Voters here went to the polls today in parliamentary elections. Only 36 of the 83 elected seats in Parliament are being contested. No one is challenging the ruling People's Action Party for the other 47 seats. Voting was compulsory for 750,000 people in the contested districts. Returns are available via the Straits Times .
Voters here go to the polls today in a parliamentary election.
446,000 eligible voters will choose from among more than 100 candidates contesting 45 of parliament's 49 seats. Results are expected Thursday. Reuters on 1 January reported that Chancellor Franz Vranitzky said on Wednesday that 1997 should be a year without new elections, appealing for calm in the country's troubled center-left government coalition. Reuters on 1 January reported that in a New Year message President Mobutu Sese Seko called for the restoration of peace to enable elections to take place in 1997 as scheduled. The Los Angeles Times on 1 January reported that Mayor Richard Riordan and the City Council support competing reform plans.