Clause 5

The names of candidates for election shall be proposed and seconded by Members of the Legislative Assembly.

If the number of candidates is the same as the number of vacancies to be filled, the Speaker shall declare such persons to have elected to fill the vacancies.

If the number of candidates is larger than the number of vacancies to be filled, the Legislative Assembly shall proceed to elect the Members of the House of Representatives from Singapore by ballot.

Each Member present shall be entitled to vote for as many candidates as there are vacancies to be filled.

For the purpose of the ballot, the Clerk shall give to each Member present a ballot paper on which the Member may write the name of the person or persons for whom he wishes to vote. Each ballot paper shall be folded so that the name written thereon cannot be seen.

The Clerk shall thereafter call the names of Members in alphabetical order and as his name is called each Member shall come to the Table and put his ballot paper into a box or boxes provided for that purpose. The Speaker shall then cause the ballot papers at the Table to be counted and shall immediately thereafter declare the result to the Legislative Assembly.

The Speaker shall declare to be elected the candidate or candidates who receive the largest number of votes but if two or more candidates have an equal number of votes and the number of those candidates is larger than the number of vacancies to be filled, the election of those candidates shall be determined by lot.

As the ballot papers are counted, they shall be placed in a box and, when the persons have been declared to be elected as Members of the House of Representatives, the box shall be sealed in the presence of the Legislative Assembly and kept in the custody of the Clerk for one calendar month and then, subject to any previous direction he may receive from the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk shall burn the ballot papers and certify to the Legislative Assembly that this has been done.