Telok Blangah Single Member Constituency

Telok Blangah Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in Singapore. The constituency was formed in 1959 and was abolished in 1991.

Telok Blangah
Former Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Current constituency
Created1959
Seats1
Member(s)Constituency Abolished
Town CouncilWest Coast
Replaced byWest Coast GRC

History

In 1959, the Telok Blangah Constituency was formed. In 1988, it was renamed as Telok Blangah Single Member Constituency as part of Singapore's political reforms. In 1991, it was abolished and merged into West Coast Group Representation Constituency.

Member of Parliament
Year Member of Parliament Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959 John Mammen PAP
1963 Bernard Rodrigues
Parliament of Singapore
1968 N. Naidu Govindasamy PAP
1972
1976 Shaik Ahmad bin Abdul Haleem
1979 Rohan bin Kamis
1980
1984 Koh Lam Son
1988

Elections

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
General Election 1959: Telok Blangah[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP John Mammen 5,803 50.4
PKMS Osman Gani 4,141 36.0
Citizens' Party Wee Kim Hock 1,230 10.7
Independent V. Mariappan 337 2.9
Majority 1,662 14.4
Registered electors 13,202
Turnout 11,511 87.2
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s
General Election 1963: Telok Blangah[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Bernard Rodrigues 4,949 39.8 -10.6
BS Jukiri bin Parjo 4,327 34.8
SA ABDUL RAHMAN bin Mohamed Said 2,627 21.1 -14.9
UPP Tan Swee Huat 525 4.2
Majority 622 5.0
Registered electors 13,263
Turnout 12,551 94.6
PAP hold Swing -10.6
General Election 1968: Telok Blangah[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP N. Naidu Govindasamy Walkover N/A
Registered electors 14,785
PAP hold

Elections in 1970s
General Election 1972: Telok Blangah[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP N. Naidu Govindasamy 7,669 57.9
WP Zainul Abiddin Bin Mohd. Shah 4,714 35.6
United National Front M. Ramasamy 858 6.5
Majority 2,995 22.6
Registered electors 14,624
Turnout 13,241 90.5
PAP hold
General Election 1976: Telok Blangah[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Shaik Ahmad bin Abdul Haleem Walkover N/A
Registered electors 14,225
PAP hold
By-election 1979: Telok Blangah[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Rohan bin Kamis 12,687 61.2
WP Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam 8,036 38.8
Majority 4,651 22.4
Registered electors 22,202
Turnout 21,089 95.0
PAP hold

Elections in 1980s
General Election 1980: Telok Blangah[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Rohan bin Kamis 9,187 53.0 -8.2
WP Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam 8,141 47.0 +8.2
Majority 1,046 6.0
Turnout 17,592 96.1
PAP hold Swing -8.2
General Election 1984: Telok Blangah[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Koh Lam Son 10,150 55.0 +2.0
WP Murugason Rajaratnam 8,299 45.0 -2.0
Majority 1,851 10.0
Turnout 18,771 96.0 -0.1
PAP hold Swing +2.0
General Election 1988: Telok Blangah[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Koh Lam Son 11,160 64.2 +9.2
WP Tan Soo Phuan 6,220 35.8 -9.2
Majority 4,940 28.4
Turnout 17,732 95.3 -0.7
PAP hold Swing +9.2

References
  1. "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  2. "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  3. "ELD | 1968 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  4. "ELD | 1972 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  5. "ELD | 1976 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  6. "ELD | 1979 Parliamentary By-election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  7. "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  8. "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  9. "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.


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