PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION MAY 1977
RADIN MAS

Voters: 18,418

Polled: 17,415 (94.6%)

People's Action Party Workers' Party
Bernard CHEN Tien Lap, 34
Former civil servant [M]
Joshua Benjamin JEYARETNAM, 51
Lawyer [M]
12,053 (70.6%) 5,021 (29.4%)

Winner's majority: 7,032 (41.2%)

Valid votes: 17,074 (98.0%)

Rejected votes: 341 (2.0%)

Previous GE 1976: PAP won 75.7% (swing -5.1%)

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