Singaporean general election, 1984

General elections were held in Singapore on 22 December 1984. 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 they had not won every seat. Voter turnout was 95.6%, although this figure represents the turnout in the 49 constituencies to be contested, with PAP candidates earning walkovers in the other 30.

Background

In his 1983 National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew lamented that declining birth rates and large number of graduate women remaining single or not marrying their intellectual equal could see Singapore's talent pool shrink. The PAP government then proceeded to launch the "Graduate Mother Scheme" to entice graduate women with incentives to get married. These were said to have caused a big dip in PAP's support for this GE and its share of votes plunged by more than 10% to below 70%, the biggest fall and the lowest for PAP since the 1963 General Election.

No by-election was held for the seat of Havelock, vacated in 1983 upon the demise of Minister of Finance Hon Sui Sen, for the reason that the constituency would be re-aligned in the election.

PM Lee's son and future prime minister Lee Hsien Loong made his debut in the seat of Teck Ghee, while PAP stalwarts Dr Goh Keng Swee and Ong Pang Boon stepped down. In the only election among several preceding and succeeding ones, election deposit remained unchanged. The Workers' Party of Singapore (WP) retained, with an increased majority, its sole Anson seat of leader J. B. Jeyaretnam while the Singapore Democratic Party made its first in-road into Parliament with the victory of Chiam See Tong, who would hold onto the Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency in many years to come. A new Non-Constituency Member of Parliament scheme was introduced whereby between three and six seats, the exact number decided by the President of Singapore, would be offered to unsuccessful opposition candidates with the best scores and who garner at least 15% of the votes if any one party wins all the seats, subtracting one NCMP seat for every one opposition MP elected. Opposition parties dismissed the scheme for misleading voters into thinking that they could have opposition MPs without voting for them. WP's candidate M.P.D. Nair was eligible for NCMP but declined, which was then offered to the Singapore United Front's Tan Chee Kien, who did the same, and no further offers were made.

Constituencies

Constituency	Party	Voters
Alexandra	People's Action Party	19,670
Aljunied	People's Action Party	19,045
Ang Mo Kio	People's Action Party	22,633
Anson	Workers' Party	18,493
Ayer Rajah	People's Action Party	20,017
Bedok	People's Action Party	26,481
Boon Lay	People's Action Party	49,184
Boon Teck	People's Action Party	19,490
Braddell Heights	People's Action Party	14,152
Brickworks	People's Action Party	13,571
Bukit Batok	People's Action Party	20,812
Bukit Ho Swee	People's Action Party	11,480
Bukit Merah	People's Action Party	19,210
Bukit Panjang	People's Action Party	23,173
Bukit Timah	People's Action Party	25,408
Buona Vista	People's Action Party	18,041
Cairnhill	People's Action Party	15,862
Changi	People's Action Party	20,129
Cheng San	People's Action Party	17,328
Choa Chu Kang	People's Action Party	25,532
Chong Boon	People's Action Party	28,790
Clementi	People's Action Party	20,890
Delta	People's Action Party	12,800
Farrer Park	People's Action Party	17,615
Geylang East	People's Action Party	13,332
Geylang Serai	People's Action Party	24,109
Geylang West	People's Action Party	22,325
Havelock	People's Action Party	9,492
Henderson	People's Action Party	17,630
Jalan Besar	People's Action Party	16,115
Jalan Kayu	People's Action Party	25,011
Joo Chiat	People's Action Party	18,957
Jurong	People's Action Party	24,517
Kaki Bukit	People's Action Party	35,230
Kallang	People's Action Party	20,683
Kampong Chai Chee	People's Action Party	22,537
Kampong Glam	People's Action Party	18,127
Kampong Kembangan	People's Action Party	20,295
Kampong Ubi	People's Action Party	14,323
Kebun Baru	People's Action Party	17,542
Khe Bong	People's Action Party	15,773
Kim Keat	People's Action Party	20,439
Kim Seng	People's Action Party	22,136
Kolam Ayer	People's Action Party	23,630
Kreta Ayer	People's Action Party	15,982
Kuo Chuan	People's Action Party	18,728
Leng Kee	People's Action Party	14,805
MacPherson	People's Action Party	19,500
Marine Parade	People's Action Party	23,622
Moulmein	People's Action Party	18,893
Mountbatten	People's Action Party	21,480
Nee Soon	People's Action Party	26,897
Pasir Panjang	People's Action Party	17,149
Paya Lebar	People's Action Party	18,420
Potong Pasir	Singapore Democratic Party	17,915
Punggol	People's Action Party	24,727
Queenstown	People's Action Party	18,084
Radin Mas	People's Action Party	19,770
River Valley	People's Action Party	13,481
Rochore	People's Action Party	14,164
Sembawang	People's Action Party	22,326
Serangoon Gardens	People's Action Party	17,553
Siglap	People's Action Party	17,090
Tampines	People's Action Party	37,898
Tanah Merah	People's Action Party	17,808
Tanglin	People's Action Party	15,990
Tanjong Pagar	People's Action Party	15,812
Telok Ayer	People's Action Party	13,984
Telok Blangah	People's Action Party	19,550
Thomson	People's Action Party	15,271
Tiong Bahru	People's Action Party	20,091
Toa Payoh	People's Action Party	14,177
Ulu Pandan	People's Action Party	22,761
West Coast	People's Action Party	28,008
Whampoa	People's Action Party	18,494
Yio Chu Kang	People's Action Party	16,734

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