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However, after the Hougang vacancy, the Prime Minister stated that there was no need to call a by-election immediately, citing that the government still had a working majority. A second vacancy soon occurred in another SMC (Punggol East).
This article breaks down the (officially Vellama d/o Marie Muthu v. Attorney-General [2013] SGCA 39) in simple terms: what triggered it, what the courts decided, and how it affects Singapore’s political landscape. vellama