1992 Marine Parade by-election

1992 Marine Parade by-election

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Registered	73,986
Turnout	68,436 (92.50%) 1.07%
First party Second party   Candidate Goh Chok Tong Othman bin Haron Eusofe Teo Chee Hean Matthias Yao Chee Soon Juan Low Yong Nguan Mohamed Shariff bin Yahya Ashleigh Seow Party PAP SDP Popular vote 48,965 16,447 Percentage 72.94% 24.50% Swing 4.31% 24.50%   Third party Fourth party   Candidate Ken Sen Tan Chee Kian Sarry bin Hassan Yong Choon Poh Theng Chin Eng Yen Kim Khooi Suib bin Abdul Rahman Lim Teong Howe Party NSP SJP Popular vote 950 764 Percentage 1.42% 1.14% Swing 1.42% 21.61%
MPs before election Goh Chok Tong Lim Chee Onn Othman bin Haron Eusofe Matthias Yao PAP Elected MPs Goh Chok Tong Othman bin Haron Eusofe Teo Chee Hean Matthias Yao PAP

The by-election was held on 19 December 1992. The by-election was to replace as Goh decided to hold a by-election in a safe constituency with the best chances of winning for political self-renewal to get people of ministerial calibre to join the government under PAP.

This was the first time that a Singaporean Prime Minister vacated his or her own constituency to stand for a by-election thereby producing a risk of Goh losing the premiership in under two years, in the event he lost the by-election.

Fortunately, the People's Action Party (PAP) won with 72.9% of the vote. The team of candidates - led by Goh - were subsequently declared as the MPs for Marine Parade GRC, thus ensuring Goh's retention of his office as Prime Minister.