 January 1979
Polling day	10 February 1979

Electoral Boundaries

• Anson SMC
• Geylang West SMC
• Mountbatten SMC
• Nee Soon SMC
• Potong Pasir SMC
• Sembawang SMC
• Telok Blangah SMC

Results

Parties and alliances		Seats		Popular vote	%	+/-
		Contested	Won
	1 People's Action Party	sgWiki	7	7	53,222	72.69	▼ 1.40
	1 Workers' Party	sgWiki	1	0	8,036	10.98	▼ 0.57
	Independent(s)	sgWiki	1	0	4,491	6.13	N/A
	1 United Front	sgWiki	2	0	3,942	5.38	▼ 1.32
	1 United People's Front	sgWiki	1	0	3,528	4.82	▲ 3.03
Electorate				116,881
Walkover				36,806
Total Votes cast				74,887	93.52
Valid Votes				73,219	97.77