1984 Singaporean general election

1984 Singaporean general election

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All 79 directly elected seats in Parliament (and up to 3 NCMPs)
Registered944,624
Turnout95.65% (Increase 0.15pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Lee Kuan Yew J. B. Jeyaretnam Chiam See Tong
Party PAP WP SDP
Last election 77.66%, 75 seats 6.22%, 0 seats 1.77%, 0 seats
Seats won 77 1 1
Seat change Increase2 Increase1 Increase1
Popular vote 568,310 110,868 32,102
Percentage 64.83% 12.65% 3.66%
Swing Decrease 12.83pp Increase 6.43pp Increase 1.89pp

Prime Minister before election

Lee Kuan Yew
PAP

Prime Minister after election

Lee Kuan Yew
PAP

General elections were held in Singapore on 22 December 1984. President Devan Nair dissolved parliament on 4 December 1984 on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party, which won 77 of the 79 seats, marking the first time since 1963 that at least one opposition candidate was elected to parliament in a general election, although the first presence of an opposition MP was in the 1981 Anson by-election.