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	Minister of Finance [[Hon Sui Sen]] died during his term on 14 October 1983 and his seat of Havelock was vacated, but no by-election was held on the constituency, and announced to be merged into Delta constituency. [[Tony Tan]] succeeded Hon as the new Finance Minister.		Minister of Finance [[Hon Sui Sen]] died during his term on 14 October 1983 and his seat of Havelock was vacated, but no by-election was held on the constituency, and announced to be merged into Delta constituency. [[Tony Tan]] succeeded Hon as the new Finance Minister.

	PM Lee's son [[Lee Hsien Loong]] (who went on to become the nation's third (and current) Prime Minister) made his debut in the [[Teck Ghee Single Member Constituency\|seat of Teck Ghee]], while PAP stalwarts Dr [[Goh Keng Swee]] and [[Ong Pang Boon]] stepped down. In the only election among several preceding and succeeding ones, the election deposit ($1,500) remained unchanged. The [[Workers' Party ~~of Singapore~~]] (WP) secretary-general J. B. Jeyaretnam successfully retained the [[Anson Single Member Constituency\|Anson]] constituency with an increased majority, while the [[Singapore Democratic Party]] made its first in-road into Parliament with the victory of [[Chiam See Tong]], who would serve the [[Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency]] for the next 26 years until 2011; this also began a continuing trend whereas three political parties were represented in Parliament (regardless of status as a NCMP or an elected MP) with the exception of 1986-88 (due to the disqualification of sole-WP candidate [[J. B. Jeyaretnam]] in 1986), and 2015-20 (all the nine minimum opposition seats were awarded to a single party of WP, with three being NCMPs).		PM Lee's son [[Lee Hsien Loong]] (who went on to become the nation's third (and current) Prime Minister) made his debut in the [[Teck Ghee Single Member Constituency\|seat of Teck Ghee]], while PAP stalwarts Dr [[Goh Keng Swee]] and [[Ong Pang Boon]] stepped down. In the only election among several preceding and succeeding ones, the election deposit ($1,500) remained unchanged. The [[Workers' Party]] (WP) secretary-general J. B. Jeyaretnam successfully retained the [[Anson Single Member Constituency\|Anson]] constituency with an increased majority, while the [[Singapore Democratic Party]] made its first in-road into Parliament with the victory of [[Chiam See Tong]], who would serve the [[Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency]] for the next 26 years until 2011; this also began a continuing trend whereas three political parties were represented in Parliament (regardless of status as a NCMP or an elected MP) with the exception of 1986-88 (due to the disqualification of sole-WP candidate [[J. B. Jeyaretnam]] in 1986), and 2015-20 (all the nine minimum opposition seats were awarded to a single party of WP, with three being NCMPs).

	===[[Non-Constituency Member of Parliament]] scheme===		===[[Non-Constituency Member of Parliament]] scheme===
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	\|align=left\|[[People's Action Party]]\|\|568,310\|\|64.8\|\|77\|\|+2		\|align=left\|[[People's Action Party]]\|\|568,310\|\|64.8\|\|77\|\|+2
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	\|bgcolor={{Workers' Party ~~of Singapore~~/meta/color}}\|		\|bgcolor={{Workers' Party/meta/color}}\|
	\|align=left\|[[~~Workers' Party of Singapore\|~~Workers' Party]]\|\|110,868\|\|12.6\|\|\|1\|\|+1		\|align=left\|[[Workers' Party]]\|\|110,868\|\|12.6\|\|\|1\|\|+1
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	\|bgcolor={{Democratic Progressive Party (Singapore)/meta/color}}\|		\|bgcolor={{Democratic Progressive Party (Singapore)/meta/color}}\|
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	\|[[John Cruz Corera]]		\|[[John Cruz Corera]]
	\|align=right\|6,053		\|align=right\|6,053
	\|{{composition bar\|33.21\|100\|{{Workers' Party ~~of Singapore~~/meta/color}}}}		\|{{composition bar\|33.21\|100\|{{Workers' Party/meta/color}}}}
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	\|[[Aljunied Single Member Constituency\|Aljunied]]		\|[[Aljunied Single Member Constituency\|Aljunied]]
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	\|'''[[Joshua Benjamin Jeyaratnam]]'''		\|'''[[Joshua Benjamin Jeyaratnam]]'''
	\|align=right\|9,909		\|align=right\|9,909
	\|{{composition bar\|56.81\|100\|{{Workers' Party ~~of Singapore~~/meta/color}}}}		\|{{composition bar\|56.81\|100\|{{Workers' Party/meta/color}}}}
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	\|{{SG/PAP}}		\|{{SG/PAP}}
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	\|[[Mohd Taib bin Saffar]]		\|[[Mohd Taib bin Saffar]]
	\|align=right\|4,270		\|align=right\|4,270
	\|{{composition bar\|33.73\|100\|{{Workers' Party ~~of Singapore~~/meta/color}}}}		\|{{composition bar\|33.73\|100\|{{Workers' Party/meta/color}}}}
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	\| rowspan="2" \|[[Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency\|Bukit Batok]]		\| rowspan="2" \|[[Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency\|Bukit Batok]]
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	\|[[Chan Keng Sieng]]		\|[[Chan Keng Sieng]]
	\|align=right\|10,720		\|align=right\|10,720
	\|{{composition bar\|44.35\|100\|{{Workers' Party ~~of Singapore~~/meta/color}}}}		\|{{composition bar\|44.35\|100\|{{Workers' Party/meta/color}}}}
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	\|{{SG/UPF}}		\|{{SG/UPF}}
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	\|[[Peter Chua Chwee Huat]]		\|[[Peter Chua Chwee Huat]]
	\|align=right\|5,614		\|align=right\|5,614
	\|{{composition bar\|41.28\|100\|{{Workers' Party ~~of Singapore~~/meta/color}}}}		\|{{composition bar\|41.28\|100\|{{Workers' Party/meta/color}}}}
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	\| rowspan="2" \|[[Eunos Single Member Constituency\|Eunos]]		\| rowspan="2" \|[[Eunos Single Member Constituency\|Eunos]]
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	\|[[Chon Koon Cheong]]		\|[[Chon Koon Cheong]]
	\|align=right\|6,793		\|align=right\|6,793
	\|{{composition bar\|41.20\|100\|{{Workers' Party ~~of Singapore~~/meta/color}}}}		\|{{composition bar\|41.20\|100\|{{Workers' Party/meta/color}}}}
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	\|[[Hong Kah SMC\|Hong Kah]]		\|[[Hong Kah SMC\|Hong Kah]]
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	\|[[Anathan Balakrishnan]]		\|[[Anathan Balakrishnan]]
	\|align=right\|5,100		\|align=right\|5,100
	\|{{composition bar\|35.57\|100\|{{Workers' Party ~~of Singapore~~/meta/color}}}}		\|{{composition bar\|35.57\|100\|{{Workers' Party/meta/color}}}}
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	\| rowspan="2" \|[[Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency\|Jalan Kayu]]		\| rowspan="2" \|[[Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency\|Jalan Kayu]]
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	\|[[Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair]]{{efn\|Elected [[Non-constituency Member of Parliament\|NCMP]] on 24 December 1984 but rejected to take the seat on 4 January 1985. Seat declared vacant on 4 March 1985.\|name=\|group=}}		\|[[Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair]]{{efn\|Elected [[Non-constituency Member of Parliament\|NCMP]] on 24 December 1984 but rejected to take the seat on 4 January 1985. Seat declared vacant on 4 March 1985.\|name=\|group=}}
	\|align=right\|11,414		\|align=right\|11,414
	\|{{composition bar\|48.78\|100\|{{Workers' Party ~~of Singapore~~/meta/color}}}}		\|{{composition bar\|48.78\|100\|{{Workers' Party/meta/color}}}}
	\|-		\|-
	\|[[Joo Chiat SMC\|Joo Chiat]]		\|[[Joo Chiat SMC\|Joo Chiat]]
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	\|[[A. L. Sundram]]		\|[[A. L. Sundram]]
	\|align=right\|6,075		\|align=right\|6,075
	\|{{composition bar\|35.05\|100\|{{Workers' Party ~~of Singapore~~/meta/color}}}}		\|{{composition bar\|35.05\|100\|{{Workers' Party/meta/color}}}}
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	\| rowspan="2" \|[[Kampong Chai Chee SMC\|Kampong Chai Chee]]		\| rowspan="2" \|[[Kampong Chai Chee SMC\|Kampong Chai Chee]]
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	\|[[Mohamed Jufrie bin Mahmood]]		\|[[Mohamed Jufrie bin Mahmood]]
	\|align=right\|3,023		\|align=right\|3,023
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	\| rowspan="2" \|[[Kampong Ubi Single Member Constituency\|Kampong Ubi]]		\| rowspan="2" \|[[Kampong Ubi Single Member Constituency\|Kampong Ubi]]
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	\|[[Royston George Scharenguivel]]		\|[[Royston George Scharenguivel]]
	\|align=right\|9,311		\|align=right\|9,311
	\|{{composition bar\|42.09\|100\|{{Workers' Party ~~of Singapore~~/meta/color}}}}		\|{{composition bar\|42.09\|100\|{{Workers' Party/meta/color}}}}
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	\| rowspan="2" \|[[Kreta Ayer Single Member Constituency\|Kreta Ayer]]		\| rowspan="2" \|[[Kreta Ayer Single Member Constituency\|Kreta Ayer]]
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	\|[[George Benjamin Armstrong]]		\|[[George Benjamin Armstrong]]
	\|align=right\|4,559		\|align=right\|4,559
	\|{{composition bar\|33.16\|100\|{{Workers' Party ~~of Singapore~~/meta/color}}}}		\|{{composition bar\|33.16\|100\|{{Workers' Party/meta/color}}}}
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	\|[[MacPherson Single Member Constituency\|MacPherson]]		\|[[MacPherson Single Member Constituency\|MacPherson]]
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	\|[[John Gan Eng Guan]]		\|[[John Gan Eng Guan]]
	\|align=right\|6,022		\|align=right\|6,022
	\|{{composition bar\|38.36\|100\|{{Workers' Party ~~of Singapore~~/meta/color}}}}		\|{{composition bar\|38.36\|100\|{{Workers' Party/meta/color}}}}
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	\|Angkatan Islam Singapura		\|Angkatan Islam Singapura
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	\|[[Wong Hong Toy]]		\|[[Wong Hong Toy]]
	\|align=right\|8,590		\|align=right\|8,590
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	\|-		\|-
	\|[[River Valley Single Member Constituency\|River Valley]]		\|[[River Valley Single Member Constituency\|River Valley]]
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	\|[[Rajaratnam Murugason]]		\|[[Rajaratnam Murugason]]
	\|align=right\|8,299		\|align=right\|8,299
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	\|[[Thomson Single Member Constituency\|Thomson]]		\|[[Thomson Single Member Constituency\|Thomson]]

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	'''General elections''' were held in [[Singapore]] on 22 December 1984. The result was a victory for the [[People's Action Party]], which won 77 of the 79 seats, marking the first time since [[1963 Singaporean general election\|1963]] that at least one opposition candidate was elected to parliament, although the first presence of opposition was in [[1981 Anson by-election\|1981]].		'''General elections''' were held in [[Singapore]] on 22 December 1984. The result was a victory for the [[People's Action Party]], which won 77 of the 79 seats, marking the first time since [[1963 Singaporean general election\|1963]] that at least one opposition candidate was elected to parliament, although the first presence of opposition was in [[1981 Anson by-election\|1981]].

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	'''General elections''' were held in [[Singapore]] on 22 December 1984. The result was a victory for the [[People's Action Party]], which won 77 of the 79 seats, marking the first time since [[1963 Singaporean general election\|1963]] that at least one opposition candidate was elected to parliament, although the first presence of opposition was in [[1981 Anson by-election\|1981]].		'''General elections''' were held in [[Singapore]] on 22 December 1984. The result was a victory for the [[People's Action Party]], which won 77 of the 79 seats, marking the first time since [[1963 Singaporean general election\|1963]] that at least one opposition candidate was elected to parliament, although the first presence of opposition was in [[1981 Anson by-election\|1981]].

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