Anson | |
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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 | |
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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 | % | ||
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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 | Perumal Govindaswamy | 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 | Perumal Govindaswamy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,764 | ||||
PAP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Perumal Govindaswamy | 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 | Perumal Govindaswamy | 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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