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Not to be confused with the later Anson Single Member Constituency.

Anson
Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Former constituency
Created	1959
Abolished	1988
Seats	1
Member(s)	Constituency Abolished
Town Council	Tanjong Pagar
Replaced by	Radin Mas SMC

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Anson Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1988 and was merged into Tiong Bahru Group Representation Constituency in 1988.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959	Baharuddin bin Mohamed Ariff	PAP
1961	David Marshall	WP
1963	Govindaswamy Perumal	PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Govindaswamy Perumal	PAP
1972
1976
1979	Devan Nair
1980	Devan Nair
1981	J.B. Jeyaretnam	WP
1984	J.B. Jeyaretnam	WP

General Election 1959: Anson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Baharuddin bin Mohamed Ariff	5,167	60.7
	SPA	Goh Kong Beng	1,875	22.0
	LSP	Tan Cheng Chuan	1,231	14.5
	Independent	Wong Swee Kee	117	1.4
	Independent	Krishaan Pakirisamy	116	1.4
Majority			3,292	38.7
Turnout			8,608	86.8
	PAP win (new seat)

By-election of 15 July 1961: Anson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WP	David Marshall	3,598	43.3	N/A
	PAP	Mahmud bin Awang	3,052	36.7	24.0
	SA	Chee Phui Hung	1,482	17.8	4.2
	LSP	Mohammed Ismail bin Haji Mohammed Hussain	104	1.3	13.2
	Singapore Congress	Mohammed Ibrahim bin Mohd Kassim	69	0.8	0.8
Majority			546	6.6	32.1
Turnout			9,566	97.5	10.7
	WP gain from PAP		Swing

General Election 1963: Anson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Govindaswamy Perumal	3,957	46.9	10.2
	BS	Chan Chong Keen	3,123	37.0	N/A
	SA	Arthur K. Iasac	543	6.4	−11.4
	Independent	David Saul Marshall	416	4.9
	UPP	V. Vythalingam	306	3.6
	WP	Chiang Seok Keong	91	1.1	−42.2
Majority			834	9.9
Turnout			8,506	92.5
	PAP gain from WP		Swing	N/A

General Election 1972: Anson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Govindaswamy Perumal	5,027	74.3	N/A
	WP	Tay Kim Oh	1,291	19.1	N/A
	United National Front	Paul C. Kunjaraman	444	6.6	N/A
Majority			3,736	55.2	N/A
Turnout			6,899	84.4	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

By-election 1979: Anson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Devan Nair	8,127	86.2	N/A
	DPP	Johnny Wee Lai Seng	1,300	13.8	N/A
Majority			6,827	72.4	N/A
Turnout			9,694	86.2	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1980: Anson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Devan Nair	11,564	84.1	−2.1
	United People's Front	P.M. Thevar	2,187	15.9	N/A
Majority			9,377	68.2
Turnout			14,224	94.3	+8.1
	PAP hold		Swing	-2.1

By-election 1981: Anson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WP	J.B. Jeyaretnam	7,012	51.9	+51.9
	PAP	Pang Kim Hin	6,359	47.1	−37.0
	United People's Front	Harbans Singh	131	1.0	−14.9
Majority			653	4.8	N/A
Turnout			13,746	94.7	+0.3
	WP gain from PAP		Swing	N/A

General Election 1984: Anson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WP	J.B. Jeyaretnam	9,909	56.8	+4.9
	PAP	Ng Pock Too	7,533	43.2	−3.9
Majority			2,376	13.6
Turnout			17,764	96.1
	WP hold		Swing

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of representatives assigned.

Single Member
Constitutencies (SMCs)

Defunct constituencies

MMCs	Municipal North-East (2) Municipal South-West (2)
GRCs	Bedok (4) Brickworks (4) Bukit Timah (5) Cheng San (5) Eunos (4) Holland–Bukit Panjang (5) Hong Kah (5) Kampong Glam (4) Kreta Ayer–Tanglin (4) Moulmein–Kallang (4) Pasir Panjang (3) Pasir Ris (4) Thomson (4) Tiong Bahru (3) Toa Payoh (4)

1900s	1948–51 1951–55 1955–59 1959–63 1963–68 1968–72 1972–76 1976–80 1980–84 1984–88 1988–91 1991–97 1997–2001
2000s	2001–06 2006–11 2011–15 2015–20

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