2013 Punggol East by-election

2013 Punggol East by-election
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Registered31,649
Turnout29,859 (94.34%) Decrease 0.94%
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Lee Li Lian Koh Poh Koon
Party WP PAP
Popular vote 16,045 12,875
Percentage 54.50% 43.73%
Swing Increase 13.49% Decrease 10.81%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Candidate Kenneth Jeyaretnam Desmond Lim
Party RP SDA
Popular vote 353 168
Percentage 1.20% 0.57%
Swing Increase 1.20% Decrease 3.88%
MP before election

Michael Palmer
PAP

Elected MP

Lee Li Lian
WP

The 2013 Punggol East by-election in Singapore was held on 26 January 2013 to fill a vacant seat after the incumbent MP, Michael Palmer resigned due to an extramarital affair. It was the 17th by-election. The nomination day was 16 January 2013, and the polling day was 26 January 2013. [1]

On 26 January 2013, Lee Li Lian from the Workers' Party was elected as the Member of Parliament for Punggol East SMC winning 54.50% of the vote. [2]

  1. ^ "Speaker of Parliament Michael Palmer resigns over 'grave mistake'". Channel NewsAsia. 12 December 2012. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. ^ "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.