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Sembawang Constituency

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Not to be confused with the later Sembawang Single Member Constituency.
Sembawang
Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Current constituency
Created1955
Seats1
Member(s)Constituency Abolished
Town CouncilSembawang
Replaced bySembawang GRC

Sembawang Constituency was a single member constituency in Sembawang, Singapore that was formed in 1955 and continued until 1988 when it was merged into Sembawang Group Representation Constituency.

Member of Parliament

Year Member of Parliament Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955 Ahmad Ibrahim Independent
1959 PAP
1963 Teong Eng Siong
Parliament of Singapore
1968 Teong Eng Siong PAP
1972
1976
1980 Tony Tan
1984

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

General Election 1984: Sembawang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Tony Tan Keng Yam 15,948 77.42 −4.13
Independent Stanley Mariadass 4,652 22.58 +22.58
Turnout 21,304 95.4 +0.2
PAP hold Swing -4.13
General Election 1980: Sembawang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Tony Tan Keng Yam 13,415 81.55 −2.02
United People's Front Harbans Singh 3,035 18.45 +2.02
Turnout 16,932 95.2 +0.6
PAP hold Swing -2.02

Elections in 1970s

1979 By Election: Sembawang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Tony Tan Keng Yam 12,824 78.42 −5.15
United People's Front Harbans Singh 3,528 21.58 +5.15
Turnout 16,714 94.6 −0.2
PAP hold Swing -5.15
General Election 1976: Sembawang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Teong Eng Siong 13,661 83.57 +6.21
United People's Front Mohd Arif bin Sahul Hameed 2,685 16.43 +16.43
Turnout 16,767 94.8 +2.7
PAP hold Swing +6.21
General Election 1972: Sembawang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Teong Eng Siong 8,466 77.36
United National Front Mohd Arif bin Sahul Hameed 2,478 22.64
Turnout 11,251 92.1
PAP hold Swing

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1968: Sembawang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Teong Eng Siong Walkover
Turnout 11,220
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1963: Sembawang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Teong Eng Siong 3,745 42.17 −12.52
BS Chen Poh Chang 3,591 40.43 +40.43
SA Appavoo Pakri 1,197 13.48 −20.10
UPP Low Seng Wan 348 3.92 +3.92
Turnout 8,930 95.7 +6
PAP hold Swing -12.52

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Sembawang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ahmad Ibrahim 4,316 54.69 −8.55
MIC Vangadaslam Jayaram 1,566 19.84 +19.84
SPA Chew Seng 1,084 13.74 +13.74
LSP Lau Sai Seng 926 11.73 +11.73
Turnout 7,948 89.7 +25.7
PAP hold Swing -8.55

Note: MIC is allied with Singapore's UMNO and MCA chapters, similar to its Malaysian counterpart with the exception of not using the alliance symbol which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Vangadaslam Jayaram as an independent candidate.

General Election 1955: Sembawang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ahmad Ibrahim 4,281 63.24
PP Lee Kim Kee 2,488 36.76
Turnout 6,835 64.0
Independent win (new seat)

Historical maps

  • 1955 General Election 1955 General Election

References

Constituencies of Singapore
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of representatives assigned.
Group Representation
Constituencies (GRCs)		 Singapore
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1900s
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