Bukit Batok by-election, 2016
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David Ong
People's Action Party
Murali Pillai
People's Action Party
A by-election for the Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency in Singapore was concluded on Polling Day of 7 May 2016, with Murali Pillai as the winning candidate. This followed the sudden resignation of incumbent Member of Parliament David Ong Kim Huat (of the People's Action Party) on 12 March 2016.
On 20 April, President Tony Tan Keng Yam issued the writs of election. On 27 April, two candidates were nominated, Murali Pillai of the People's Action Party, and Chee Soon Juan of the Singapore Democratic Party. The by-election was the 13th of its kind since Singapore's independence.
David Ong's sudden resignation (due to "personal reasons", and having admitted committing a "personal indiscretion") on 12 March 2016 from politics as an incumbent Member of Parliament from the People's Action Party (PAP) set up a potential by-election for the Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency. Ong's offer to resign was accepted by PAP's secretary-general Lee Hsien Loong (who was also the Prime Minister of Singapore). PAP Whip, Chan Chun Sing, said that the party took "very decisive action" and acted "in a very short time" once it learned of Ong's issues, due to "standards that the party also wants to uphold". Ong sent a personal letter of apology to Bukit Batok residents in early April 2016.
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