1984 Singaporean General Election
The opposition returns22 December 1984 · Dominance by design
General elections were held in Singapore on 22 December 1984 to elect members of Parliament. They were the seventh general elections since the introduction of self-government in 1959 and the fifth since independence in 1965.
Cleanly counted but structurally tilted: GRC wards, government-aligned media and litigation against opposition figures shape the field long before polling day.
Prime Minister before
Lee Kuan Yew
PAP
Prime Minister (continued)
Lee Kuan Yew
PAP
Largest force
PAP
77 seats
Turnout
95.7%
The result
| Share of Parliament | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lee Kuan Yew | 77 | +2 | 568,310 | 64.8% | -12.8 | |
| WP | J. B. Jeyaretnam | 1 | +1 | 110,868 | 12.7% | +6.4 | |
| SDP | Chiam See Tong | 1 | +1 | 32,102 | 3.7% | +1.9 |