Voters: 18,182

Polled: 17,544 (96.5%)

	LAI Tha Chai, 39 Editor [M]		HOE Boon Teck, 35 Sales representative [M]
12,857 (74.8%)		4,338 (25.2%)

Winner's majority: 8,519 (49.6%)

Valid votes: 17,195 (98.0%)

Rejected votes: 349 (2.0%)

Previous GE 1972: PAP won 74.4% (swing +0.4%)