Bedok Constituency

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Bedok
Former Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Region Singapore
Former constituency
Created1976
Abolished1988
Seats1
Member(s)Constituency Abolished
Replaced by Bedok GRC

Bedok Constituency was a single member constituency in Bedok South, Singapore. It was formed in 1976 general elections by craving a portion from Siglap constituency and continues throughout till prior to 1988 general elections where this constituency along with neighbouring constituencies namely: Kampong Chai Chee and Tanah Merah to form the Bedok Group Representation Constituency.

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Member of Parliament

YearMember of ParliamentParty
1976 Sha'ari bin Tadin PAP
1980 S Jayakumar
1984

Elections

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 1970s

General Election 1976: Bedok [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Sha'ari bin Tadin 7,928 73.78
PF Sim Peng Kim [lower-alpha 1] 2,81826.22
Majority5,11047.56
Registered electors 11,310
Turnout 10,98997.2
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Bedok [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP S Jayakumar 14,691 75.03 N/A
PKMS Abdul Rahman Bin Mohamed Zin3,52718.01N/A
United People's FrontThomas Anthony Tay1,3626.96N/A
Majority11,16457.02Increase2.svg9.46
Registered electors 20,852Increase2.svg84.37
Turnout 20,06796.2Decrease2.svg1.0
PAP hold Swing Increase2.svg1.25
General Election 1984: Bedok [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP S Jayakumar 10,972 68.95 Decrease2.svg6.08
DPP Lee Chin Teck4,94131.05N/A
Majority6,03137.9Decrease2.svg19.12
Registered electors 17,074Decrease2.svg18.12
Turnout 16,46996.5Increase2.svg0.3
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg6.08

Notes

  1. ↑ By end of 1976, the remnants of People's Front had moved to United Front which was the reason for the elections department to view Sim Peng Kim as a candidate for United Front.

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References

  1. ↑ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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