1965 Hong Lim by-election

1965 Hong Lim by-election

← 1961 10 July 1965 1966 →
Registered11,837
Turnout10,858 (91.73%) Decrease 3.77%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Candidate Lee Khoon Choy Ong Chang Sam
Party PAP BS
Popular vote 6,398 4,346
Percentage 59.55% 40.45%
Swing Increase 26.28% Increase 19.87%

Assemblyman before election

Ong Eng Guan
UPP

Elected Assemblyman

Lee Khoon Choy
PAP

The by-election was held on 10 July 1965, with the nomination day held on 30 June 1965. Merely a month before Singapore's separation from Malaysia and independence, UPP chief, and the party's sole Assembly Member Ong Eng Guan resigned his seat and retired from politics, triggering a by-election.