Fellow candidate John Snodgrass of the Liberal Socialist Party unsuccessfully attempted to disqualify her from the election due to a spelling error on her nomination papers.
"[6] In September 1961, she invited then-Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of National Development Ya'acob Mohamed to inspect the living conditions of villagers in Siglap.
[2] In November 1961, she was a member of the three-member delegation, along with fellow politicians and women's rights activists Oh Su Chen and Ong Pang Boon, who submitted a memorandum to then-Minister for Finance Goh Keng Swee advocating for abolishing the gender pay gap for civil servants and for women to enjoy working conditions equal to those enjoyed by men.
[2] Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, facing heavy criticism from the opposition, started a vote of confidence which would result in his resignation should he fail to secure a majority.
Fellow Member of Parliament Chan Chee Seng allegedly came to Sahorah while she was ill and bedridden, resting in the hospital, asking her to vote for Lee.
"[2] In February 1962 firecrackers used as part of local Chinese New Year celebrations caused a fire in Siglap which destroyed the homes of around 500 people.
She went around the wealthier neighbourhoods of Siglap collecting donations for the victims and petitioned for the local community centre to be used as a temporary shelter for those affected by the fire.
[2] In April 1964, she appeared at a rally for Lau Kit Sun, the PAP candidate for Seremban Timor in the 1964 Malaysian general election, "urging the people not to vote for any party that was sympathetic to Indonesia.
[13] In 1991, the Beritah Harian mistakenly reported 1962 as the year of her death, an incident which Muhammad Suhail Mohd Yazid of the ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute attributed to her "faded presence in public memory."
He notes that while she is "often remembered for her crucial role in giving the PAP government that single vote of confidence to save it from collapse", she "has often been confined to that moment" and little is known of her overall.
[14] Norma Yahya of the Workers' Party also stood as a candidate for the Changi Single Member Constituency in the 1972 Singaporean general election.