Alexandra Constituency

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Alexandra
Former Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Region Singapore
Former constituency
Created1968
Abolished1988
Seats1
Member(s)Constituency Abolished
Replaced by Brickworks GRC

Alexandra Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1968 to 1988 and was merged into Brickworks GRC.

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History

In 1988, the constituency was merged into Brickworks GRC following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and Single Member Consituency (SMC). [1]

Member of Parliament

Election MemberParty
Formation
1968 Wong Lin Ken PAP
1972
1976 Tan Soo Khoon
1980
1984
Constituency abolished (1988)

Electoral results

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 1960s

General Election 1968: Alexandra [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Wong Lin Ken Unopposed
Registered electors 13,317
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1972: Alexandra [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Wong Lin Ken 17,965 77.52 N/A
WP Wong Kui Yu3,78216.32N/A
UNF S. A. Hamid1,4276.16N/A
Majority14,18361.2N/A
Registered electors 24,499Increase2.svg83.97
Total valid votes23,17498.83N/A
Rejected ballots2724.30N/A
Turnout 23,44695.70N/A
PAP hold
General Election 1976: Alexandra [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Tan Soo Khoon 12,413 75.90 Decrease2.svg1.62
WP Chua Boon Eng Edward3,94124.10Increase2.svg7.78
Majority8,47251.80Decrease2.svg9.4
Registered electors 17,367Decrease2.svg29.11
Total valid votes16,35498.45Decrease2.svg0.38
Rejected ballots2571.55Increase2.svg0.38
Turnout 16,61195.65Decrease2.svg0.05
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.62

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1980: Alexandra [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Tan Soo KhoonUnopposed
Registered electors 18,163Increase2.svg4.58
PAP hold
General Election 1984: Alexandra [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Tan Soo Khoon 12,172 66.79 N/A
WP J C Corera6,05333.21N/A
Majority6,11933.58N/A
Registered electors 19,670Increase2.svg8.30
Total valid votes18,22597.79N/A
Rejected ballots4112.21N/A
Turnout 18,63694.74N/A
PAP hold

References

  1. "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times . 15 June 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2025 via NewspaperSG.
  2. "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1972 > Alexandra". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  6. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1976 > Alexandra". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  7. "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  8. "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  9. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1984 > Alexandra". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.