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.
| Sembawang | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1955 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member(s) | Constituency Abolished |
| Town Council | Sembawang |
| Replaced by | Sembawang GRC |
Member of Parliament
edit| 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
editNote : 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
edit| 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 | |||
| 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
edit| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Teong Eng Siong | Walkover | |||
| Turnout | 11,220 | ||||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| 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
edit| 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.
| 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
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1955 General Election
