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Singapore 1997 general election

What was the result of the 1997 general election in Singapore?

People's Action Party won 81 of 83 seats with 65.0% of the vote.

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  • Final result
  • Elections Department Singapore (data.gov.sg), read 28 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Results published by the Elections Department, read : People's Action Party won 81 of 83 seats with 65.0% of the vote.

  • People's Action Party 81 +4 seats 65.0% +4.0 points
  • Workers' Party 1 0 seats 14.2% −0.1 points
  • Singapore Democratic Party 0 −3 seats 10.6% −1.4 points
  • National Solidarity Party 0 0 seats 6.7% −0.6 points
  • Singapore People's Party 1 2.3%
  • Democratic Progressive Party 0 0.7%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Singapore 1991 general election, party by party.

42 of 83 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 65.0%

    Share of the vote won by People's Action Party

    People's Action Party won 81 of 83 seats. A majority needs 42.

  2. +4 seats

    Seats gained by People's Action Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1991. Singapore Democratic Party lost 3 seats.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
People's Action Party81+465.0+4.0465,751
Workers' Party1014.2−0.1101,544
Singapore Democratic Party0−310.6−1.476,129
National Solidarity Party006.7−0.648,322
Singapore People's Party12.316,746
Democratic Progressive Party00.75,043
Independents000.4−1.43,210

± is the change against the Singapore 1991 general election, party by party. Shares are computed by us from the votes.

Votes by party
  • People's Action Party 465,751
  • Workers' Party 101,544
  • Singapore Democratic Party 76,129
  • National Solidarity Party 48,322
  • Singapore People's Party 16,746
  • Democratic Progressive Party 5,043
  • Independents 3,210

Contains information from Parliamentary General Election Results by Candidate, accessed on 28 October 2026 from the Elections Department Singapore, which is made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0. Shown in our own layout; the Elections Department does not endorse it.

We summed each party's votes over the constituencies that were contested, and counted its seats from the winner of each constituency: a team wins every seat of its group constituency. Shares are of those votes. Non-constituency members, who join Parliament without winning a constituency, are not counted.

9 of the 24 constituencies were won without a vote, because only one candidate or team stood there. A walkover adds seats and no votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • People's Action Party65.0% of votes97.6% of seats
  • Workers' Party14.2% of votes1.2% of seats
  • Singapore People's Party2.3% of votes1.2% of seats
  • Singapore Democratic Party10.6% of votes0.0% of seats
  • National Solidarity Party6.7% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 26.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.2 by votes and 1.0 by seats; People's Action Party led Workers' Party by 50.8 points of the vote.

Time and source Data as of

Sources
  • Elections Department Singapore, Parliamentary General Election Results by Candidate, on data.gov.sg. Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0; shown in our own layout, not endorsed by the Department. (source). Licence: Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0