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2012 Hougang by-election. The by-election was held on 26 May 2012. The by-election was to replace the vacant seat after the incumbent MP, Yaw Shin Leong was expelled from the Worker's Party and his extramarital affairs. This was the 16th by-election since the first election, and the first by-election after over 19 years since 1992.
- Png Eng Huat
- 62.08
- WP
- 13,460
May 16, 2012 · The battle for Hougang comes down to a straight fight between businessman Png Eng Huat from the Workers' Party and Desmond Choo for the People's Action Party. Both candidates successfully filed...
May 26, 2012 · Is the issue a concern to Hougang voters in this by-election? As far as they are concerned, they are making a choice based on how their MP would fit into their own parties. Png is a favoured member in the WP, and toes party lines readily.
To settle the uncertainties, Hougang resident Vellama Marie Muthu then made an application to the courts to order the PM to call a by-election in Hougang within 3 months of the seat being...
Aug 6, 2013 · The Singapore Court of Appeal’s judgment in Vellama d/o Marie Muthu v Attorney-General [2013] SGCA 39 – popularly known as the Hougang by-election case – shows that the Court sees its role as policing the margins rather than involving itself in the heart of politics.
- Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
- 2013
In May 2012, one year after the watershed eleventh general elections, Singapore held its first by-election in nineteen years in the single-member constituency of Hougang. The contest was in the opposition heartland held by the Worker’s Party (WP) since 1991.
In 2006 General Election, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong assigned Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong to win back Hougang. SM Goh promised Hougang voters $100 million for upgrading, in exchange for voting for the PAP. What happened? Mr Low Thia Khiang’s votes went up by nearly 8%, from 55% to 63%!
