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Pasir Panjang Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1988.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1963	Othman Wok	PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Othman Wok	PAP
1972
1976
1980	Abbas Abu Amin
1984	Abbas Abu Amin

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 1960s

General Election 1963: Pasir Panjang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Othman Wok	2,879	45.3
	BS	Tay Cheng Kang	1,887	29.7
	SA	Ahmad b. Rahmat	1,351	21.3
	UPP	Yong Ah Kau	238	3.7
Majority			992	15.6
Registered electors			6,721
Turnout			9,622	94.6
	PAP win (new seat)

General Election 1968: Pasir Panjang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Othman Wok	Walkover	N/A
Registered electors			12,394
	PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Pasir Panjang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Othman Wok	9,209	71.8
	United National Front	Syed Ahmad Bin Syed Husain	3,623	28.2
Majority			5,586	43.6
Registered electors			13,964
Turnout			12,832	91.9
	PAP hold

General Election 1976: Pasir Panjang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Othman Wok	8,138	71.9
	WP	Zainal Abiddin bin Mohd Shah	3,176	28.1
Majority			4,962	43.8
Registered electors			12,142
Turnout			11,314	93.2
	PAP hold

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Pasir Panjang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Abbas Abu Amin	11,824	72.6	0.7
	WP	Zainal Abiddin bin Mohd Shah	4,470	27.4	0.7
Majority			7,354	45.2	1.4
Registered electors			17,743		46.1
Turnout			16,294	91.8	1.4
	PAP hold		Swing	1.4

General Election 1984: Pasir Panjang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Abbas Abu Amin	9,316	59.3	13.3
	WP	John Gan Eng Guan	6,022	38.4	11
	Angkatan Islam Singapura	M Sani Jan	359	2.3	N/A
Majority			3,294	20.9	24.3
Registered electors			17,149		3.3
Turnout			15,697	91.5	0.3
	PAP hold		Swing	26.6

Historical maps

1955 General Election

References

"ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
"ELD | 1968 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
"ELD | 1972 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
"ELD | 1976 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
"ELD | 1980 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
"ELD | 1984 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.

Constituencies of Singapore

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of representatives assigned.

Group Representation
Constituencies (GRCs)

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)

Lists of electoral divisions

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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