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Telok Ayer Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It existed from 1951 to 1988, where it was absorbed into Kreta Ayer SMC.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955	Rajabali Jumabhoy	INDP
1959	Ong Pang Boon	PAP
1963	Ong Pang Boon	PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Ong Pang Boon	PAP
1972
1976
1980
1984
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED

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 1950s

Legislative Assembly General Election 1955: Telok Ayer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Rajabali Jumabhoy	1,945	39.90	N/A
	DP	Sng Siak Hwee	1,477	30.30	N/A
	Labour Front (Singapore)	Tan Ewe Chee	1,453	29.80	N/A
Total valid votes			4,875	100
Rejected ballots			76	1.58	N/A
Majority			468	9.60	N/A
Registered electors			11,547
Turnout			4,951	42.87	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)

Legislative Assembly General Election 1959: Telok Ayer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Ong Pang Boon	8,372	67.38	N/A
	Citizens' Party (Singapore)	Soh Teck Chee	287	2.31	N/A
	SPA	Tan Kian Kee	2,106	16.95	N/A
	Independent	Tay Soo Yong	1,660	13.36	N/A
Total valid votes			12,425	100
Rejected ballots			238	1.59	N/A
Majority			6,266	50.43	N/A
Registered electors			13,998
Turnout			12,586	89.91	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in the 1960s

Legislative Assembly General Election 1963: Telok Ayer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Ong Pang Boon	5,390	44.01
	BS	Lam Chit Lee	4,987	40.72
	UPP	Goh Hong Keng	1,484	12.12
	Independent	Wang Chung Kwang	385	3.15
Majority			403	3.29
Registered electors			13,219
Total valid votes			12,246
	PAP hold		Swing	-23.37

Parliamentary General Election 1968: Telok Ayer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Ong Pang Boon	Walkover
Registered electors			11,721
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1970s

Parliamentary General Election 1972: Telok Ayer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Pang Boon	7,612	83.98	N/A
	UNF	Ng Oh Chew	1,452	16.02	N/A
Total valid votes			9,064	100
Rejected ballots			238	1.59	N/A
Majority			6,160	67.96	N/A
Registered electors			10,547
Turnout			9,248	87.68	N/A
	PAP hold

Parliamentary General Election 1976: Telok Ayer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Ong Pang Boon	Walkover	N/A
Registered electors			15,515
	PAP hold

Elections in the 1980s

Parliamentary General Election 1980: Telok Ayer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Ong Pang Boon	Walkover	N/A
Registered electors			12,381
	PAP hold

Parliamentary General Election 1984: Telok Ayer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Ong Pang Boon	Walkover	N/A
Registered electors			13,984
	PAP hold

Historical maps

1955 General Election

References

"ELD | 1955 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
"ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
"ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
"ELD | 1968 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". www.eld.gov.sg.
"ELD | 1972 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". www.eld.gov.sg.
"ELD | 1976 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". www.eld.gov.sg.
"ELD | 1980 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". www.eld.gov.sg.
"ELD | 1984 PARLIAMENTARY 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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