Telok Blangah Single Member Constituency

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Telok Blangah
Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Current constituency
Created	1959
Seats	1
Member(s)	Constituency Abolished
Town Council	West Coast
Replaced by	West Coast GRC

Telok Blangah Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in Singapore. The constituency was formed in 1959 and was abolished in 1991.

History

In 1959, the Telok Blangah Constituency was formed. In 1988, it was renamed as Telok Blangah Single Member Constituency as part of Singapore's political reforms. In 1991, it was abolished and merged into West Coast Group Representation Constituency.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959	John Mammen	PAP
1963	Bernard Rodrigues	PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968	N. Naidu Govindasamy	PAP
1972	N. Naidu Govindasamy
1976	Shaik Ahmad bin Abdul Haleem
1979	Rohan bin Kamis
1980	Rohan bin Kamis
1984	Koh Lam Son
1988	Koh Lam Son

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

General Election 1959: Telok Blangah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	John Mammen	5,803	50.4
	PKMS	Osman Gani	4,141	36.0
	Citizens' Party	Wee Kim Hock	1,230	10.7
	Independent	V. Mariappan	337	2.9
Majority			1,662	14.4
Registered electors			13,202
Turnout			11,511	87.2
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Telok Blangah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Bernard Rodrigues	4,949	39.8	−10.6
	BS	Jukiri bin Parjo	4,327	34.8
	SA	ABDUL RAHMAN bin Mohamed Said	2,627	21.1	−14.9
	UPP	Tan Swee Huat	525	4.2
Majority			622	5.0
Registered electors			13,263
Turnout			12,551	94.6
	PAP hold		Swing	-10.6

General Election 1968: Telok Blangah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	N. Naidu Govindasamy	Walkover	N/A
Registered electors			14,785
	PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Telok Blangah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	N. Naidu Govindasamy	7,669	57.9
	WP	Zainul Abiddin Bin Mohd. Shah	4,714	35.6
	United National Front	M. Ramasamy	858	6.5
Majority			2,995	22.6
Registered electors			14,624
Turnout			13,241	90.5
	PAP hold

General Election 1976: Telok Blangah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Shaik Ahmad bin Abdul Haleem	Walkover	N/A
Registered electors			14,225
	PAP hold

By-election 1979: Telok Blangah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Rohan bin Kamis	12,687	61.2
	WP	Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam	8,036	38.8
Majority			4,651	22.4
Registered electors			22,202
Turnout			21,089	95.0
	PAP hold

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Telok Blangah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rohan bin Kamis	9,187	53.0	−8.2
	WP	Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam	8,141	47.0	+8.2
Majority			1,046	6.0
Turnout			17,592	96.1
	PAP hold		Swing	-8.2

General Election 1984: Telok Blangah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Koh Lam Son	10,150	55.0	+2.0
	WP	Murugason Rajaratnam	8,299	45.0	−2.0
Majority			1,851	10.0
Turnout			18,771	96.0	−0.1
	PAP hold		Swing	+2.0

General Election 1988: Telok Blangah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Koh Lam Son	11,160	64.2	+9.2
	WP	Tan Soo Phuan	6,220	35.8	−9.2
Majority			4,940	28.4
Turnout			17,732	95.3	−0.7
	PAP hold		Swing	+9.2

References

"ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
"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 | 1979 Parliamentary By-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.
"ELD | 1988 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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