Goh Chok TongOthman bin Haron EusofeTeo Chee HeanMatthias Yao

At the time of this by-election, both Deputy Prime Ministers, Ong Teng Cheong and Lee Hsien Loong, were suffering from cancer.

Goh decided to hold a by-election in a safe constituency with the best chances of winning for "political self-renewal" to get people of "ministerial calibre" to join the government under PAP.

[14] The next instance where a GRC would face a multi-cornered contest was in the 2020 election, where both Singapore Democratic Alliance and the new party, Peoples Voice, challenged Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, which coincidentally, the PAP team also consist of Teo Chee Hean.

[15][16] The next by-election where SDP would be involved with was in 2016, with Chee facing against Murali Pillai in the seat of Bukit Batok SMC.