Alexandra Single Member Constituency

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Alexandra
Former Single Member Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Region Singapore
Former constituency
Created1968
Abolished1988
Seats1
Party PAP logo variation.svg People's Action Party
Member(s) Tan Soo Khoon
Replaced by Brickworks GRC

Alexandra Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1968 to 1988 and was replaced by Brickworks GRC. It absorbed Queenstown constituency.

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Members of Parliament

ElectionDivisionMember of ParliamentParty
1968Alexandra Wong Lin Ken PAP
1972
1976 Tan Soo Khoon
1980
1984
1988
1991
1997

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 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Wong Lin Ken Unopposed
Registered electors 13,317
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1972: Alexandra [2]
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
Turnout 23,17494.59N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1976: Alexandra [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Tan Soo Khoon 12,413 75.90 Decrease2.svg1.62
WP Chua Boon Eng Edward3,94124.10N/A
Majority8,47251.80Decrease2.svg9.4
Registered electors 17,367Decrease2.svg29.11
Turnout 16,35494.17Decrease2.svg0.42
PAP hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1980: Alexandra [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Tan Soo KhoonUnopposed
Registered electors 18,163Increase2.svg4.58
PAP hold
General Election 1984: Alexandra [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Tan Soo Khoon 12,172 66.79
WP J C Corera6,05333.21
Majority6,11933.58
Turnout 18,22592.65
Registered electors 19,670
PAP hold Swing

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References

  1. "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  5. "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 May 2021.