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Sepoy Lines Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1976, whereby it consists of Singapore General Hospital. Wee Toon Boon was a member of parliament for the constituency until 1976.

Member of Parliament

Legislative Assembly of Singapore
Year	Member of Parliament	Party
1959	Wee Toon Boon		PAP
1963	Wee Toon Boon		PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Wee Toon Boon		PAP
1972	Wee Toon Boon		PAP

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 1950s

General Election 1959: Sepoy Lines
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Wee Toon Boon	5,352	58.35
	SPA	Goh Su Chiang	3,820	41.65
Majority			1,532	16.70
Registered electors			10,347
Total valid votes			9,172	99.06
Rejected ballots			87	0.94
Turnout			9,259	89.48
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1963: Sepoy Lines
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Wee Toon Boon	4,907	52.25	6.1
	BS	Ong Chang Sam	3,147	33.51	N/A
	SA	Goh Su Chiang	793	8.44	N/A
	UPP	Tan Choon Sing	914	545	5.80
Majority			1,760	18.74	2.04
Registered electors			10,046		2.91
Total valid votes			9,392	99.14	0.08
Rejected ballots			81	0.86	0.08
Turnout			9,473	94.30	4.82
	PAP hold		Swing	6.1

General Election 1968: Sepoy Lines
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	PAP	Wee Toon Boon	Unopposed
Registered electors			11,409	13.57
	PAP hold

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1972: Sepoy Lines
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Wee Toon Boon	9,160	81.30	N/A
	UNF	Ho Soo Hock	2,107	18.70	N/A
Majority			7,053	62.60	N/A
Registered electors			12,308		7.88
Total valid votes			11,267	98.01	N/A
Rejected ballots			229	1.99	N/A
Turnout			11,496	93.40	N/A
	PAP hold

References

"ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
"Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1959 > Sepoy Lines". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
"Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1963 > Sepoy Lines". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
"ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
"Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1972 > Sepoy Lines". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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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