This was the very first election for the first Parliament in an independent Republic of Singapore, opened four months after separation from Malaysia on 8 December 1965. Precipated by the resignation of BS Member of Parliament Lim Huan Boon, which was the starting trigger of the BS boycott of Parliament, it claimed that Singapore's independence was "phoney" as the matter was not discussed in the legislature and announced that all of its MPs would resign their seats and take their struggle for democracy onto the streets. The aftermath of this position sparked off mass arrests under the Internal Security Act.

Nomination day: 8 January 1966 [Sat]
Polling day: 18 January 1966 [Tue]

Total voters: 13,209
Total voter turnout: 11,346 (85.9%)

Election deposit: $500

RESULTS

Bukit Merah

Total seats = 1