The by-elections were triggered by the final batch of mass resignations from Barisan Sosialis's elected Members of Parliament.
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| Registered | 14,123 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The by-elections were triggered by the final batch of mass resignations from Barisan Sosialis's elected Members of Parliament.
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Barisan Sosialis's elected Members of Parliament have heeded to Lim Huan Boon's call on the grounds that Singapore's independence was "phony" because no discussion of Singapore's separation matter was made in the legislature. The final walkout of Barisan members were Koo Young, Loh Miaw Gong, Ong Lian Teng, Poh Ber Liak and Tan Cheng Tong, and left five constituencies vacant; Bukit Panjang, Havelock, Jalan Kayu, Tampines and Thomson respectively. As a result, by-elections were held on 7 March 1967, with the nomination day held on 24 February 1967. Despite five constituencies were vacant, only Thomson was contested by two independent candidates a PAP candidate—in which PAP won. PAP also won the other four constituencies by an uncontested walkover.
The election deposit was set at $500. Similar to previous elections, the election deposit will be forfeited if the particular candidate had failed to secure at least 12.5% or one-eighth of the votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Selvadurai Pathmanaban | Walkover | |||
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| Turnout | 16,070 | ||||
| PAP gain from BS | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Lim Soo Peng | Walkover | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 12,898 | ||||
| PAP gain from BS | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Teo Hup Teck | Walkover | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 11,275 | ||||
| PAP gain from BS | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Chew Chin Han | Walkover | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 16,481 | ||||
| PAP gain from BS | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Ang Nam Piau | 9,407 | 83.6 | +44.1 | |
| Independent | Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair | 1,310 | 11.6 | +11.6 | |
| Independent | Chan Yoke Kwong | 537 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
| Majority | 8,097 | 72.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 11,624 | 82.3 | -13.7 | ||
| PAP gain from BS | Swing | N/A | |||
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