Template:Singapore general election, 1997

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**Summary of the 2 January 1997 Parliament of Singapore election results**
Parties and alliances	Leader	Contested seats	Seats won	Popular vote	%	+/-
People's Action Party	Goh Chok Tong	83	81^†	465,751	65.0	+4.0
Workers' Party	Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam	14	1	101,544	14.2	-0.1
Singapore Democratic Party	Chee Soon Juan	13	0	76,129	10.6	-1.4
National Solidarity Party	Steve Chia	7	0	48,322	6.7	-0.6
Singapore People's Party	Chiam See Tong	3	1	16,746	2.3	N.A.
Democratic Progressive Party	Tan Soo Phuan	2	0	5,043	0.7	N.A.
Independent	N.A.	1	0	3,210	0.4	N.A.
Total			83	734,000	100.0	-
Spoilt votes				17,255	-
Did not vote				31,332	-
Total voting electorate				765,332	-
^†includes uncontested victories