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DeutschPaya Lebar Single Member Constituency
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| Kampong Kembangan | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1955 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member(s) | Constituency Abolished |
| Replaced by | Aljunied GRC |
Paya Lebar Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore.
It used to exist from 1955 to 1988 as Paya Lebar Constituency and was renamed as Paya Lebar Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of Singapore's political reforms. The SMC was merged into Aljunied Group Representation Constituency in 1997.
Member of Parliament
[edit]| Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
| 1955 | Lim Koon Teck | PP | |
| 1959 | Tan Kia Gan | PAP | |
| 1963 | Kow Kee Seng | BS | |
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1968 | Tay Boon Too | PAP | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1976 | Tan Cheng San | ||
| 1980 | Sia Kah Hui | ||
| 1984 | Philip Tan Tee Yong | ||
| 1988 | |||
Elections
[edit]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 1950s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP | Lim Koon Teck | 3,330 | 52.1 | ||
| DP | Tan Eng Joo | 3,065 | 47.9 | ||
| Majority | 265 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 6,494 | 50.6 | |||
| PP win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Tan Kia Gan | 6,531 | 60.8 | ||
| Independent | Ong Chye Hock | 4,209 | 39.2 | ||
| Majority | 2,322 | 21.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 10,842 | 89.7 | |||
| PAP gain from SPA | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BS | Kow Kee Seng | 6,152 | 48.0 | ||
| PAP | Tan Kia Gan | 5,402 | 42.1 | −18.7 | |
| UPP | Lau Tok Keong | 858 | 6.7 | ||
| SA | Goh Yeow Dek | 415 | 3.2 | ||
| Majority | 750 | 5.9 | |||
| Turnout | 12,946 | 95.6 | |||
| BS gain from PAP | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Historical maps
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1955 General Election
References
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