| Anson | |
|---|---|
| Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1959 |
| Abolished | 1988 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member(s) | Constituency Abolished |
| 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 | |||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baharuddin bin Mohamed Ariff | PAP | 5,167 | 60.75 | |
| Goh Kong Beng | SPA | 1,875 | 22.04 | |
| Tan Cheng Chuan | LSP | 1,231 | 14.47 | |
| Wong Swee Kee | Independent | 117 | 1.38 | |
| P. Krishnan | Independent | 116 | 1.36 | |
| Total | 8,506 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 8,506 | 98.82 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 102 | 1.18 | ||
| Total votes | 8,608 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,921 | 86.77 | ||
| Majority | 3,292 | 38.71 | ||
| PAP win new seat | ||||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Marshall | WP | 3,598 | 43.32 | ||
| M. Awang | PAP | 3,052 | 36.75 |  24.00 | |
| Chee Phui Hung | SA | 1,482 | 17.84 | 4.20 | |
| Ismail Haji Hussain | LSP | 104 | 1.25 | 13.22 | |
| K. M. Ibrahim | SC | 69 | 0.83 | ||
| Total | 8,305 | 100.00 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 8,305 | 98.45 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 131 | 1.55 | |||
| Total votes | 8,436 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,816 | 85.94 | |||
| Majority | 546 | 6.57 | 32.14 | ||
| WP gain from PAP | Swing |  33.66 | |||
Caused by the death of incumbent MP Baharuddin Mohamed Ariff
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Govindasamy | PAP | 3,957 | 46.91 | 10.15 | |
| Chan Chong Keen | BS | 3,123 | 37.02 | ||
| A. K. Isaac | SA | 543 | 6.44 | 11.40 | |
| David Marshall | Independent | 416 | 4.93 | ||
| V. Vythalingam | UPP | 306 | 3.63 | ||
| Chiang Seok Kong | WP | 91 | 1.08 | 42.24 | |
| Total | 8,436 | 100.00 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 8,436 | 99.18 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 70 | 0.82 | |||
| Total votes | 8,506 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,192 | 92.54 | |||
| Majority | 834 | 9.89 | 3.32 | ||
| PAP gain from WP | Swing | 26.20 | |||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Govindasamy | PAP | |||
| Total | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,764 | – | ||
| PAP hold | ||||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Govindasamy | PAP | 5,027 | 74.34 | 27.43 | |
| Tay Kim Oh | WP | 1,291 | 19.09 | 18.01 | |
| C. Kunjuraman | UNF | 444 | 6.57 | ||
| Total | 6,762 | 100.00 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 6,762 | 98.01 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 137 | 1.99 | |||
| Total votes | 6,899 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,171 | 84.43 | |||
| Majority | 3,736 | 55.25 | 45.36 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | 27.43 | |||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Govindasamy | PAP | |||
| Total | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 12,755 | – | ||
| PAP hold | ||||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devan Nair | PAP | 8,127 | 86.21 | 11.87 | |
| Johnny Wee Lai Seng | UF | 1,300 | 13.79 | ||
| Total | 9,427 | 100.00 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 9,427 | 97.25 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 267 | 2.75 | |||
| Total votes | 9,694 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 11,243 | 86.22 | |||
| Majority | 6,827 | 72.42 | 17.17 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | 11.87 | |||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devan Nair | PAP | 11,564 | 84.10 | 2.11 | |
| Santhi Thevar | UPF | 2,187 | 15.90 | ||
| Total | 13,751 | 100.00 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 13,751 | 96.67 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 473 | 3.33 | |||
| Total votes | 14,224 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 15,077 | 94.34 | |||
| Majority | 9,377 | 68.2 | 4.22 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | 2.11 | |||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. B. Jeyaretnam | WP | 7,012 | 51.93 | ||
| Pang Kim Hin | PAP | 6,359 | 47.10 | 37.00 | |
| Harbans Singh | UPF | 131 | 0.97 | 14.93 | |
| Total | 13,502 | 100.00 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 13,502 | 98.22 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 244 | 1.78 | |||
| Total votes | 13,746 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 14,512 | 94.72 | |||
| Majority | 653 | 4.83 | 63.37 | ||
| WP gain from PAP | Swing | 44.47 | |||
Caused by incumbent MP Devan Nair's ascension to the Presidency
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. B. Jeyaretnam | WP | 9,909 | 56.81 | 4.88 | |
| Ng Pock Too | PAP | 7,533 | 43.19 | 3.91 | |
| Total | 17,442 | 100.00 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 17,442 | 98.19 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 322 | 1.81 | |||
| Total votes | 17,764 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 18,493 | 96.06 | |||
| Majority | 2,376 | 13.62 | 8.79 | ||
| WP hold | Swing | 4.88 | |||
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