Sembawang_Constituency
Sembawang Constituency was a single member constituency in Sembawang, Singapore that was formed in 1955 and continued until 1988 when it was merged into Sembawang Group Representation Constituency.
Not to be confused with the later Sembawang Single Member Constituency.
Quick Facts Region, Current constituency ...
| Sembawang | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1955 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member(s) | Constituency Abolished |
| Town Council | Sembawang |
| Replaced by | Sembawang GRC |
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More information Year, Member of Parliament ...
| Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
| 1955 | Ahmad Ibrahim | Independent | |
| 1959 | PAP | ||
| 1963 | Teong Eng Siong | ||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1968 | Teong Eng Siong | PAP | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1976 | |||
| 1980 | Tony Tan | ||
| 1984 | |||
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Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.
Elections in the 1980s
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Tony Tan Keng Yam | 15,948 | 77.42 | -4.13 | |
| Independent | Stanley Mariadass | 4,652 | 22.58 | +22.58 | |
| Turnout | 21,304 | 95.4 | +0.2 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | -4.13 | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Tony Tan Keng Yam | 13,415 | 81.55 | -2.02 | |
| United People's Front | Harbans Singh | 3,035 | 18.45 | +2.02 | |
| Turnout | 16,932 | 95.2 | +0.6 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | -2.02 | |||
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Elections in 1970s
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Tony Tan Keng Yam | 12,824 | 78.42 | -5.15 | |
| United People's Front | Harbans Singh | 3,528 | 21.58 | +5.15 | |
| Turnout | 16,714 | 94.6 | -0.2 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | -5.15 | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Teong Eng Siong | 13,661 | 83.57 | +6.21 | |
| United People's Front | Mohd Arif bin Sahul Hameed | 2,685 | 16.43 | +16.43 | |
| Turnout | 16,767 | 94.8 | +2.7 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | +6.21 | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Teong Eng Siong | 8,466 | 77.36 | ||
| United National Front | Mohd Arif bin Sahul Hameed | 2,478 | 22.64 | ||
| Turnout | 11,251 | 92.1 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
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Elections in 1960s
Elections in 1950s
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ahmad Ibrahim | 4,316 | 54.69 | -8.55 | |
| MIC | Vangadaslam Jayaram | 1,566 | 19.84 | +19.84 | |
| SPA | Chew Seng | 1,084 | 13.74 | +13.74 | |
| LSP | Lau Sai Seng | 926 | 11.73 | +11.73 | |
| Turnout | 7,948 | 89.7 | +25.7 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | -8.55 | |||
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Note: MIC is allied with Singapore's UMNO and MCA chapters, similar to its Malaysian counterpart with the exception of not using the alliance symbol which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Vangadaslam Jayaram as an independent candidate.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ahmad Ibrahim | 4,281 | 63.24 | ||
| PP | Lee Kim Kee | 2,488 | 36.76 | ||
| Turnout | 6,835 | 64.0 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
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- 1955 General Election
