Singaporean general election, 1997

Infobox Election
election_name = Singaporean general election, 1997
country = Singapore
type = parliamentary
ongoing = no
previous_election = Singaporean general election, 1991
previous_year = 1991
next_election = Singaporean general election, 2001
next_year = 2001
seats_for_election = All 84 seats to the Parliament of Singapore
election_date = January 2, 1997


leader1 = Goh Chok Tong
leader_since1 = 1990
party1 = People's Action Party
leaders_seat1 = Marine Parade GRC
last_election1 = 77 seats, 95.1%
seats1 = 81
seat_change1 = +4.0
popular_vote1 = 465,751
percentage2 = 75.3%
swing1 = +10.3%


leader2 = J.B. Jeyaretnam
leader_since2 = 1972
party2 = Workers' Party of Singapore
leaders_seat2 = Cheng San GRC
last_election2 = 1 seat, 1.2%
seats2 = 1+NCMP
seat_change2 = -
popular_vote2 = 101,544
percentage2 = 14.2%
swing2 = -0.1


leader3 = Chiam See Tong
leader_since3 = 1994
party3 = Singapore People's Party
leaders_seat3 = Potong Pasir SMC
last_election3 = -
seats3 = 1
seat_change3 = +1
popular_vote3 = 16,746
percentage3 = 2.3%
swing3 = -
title = PM
before_election = Goh Chok Tong
after_election = Goh Chok Tong
before_party = People's Action Party
after_party = People's Action PartyThe 1997 Singapore parliamentary election was an election in Singapore which was held on 2 January 1997. 765,332 out of the eligible 1.8 million voters have voted and selected their next government. The election results was released in the late evening that day and the ruling People's Action Party won a total of 81 out of 83 seats as well as a tenth consecutive term in office under the then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Other major political parties contesting in the election were the Workers' Party, Singapore Democratic Party, National Solidarity Party, Singapore People's Party and the Democratic Progressive Party.

After nomination day on 23 December 1996, the People's Action Party returned to power with a total of 47 out of the total 83 seats and could form a government on nomination day. On polling day, voters voted for the election for their Members of Parliament with all but two seats going to the PAP. In this election, Group Representation Constituencies were increased from four members to four to six members. Housing issues were one of the issues raised during the election.

Electorate

Electoral boundaries

*Mergers
**Braddell Heights SMC merged into Marine Parade GRC
**Brickworks GRC merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC and West Coast GRC
**Bukit Batok SMC merged into Bukit Timah GRC
**Bukit Merah SMC merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC
**Bukit Timah SMC merged into Bukit Timah GRC
**Buona Vista SMC merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC
**Changi SMC merged into East Coast GRC
**Eunos GRC merged into Aljunied GRC, Marine Parade GRC and East Coast GRC
**Jurong SMC merged into Bukit Timah GRC
**Leng Kee SMC merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC
**Mountbatten SMC merged into Marine Parade GRC
**Nee Soon South SMC merged into Ang Mo Kio GRC
**Ulu Pandan SMC merged into Bukit Timah GRC
**Yuhua SMC merged into Bukit Timah GRC

*New GRCs
**Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, created by merging Thomson GRC and Toa Payoh GRC
**Bukit Timah GRC, created by merging Bukit Batok SMC, Bukit Timah SMC, Jurong SMC, Ulu Pandan SMC and Yuhua SMC.
**East Coast GRC, created by merging a section of Eunos GRC and Bedok GRC
**Kreta Ayer-Tanglin GRC, created by merging Kreta Ayer SMC, Tanglin SMC
**West Coast GRC, created by splitting Telok Blangah division of Tanjong Pagar GRC

*New SMCs
**Kampong Glam SMC which was created after Kampong Glam GRC was removed from the electoral boundary map.
**MacPherson SMC, carved out from Marine Parade GRC

*Changes in electoral seats within GRCs
**Aljunied GRC, Ang Mo Kio GRC, Cheng San GRC, Hong Kah GRC were increased from four -member GRCs to five-member GRCs.
**Marine Parade GRC, Sembawang GRC and Tanjong Pagar GRC were increased from four-member GRCs to six-member GRCs.

Election results

Election aftermath

External links

* [http://www.elections.gov.sg Official elections webpage] - Elections Department Singapore
* [http://www.singapore-elections.com/ge1997/ Singapore-elections] - a comprehensive archive of elections results, as well as past ones

Official websites of political parties
* [http://www.nsp.sg/ National Solidarity Party]
* [http://www.pap.org.sg/ People's Action Party] , [http://www.pap.org.sg/uploads/ap/587/documents/papmanifesto06_english.pdf Manifesto (PDF)]
* [http://www.geocities.com/pkms218/ Singapore Malay National Organisation] , (Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura)
* [http://www.singaporedemocrat.org/ Singapore Democratic Party] , [http://www.singaporedemocrat.org/whatwestandfor.html Manifesto]
* [http://www.spp.org.sg/ Singapore People's Party] , [http://www.spp.org.sg/Spp-Manifesto.htm Manifesto]
* [http://www.wp.sg/ Workers' Party of Singapore] , [http://www.wp.sg/ge2006/manifesto.php Manifesto 2006]