The by-election was held on 14 May and 23 July for Radin Mas and Bukit Merah constituencies respectively. The by-election were called following the deaths of its respective MPs Govindasamy Naidu and Lim Guan Hoo.
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| Turnout | 33,897 (95.72%)  1.27% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On 13 February, Bukit Merah MP Lim Guan Hoo suffered compilations from stroke, and on the following day, N. Govindasamy Naidu died in office.
While there were plans for a multi-cornered contest, Workers' Party secretary-general J. B. Jeyaretnam stepped forward to contest the ward against its PAP candidate Bernard Chen Tien Lap, a former civil servant. An independent candidate attempted to contest but was disqualified for the absence in electoral register.
On 30 June, more than a month after the first by-election, Lim Guan Hoo died. Like its first by-election, negotiations for opposition party to contest the ward took place and to avoid a multi-cornered contest, this time being Lee Siew Choh of the Barisan Sosialis party. The PAP fielded civilist Lim Chee Oon to defend the seat.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Bernard Chen Tien Lap | 12,053 | 70.6 | −5.1 | |
| WP | J. B. Jeyaretnam | 5,021 | 29.4 | +5.1 | |
| Majority | 7,032 | 41.2 | −10.2 | ||
| Turnout | 17,415 | 94.6 | −2.5 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | -10.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PAP | Lim Chee Onn | 11,625 | 72.2 | −4.2 | |
| BS | Lee Siew Choh | 4,473 | 27.8 | +27.8 | |
| Majority | 7,152 | 44.4 | −8.4 | ||
| Turnout | 16,482 | 97.0 | +0.3 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | -4.2 | |||
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