1997 Singaporean General Election
2 January 1997 · Dominance by design
General elections were held in Singapore on 2 January 1997 to elect members of Parliament. They were the tenth general elections since the introduction of self-government in 1959 and the eighth 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
Goh Chok Tong
PAP
Prime Minister (continued)
Goh Chok Tong
PAP
Largest force
PAP
81 seats
Turnout
95.9%
The result
| Share of Parliament | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Goh Chok Tong | 81 | +4 | 465,751 | 65.0% | +4.0 | |
| WP | J. B. Jeyaretnam | 2 | +1 | 101,544 | 14.2% | -0.1 | |
| SPP | Chiam See Tong | 1 | — | 16,746 | 2.3% | — |