按照《憲法》和《國會選舉法令》規定[6]，國會將設有至少12個反對派議員名額。大選投票結果公布後，在選區（英语：constituencies of Singapore）競選中得票率最高，但是未能當選的反對黨候選人會獲邀請出任非選區議員[21]。但是，非選區議員議席的分配受到幾個條件的限制：當選議員的反對派人物必須少於12人，才可以分配非選區議席[13]，獲邀候選人在其出選選區的選舉中必須獲得至少15%的選票[22]。此外，在同一個集選區參選，而受邀出任非選區議員者不可多於2人；在同一個不是集選區的選區參選，而受邀出任非選區議員者則不可多於1人[23]。
新加坡在1984年引入非選區議員制度，並於同年稍後舉行大選（英语：Singaporean general election, 1984）。工人黨的惹耶勒南和新加坡民主黨的詹時中在大選中勝出，成為反對派議員，因此第6屆國會設有一個非選區議席。本來當局把非選區議席分給工人黨的奈爾[49]，不過根據工人黨後來的決定，該黨落敗候選人不可以接受非選區議席。時任工人黨秘書長惹耶勒南說，當局設立非選區議席的「真正目的」是為了促使選民再給行動黨投票，令它贏得所有國會議席，這樣做「違反議會政府的本意」[27]。當局接着又把非選區議席分給統陣的陳志堅，然而統陣後來也決定拒絕接受非選區議席[28]。當局把這種舉措視為「辭職」的表現，因此當屆國會的非選區議席終告懸空[29]。
^Kevin Y[ew] L[ee] Tan; Thio Li-ann, The Legislature, Constitutional Law in Malaysia and Singapore 3rd, Singapore: LexisNexis: 299–360 at 309, 2010, ISBN 978-981-236-795-2, Non-Constituency MPs ... are appointed from among the losing Opposition candidates who polled the highest votes and they do not serve any constituency (as the name implies).
^Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Act 1984 (No. 16 of 1984)
^Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Act 1984 (No. 22 of 1984)
^PEA (2007 Rev. Ed.), ss. 52(1) and (1A); Pang Gek Choo, Non-constituency MP scheme – mere trickery or genuine offer, The Straits Times, 1997-01-04: 35.
^Tey Tsun Hang, Singapore's Electoral System: Government by the People?, Legal Studies, 2008-12, 28 (4): 610–628 at 612, doi:10.1111/j.1748-121X.2008.00106.x.
^ 27.027.1Ahmad Osman, WP says 'no' to non-elected seat offer: SUF and Barisan show interest, The Straits Times, 1985-01-05: 1
^ 28.028.1Low Mei Mei, SUF chairman rejects offer of seat, The Straits Times, 1985-03-12: 36; SUF sends letter rejecting seat, The Straits Times, 1985-03-17: 11.
^ 29.029.1Non-elected MP seat not taken up, The Straits Times, 1985-05-15: 12
^Lee, speech during the Second Reading of the Constitution of Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill, Singapore Parliamentary Debates, Official Report (1984-07-24), col. 1726.
^ 33.033.1Lee warns voters against swing to the opposition, Financial Times, 1984-12-24: 1, cited in Tey, p. 614, n. 22.
^Thio Li-ann, The Post-colonial Constitutional Evolution of the Singapore Legislature: A Case Study, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 1993: 80–122 at 98–99, SSRN 965257.
^Some surprise faces among top losers in opposition camp, The Sunday Times (Singapore), 1991-09-01, Aside from Mr Chiam See Tong and the surprise three other opposition candidates who won seats in Parliament, the five top losers among the opposition were all also unexpected faces. None of them will however be appointed Non-Constituency MPs as current election laws provide for their appointment only if fewer than four opposition members are elected outright into Parliament.
^Jeyaretnam says 'yes' to offer of NCMP seat, The Straits Times, 1997-01-11: 3.
^WP's leader Jeya declared NCMP, The Straits Times, 1997-01-16: 2, Workers' Party secretary-general J. B. Jeyaretnam has been declared a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) officially. A Government extraordinary gazette on Tuesday night, signed by Returning Officer Tan Boon Huat, declared him an NCMP.
^G. Sivakkumaran, Steve Chia ready to be NCMP, The Straits Times, 2001-11-06: 6
^Singapore's Workers' Party names chairman Sylvia Lim as next NCMP, Channel NewsAsia, 2006-05-09 [2015-08-07], （原始内容存档于2011-06-29）; Returning Officer names WP Chairman Sylvia Lim as Non-Constituency MP, Channel NewsAsia, 2006-05-13, The Returning Officer for the recent General Election, Mr Tan Boon Huat has declared Workers' Party Chairman, Sylvia Lim as the candidate elected to be the Non-Constituency MP or NCMP. The declaration was made in a Government Gazette announcement on Friday.
^Opposition trio named as NCMPs, The Straits Times, 2011-05-17; S. Ramesh, Three NCMP candidates formally named, Today, 2011-05-17: 10 [2015-08-07], （原始内容存档于2011-05-18）
Tey, Tsun Hang, Singapore's Electoral System: Government by the People?, Legal Studies, 2008-12, 28 (4): 610–628, doi:10.1111/j.1748-121X.2008.00106.x.
Thio, Li-ann, The Post-colonial Constitutional Evolution of the Singapore Legislature: A Case Study, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 1993: 80–122, SSRN 965257.
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