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Collection: Parliamentary By-Election Results

Dataset: Parliamentary By-Election Dates

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Parliamentary By-Election Dates

ELD (Elections Department)

Data from 1957 to 2016

Last updated 21 Apr 2025

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ParliamentaryByElectionDates.csv (36 rows, 1.4 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Constituency
Text
Nomination Day
Date (YYYY-MM-DD)
Polling Day
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
1957Cairnhill1957-05-181957-06-29
1957Tanjong Pagar1957-05-181957-06-29
1961Hong Lim1961-03-111961-04-29
1961Anson1961-06-101961-07-15
1965Hong Lim1965-06-301965-07-10
1966Bukit Merah1966-01-081966-01-18
1966Chua Chu Kang1966-03-01Uncontested
1966Crawford1966-03-01Uncontested
1966Paya Lebar1966-03-01Uncontested
1966Bukit Timah1966-11-02Uncontested
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3ae9116b99b4bc1e64883f0d75aee967"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Elections Department. (2016). Parliamentary By-Election Dates (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3ae9116b99b4bc1e64883f0d75aee967/view

About this dataset

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Created on

02 Nov 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

ELD (Elections Department)