PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTIONS 1988

This was the first GE with three-member GRCs to ensure ethnic minority representation in Parliament and the last with Lee Kuan Yew as Prime Minister and PAP leader. WP absorbed BS and SUF to become the largest opposition party. Francis Seow, former solicitor-general and Law Society President standing under the WP ticket in Eunos GRC with veteran politician Dr Lee Siew Choh, came under fire from the PAP leadership for his alleged dubious financial circumstances. Nevertheless, the strong WP team caught attention and Dr Tay Eng Soon, a popular PAP stalwart, was fielded there to counter it. In the end, PAP won the GRC by an extremely narrow margin. After GE, Dr Lee and Seow were offered NCMP seats but Seow fled the country to avoid arrest and was disqualified from the post. Dr Lee, on the other hand, took up the offer and became Singapore's first NCMP. It also marked his return to Parliament after 25 years. For the second time, election deposit more than doubled from the last GE.

Nomination day: 24 August 1988
Polling day: 3 September 1988

Eligible voters: 1,669,013
Voters in walkover constituencies: 219,175 (13.1%)
Total voters: 1,449,838 (86.9%)
Total voter turnout: 1,373,064 (94.7%)

Election deposit: $4,000 (+166.7%)

RESULTS
Single member constituencies			Group representation constituencies (GRCs)
Ang Mo Kio	Hougang	Paya Lebar	Aljunied GRC
Ayer Rajah	Jurong	Potong Pasir	Bedok GRC
Boon Lay	Kallang	Punggol	Brickworks GRC
Braddell Heights	Kampong Glam	Serangoon Gardens	Cheng San GRC
Bukit Batok	Kebun Baru	Siglap	Eunos GRC
Bukit Gombak	Kim Keat	Tanglin	Hong Kah GRC
Bukit Merah	Kim Seng	Tanjong Pagar	Jalan Besar GRC
Bukit Panjang	Kreta Ayer	Teck Ghee	Marine Parade GRC
Bukit Timah	Leng Kee	Telok Blangah	Pasir Panjang GRC
Buona Vista	MacPherson	Thomson	Sembawang GRC
Cairnhill	Moulmein	Ulu Pandan	Tampines GRC
Changi	Mountbatten	Whampoa	Tiong Bahru GRC
Chua Chu Kang	Nee Soon Central	Yio Chu Kang	Toa Payoh GRC
Fengshan	Nee Soon South	Yuhua
Total seats = 81