1997 General Election

Main Event

Event	Date
Nomination day	23 December 1996
Polling day	2 January 1997

Electoral Boundaries

• Ayer Rajah SMC
• Boon Lay SMC
• Bukit Gombak SMC
• Chua Chu Kang SMC
• Hougang SMC
• Kampong Glam SMC
• MacPherson SMC
• Nee Soon Central SMC
• Potong Pasir SMC

4-Members Group Representative Constituency

• Jalan Besar GRC
• Kreta Ayer–Tanglin GRC
• Pasir Ris GRC
• Tampines GRC
• West Coast GRC

5-Members Group Representative Constituency

• Aljunied GRC
• Ang Mo Kio GRC
• Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
• Bukit Timah GRC
• Cheng San GRC
• Hong Kah GRC

6-Members Group Representative Constituency

• East Coast GRC
• Marine Parade GRC
• Sembawang GRC
• Tanjong Pagar GRC

Changes in boundaries

Constituency	Changes
GRC
Aljunied GRC	Absorbed Eunos from Eunos GRC, Changkat South division from Tampines GRC (renamed to Changi-Simei), and part of Serangoon Gardens division from Thomson GRC
Ang Mo Kio GRC	Absorbed part of Chong Boon division from Cheng San GRC, Nee Soon South SMC and part of Serangoon Gardens division from Thomson GRC
Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC	Formed with Toa Payoh GRC and Thomson GRC Boon Teck and Kim Keat divisions absorbed to Toa Payoh Central division Kuo Chuan division absorbed to Toa Payoh East division
Bukit Timah GRC	Formed with part of Clementi division from Brickworks GRC, Bukit Batok SMC, Bukit Timah SMC, Jurong SMC, Ulu Pandan SMC and Yuhua SMC
Cheng San GRC	Punggol division was split into Punggol Central, Punggol East and Punggol South divisions Carved out Chong Boon division to Ang Mo Kio GRC and Cheng San division
East Coast GRC	Absorbed Changi SMC, Bedok GRC, Joo Chiat division from Marine Parade GRC and Kaki Bukit division from Eunos GRC Changi division was absorbed into Changi-Simei and Changkat South divisions
Hong Kah GRC	Absorbed part of Chua Chu Kang SMC and Jurong SMC Hong Kah West division was split to include Nanyang division
Jalan Besar GRC	Kallang division was dissolved into Kampong Glam, Kolam Ayer, Jalan Besar and Whampoa divisions
Kreta Ayer–Tanglin GRC	Formed with part of Kampong Glam GRC, Kreta Ayer SMC and Tanglin SMC
Marine Parade GRC	Absorbed Braddell Heights SMC, Mountbatten SMC and part of Serangoon Gardens division from Thomson GRC Carved out MacPherson division into MacPherson SMC Carved out Joo Chiat division into East Coast GRC
Pasir Ris GRC	Absorbed Pasir Ris and part of Tampines North division from Eunos GRC Pasir Ris division was split into Pasir Ris Central, Pasir Ris East and Pasir Ris Loyang divisions
Sembawang GRC	Bukit Panjang and Sembawang divisions were split to include Marsiling and Woodlands divisions respectively
Tampines GRC	Tampines West division was split to include Tampines Central division Carved out part of Changkat South division to Aljunied GRC, while the rest absorbed to Tampines Changkat division
Tanjong Pagar GRC	Absorbed Brickworks and Queenstown division from Brickworks GRC, Bukit Merah SMC, Buona Vista SMC and Leng Kee SMC Carved out Telok Blangah division to West Coast GRC Brickworks division was absorbed into Pasir Panjang & Queenstown divisions
West Coast GRC	Formed with Clementi and West Coast divisions from Brickworks GRC and Telok Blangah division from Tanjong Pagar GRC

Results

Parties and alliances		Leader	Seats		Popular vote	%	±
			Contested	Won
	People's Action Party (PAP)	Goh Chok Tong	83	81	465,751	64.98	▲ 4.01
	Workers' Party (WP)	J B Jeyaretnam	14	1	101,544	14.17	▼ 0.12
	Singapore People's Party (SPP)	Chiam See Tong	3	1	16,746	2.34	New
	Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)	Chee Soon Juan	12	0	76,129	10.62	▼ 1.36
	National Solidarity Party (NSP)	Tan Chee Kien	7	0	48,322	6.74	▼ 0.57
	Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)	Tan Soo Phuan	2	0	5,043	0.70	New
	Independent(s)	N/A	1	0	3,210	0.45	N/A
Electorate					1,881,011
Walkover					1,115,679
Total Votes cast					734,000	95.91
Valid Votes					716,745	97.65