Brickworks Constituency

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

Brickworks Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1976 to 1988. It merged part of Leng Kee and Pasir Panjang.

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History

In 1988, the constituency was merged into Brickworks GRC following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and Single Member Constituency (SMC). [1]

Member of Parliament

Election MemberParty
Formation
1976 Ahmad Mattar PAP
1980
1984
Constituency abolished (1988)

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%.

General Election 1976 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Ahmad Mattar 9,871 73.99
United FrontTung Tao-Chang alias Shums3,47026.01
Majority6,40147.98
Registered electors 14,062
Turnout 13,34194.87
PAP win (new seat)
General Election 1980 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ahmad Mattar Unopposed
Registered electors 13,054Decrease2.svg7.17
PAP hold
General Election 1984 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ahmad Mattar 8,389 66.27 N/A
WP Mohd Taib B Saffar4,27033.73N/A
Majority4,11932.54N/A
Registered electors 13,571Increase2.svg3.96
Turnout 12,65993.28N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A

References

  1. "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times . 15 June 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2025 via NewspaperSG.
  2. "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  3. "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  4. "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-05-06.