Whampoa Single Member Constituency

Whampoa Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) located in the eastern region of Singapore. The constituency covers the main area of Whampoa.

Whampoa
Single Member constituency
Regionsoutheastern Singapore
Electorate22,069
Current constituency
Created1968-1991
2011 - 2015
Seats1
Member(s)Constituency Abolished

In 1968, Whampoa Constituency was formed by carving out of Kallang Constituency. In 1988, it was renamed as Whampoa Single Member Constituency as part of Singapore's political reforms. It existed for another term till 1991 when it was abolished and divided into Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency (GRC), Jalan Besar GRC and Toa Payoh GRC.

In 2011, Whampoa SMC was recreated by carving out from Jalan Besar GRC.[1][2] It was later merged back to Jalan Besar GRC again in the 2015 Singaporean general election.[3]

Member of Parliament
Election Member of ParliamentParty
1968 Buang bin Omar Junid PAP
1972 Augustine Tan Hui Heng
1976
1980
1984
1988
Constituency abolished (1991 – 2011)
2011 Heng Chee How PAP

Electoral results

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 1960s
General Election 1968: Whampoa[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Buang bin Omar Junid Unopposed
Registered electors 12,854
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1970s
General Election 1972: Whampoa[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Augustine Tan Hui Heng 8,773 78.55 N/A
PF Phang Juet Haw 2,395 21.45 N/A
Majority 6,378 57.1 N/A
Registered electors 12,044 Decrease0.06
Turnout 11,401 94.66 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1976: Whampoa[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Augustine Tan Hui Heng 14,636 80.98 Increase2.43
WP Mohamed Shariff bin Yahya 3,438 19.02 N/A
Majority 11,198 61.96 Increase4.86
Registered electors 19,259 Increase59.9
Turnout 18,468 95.89 Increase1.2
PAP hold Swing Increase2.43

Elections in 1980s
General Election 1980: Whampoa[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Augustine Tan Hui Heng Unopposed
Registered electors 19,131 Decrease0.66
PAP hold
General Election 1984: Whampoa[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Augustine Tan Hui Heng Unopposed
Registered electors 18,494 Decrease3.33
PAP hold
General Election 1988: Whampoa[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Augustine Tan Hui Heng 7,522 59.47 N/A
NSP Ken Sun 5,126 40.53 N/A
Majority 2,396 18.94 N/A
Registered electors 13,819 Decrease25.28
Turnout 12,841 92.92 N/A
PAP hold

Elections in 2010s
General Election 2011: Whampoa[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Heng Chee How 13,028 66.10
NSP Ken Sun 6,683 33.90
Majority 6,345 32.2
Registered electors 21,631
Turnout 20,199 93.4
PAP win (new seat)

Historical maps
  • 1955 General Election
    1955 General Election

References
  1. "GE Electoral Boundaries Review Committee report accepted - Channel NewsAsia". 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. "GE 11 new constituencies drawn up - Channel NewsAsia". 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. Auto, Hermes (24 July 2015). "New electoral boundaries announced: 13 SMCs, 16 GRCs, one in five voters will see shift | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  5. "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  6. "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General 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.
  10. "ELD | 2011 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.

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