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Created page with "'''1981 Anson By-Election''' The 1981 Anson by-election was a landmark event in Singapore’s political history, marking the end of the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) 15-year monopoly in Parliament. It also saw the Workers’ Party (WP) return to the legislature after two decades, with J. B. Jeyaretnam’s victory in the very seat that WP founder David Marshall had once held. === Background === PAP Member of Parliament (MP) C. V. Devan Nair vacated the Anson seat on..."
