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Rochore Constituency was a constituency in Singapore that existed from 1951 until 1988. The constituency was represented in the Legislative Council from 1951 until 1955, in the Legislative Assembly from 1955 until 1965, and in Parliament from 1965 until 1988. It elected one member of Parliament.

The constituency was formed in 1951 by merging parts of the Municipal North–East Constituency and the Municipal South-West Constituency. The first election was won by Caralapati Raghaviah Dasaratha Raj of the Labour Party.

In 1955, parts of the constituency were carved out to form Cairnhill, Kampong Kapor and Stamford constituencies. The constituency was won by Tan Theng Chiang of the Labour Front.

In 1959, parts of the constituency were separated to form Crawford and Kampong Glam constituencies. It was then won by Toh Chin Chye of the People's Action Party. Toh will remain the Member of Parliament of the constituency till it merged into Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency in 1988.

Member of Parliament

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 1980s

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1976: Rochore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Toh Chin Chye	9,053	65.50	5.10
	BS	Lee Siew Choh	4,768	34.50	5.10
Majority			4,285	31.00	10.20
Turnout			14,172	91.9	0.8
	PAP hold		Swing	5.10

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1963: Rochore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Toh Chin Chye	5,015	45.56	26.20
	BS	Lee Siew Choh	4,926	44.75
	UPP	Pan Tiek Tai	1,067	9.69
Majority			89	0.81	51.10
Turnout			11,117	95.0	4.2
	PAP hold		Swing	26.20

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Rochore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Toh Chin Chye	7,995	71.76
	SPA	Konnolil C. Thomas	2,212	19.85
	LSP	Tan Soo Wan	934	8.39
Majority			5,121	51.91
Turnout			11,287	90.8	37.7
	PAP gain from LF		Swing

General Election 1955: Rochore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LF	Tan Theng Chiang	2,929	46.25
	DP	Ong Eng Lian	1,897	29.95
	PP	Soh Ghee Soon	1,507	23.80
Majority			1,032	16.30
Turnout			6,414	53.1	8
	LF gain from Labour Party		Swing

Historical maps

• 1955 General Election

References

1. "Singapore Electoral Constituencies". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on June 2, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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