Voters: 18,809

Polled: 17,802 (94.6%)

	DHANABALAN Suppiah, 47 Cabinet Minister [M]		A. L. SUNDRAM, 49 Private tutor [M]
11,256 (64.9%)		6,075 (35.1%)

Winner's majority: 5,181 (29.8%)

Valid votes: 17,331 (97.4%)

Rejected votes: 471 (2.6%)

Previous GE 1980: PAP won uncontested