1984 General Election

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Main Event[edit]

Event Date[1]
Nomination day 12 December 1984
Polling day 22 December 1984

Electoral Boundaries[edit]

Changes in boundaries
Constituency Changes
New
Bo Wen SMC Carved out from Ang Mo Kio SMC, Kebun Baru SMC and Yio Chu Kang SMC
Changkat SMC Carved out from Kaki Bukit SMC and Tampines SMC
Eunos SMC Carved out from Kaki Bukit SMC and Tampines SMC
Fengshan SMC Carved out from Bedok SMC, Kampong Chai Chee SMC and Tanah Merah SMC
Hong Kah SMC Carved out from Boon Lay SMC
Teck Ghee SMC Carved out from Ang Mo Kio SMC and Chong Boon SMC
Yuhua SMC Carved out from Boon Lay SMC and Bukit Timah SMC
Defunct
Bukit Ho Swee SMC Absorbed to Kim Seng SMC and Tiong Bahru SMC
Havelock SMC Absorbed to Delta SMC
Katong SMC Absorbed to Joo Chiat SMC and Mountbatten SMC

Results[edit]

Parties and alliances Leader Seats Popular vote[2] % ±
Contested Won
People's Action Party (PAP) Lee Kuan Yew 79 77 568,310 64.83 ▼ 12.83
Workers' Party (WP) J B Jeyaretnam 15 1 110,939 12.66 ▲ 6.44
Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Chiam See Tong 4 1 32,102 3.66 ▲ 1.89
Singapore United Front (SUF) Seow Khee Leng 13 0 87,197 9.95 ▲ 5.63
United People's Front (UPF) Harbans Singh 8 0 27,217 3.10 ▼ 1.39
Barisan Sosialis (BS) Lee Siew Choh 4 0 24,212 2.76 ▲ 0.17
Justice Party, Singapore (JPS) M Ramasamy 2 0 10,906 1.24 ▲ 0.41
Independent(s) N/A 3 0 10,586 1.21 N/A
Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura (PKMS) Hj Abd Rahman Zin 1 0 4,768 0.54 ▼ 1.57
Angkatan Islam (AI) M Sani Jan 1 0 359 0.04 New
Electorate 1,495,389
Walkover 550,765
Total Votes cast 902,980 95.59
Valid Votes 876,596 97.08

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