Voters: 17,367

Polled: 16,611 (95.6%)

	TAN Soo Khoon, 27 Grassroots chairman [M]		Edward CHUA Boon Eng, 56 Bank officer [M]
12,413 (75.9%)		3,941 (24.1%)

Winner's majority: 8,472 (51.8%)

Valid votes: 16,354 (98.5%)

Rejected votes: 257 (1.5%)

Previous GE 1972: PAP won 77.5% (swing -1.6%)