| Anson | |
|---|---|
| Former Single Member Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1959 |
| Abolished | 1988 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party |  Workers' Party |
| Member(s) | Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam |
| Town Council | Tanjong Pagar |
| Replaced by | Radin Mas SMC |
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Anson Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1988 and was merged into Tiong Bahru Group Representation Constituency in 1988.
| Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
| 1959 | Baharuddin bin Mohamed Ariff | PAP | |
| 1961 | David Marshall | WP | |
| 1963 | Govindaswamy Perumal | PAP | |
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1968 | Govindaswamy Perumal | PAP | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1976 | |||
| 1979 | Devan Nair | ||
| 1980 | |||
| 1981 | J.B. Jeyaretnam | WP | |
| 1984 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Baharuddin bin Mohamed Ariff | 5,167 | 60.7 | ||
| SPA | Goh Kong Beng | 1,875 | 22.0 | ||
| LSP | Tan Cheng Chuan | 1,231 | 14.5 | ||
| Independent | Wong Swee Kee | 117 | 1.4 | ||
| Independent | Krishaan Pakirisamy | 116 | 1.4 | ||
| Majority | 3,292 | 38.7 | |||
| Turnout | 8,608 | 86.8 | |||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WP | David Marshall | 3,598 | 43.3 | N/A | |
| PAP | Mahmud bin Awang | 3,052 | 36.7 |  24.0 | |
| SA | Chee Phui Hung | 1,482 | 17.8 | 4.2 | |
| LSP | Mohammed Ismail bin Haji Mohammed Hussain | 104 | 1.3 | 13.2 | |
| Singapore Congress | Mohammed Ibrahim bin Mohd Kassim | 69 | 0.8 |  0.8 | |
| Majority | 546 | 6.6 | 32.1 | ||
| Turnout | 9,566 | 97.5 | 10.7 | ||
| WP gain from PAP | Swing | | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Govindaswamy Perumal | 3,957 | 46.9 | 10.2 | |
| BS | Chan Chong Keen | 3,123 | 37.0 | N/A | |
| SA | Arthur K. Iasac | 543 | 6.4 | -11.4 | |
| Independent | David Saul Marshall | 416 | 4.9 | ||
| UPP | V. Vythalingam | 306 | 3.6 | ||
| WP | Chiang Seok Keong | 91 | 1.1 | -42.2 | |
| Majority | 834 | 9.9 | |||
| Turnout | 8,506 | 92.5 | |||
| PAP gain from WP | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Govindaswamy Perumal | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 8,764 | ||||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Govindaswamy Perumal | 5,027 | 74.3 | N/A | |
| WP | Tay Kim Oh | 1,291 | 19.1 | N/A | |
| United National Front | Paul C. Kunjaraman | 444 | 6.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,736 | 55.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 6,899 | 84.4 | N/A | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Govindaswamy Perumal | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 12,755 | ||||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Devan Nair | 8,127 | 86.2 | N/A | |
| DPP | Johnny Wee Lai Seng | 1,300 | 13.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,827 | 72.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 9,694 | 86.2 | N/A | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Devan Nair | 11,564 | 84.1 | -2.1 | |
| United People's Front | P.M. Thevar | 2,187 | 15.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,377 | 68.2 | |||
| Turnout | 14,224 | 94.3 | +8.1 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | -2.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WP | J.B. Jeyaretnam | 7,012 | 51.9 | +51.9 | |
| PAP | Pang Kim Hin | 6,359 | 47.1 | -37.0 | |
| United People's Front | Harbans Singh | 131 | 1.0 | -14.9 | |
| Majority | 653 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 13,746 | 94.7 | +0.3 | ||
| WP gain from PAP | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WP | J.B. Jeyaretnam | 9,909 | 56.8 | +4.9 | |
| PAP | Ng Pock Too | 7,533 | 43.2 | -3.9 | |
| Majority | 2,376 | 13.6 | |||
| Turnout | 17,764 | 96.1 | |||
| WP hold | Swing | ||||
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