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1981 Anson by-election
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| Turnout | 13,746 (94.72%)  0.38% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A by-election for the seat of Anson Constituency, was held on 31 October 1981.
The by-election marked the first occasion since Singapore's independence in which a PAP candidate was defeated in an election for a seat in Parliament,[1][2] with Workers' Party candidate J. B. Jeyaretnam, after six attempts since his debut in 1972, won the by-election winning 51.93% of the vote. The 37% swing against the PAP is the largest ever swing in a by-election in independent Singapore, and the second largest since 1961. It was also the first time where an opposition party gained a seat from the ruling People's Action Party in a by-election, a feat which did not occur again until 2013.[3]
- ^ Singapore Party Loses Vote, New York Times, 1 November 1981.
- ^ I'll start work right away says Jeya Archived 29 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine, New Nation, 2 November 1981.
- ^ "WP's Lee wins Punggol East by-election". Channel NewsAsia. 26 January 2013. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
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