Buona Vista Single Member Constituency

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Buona Vista Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1976 to 1997 and it was merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC.

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Members of Parliament

ElectionDivisionIncumbentParty
1976Buona Vista Ang Kok Peng PAP
1980
1984
1988 Peter Sung
1991

Candidates and results

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: Buona Vista [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Ang Kok Peng 12,704 82.75
United People's FrontHashim bin Mukayat2,64917.25
Majority10,05565.5
Registered electors 16,267
Valid ballots15,35394.38
Rejected ballots3992.45
Turnout 15,75296.83
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Buona Vista [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ang Kok Peng Unopposed
Registered electors 17,287Increase2.svg6.27
PAP hold
General Election 1984: Buona Vista [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ang Kok Peng Unopposed
Registered electors 18,041Increase2.svg4.36
PAP hold
General Election 1988: Buona Vista [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Peter Sung 8,859 61.76 N/A
SDP Low Yong Nguan5,03735.11N/A
PKMS Abdul Karim B Abdul Sattar4493.13N/A
Majority3,82226.65N/A
Registered electors 15,850Decrease2.svg12.14
Valid ballots15,35398.83
Rejected ballots1811.17N/A
Turnout 15,53498.01N/A
PAP hold

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Buona Vista [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Peter Sung 10,481 79.42 Increase2.svg17.66
PKMS A Karim Sattar2,71620.58N/A
Majority7,76558.84Increase2.svg32.19
Registered electors 14,596Decrease2.svg7.91
Valid ballots13,19795.68
Rejected ballots5964.32Increase2.svg3.15
Turnout 13,79394.50Decrease2.svg3.51
PAP hold Swing Increase2.svg17.66

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References

  1. "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  2. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1976 > Buona Vista". www.singapore-elections.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  3. "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  4. "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  5. "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  6. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1988 > Buona Vista". www.singapore-elections.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  7. "ELD | 1991 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  8. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1991 > Buona Vista". www.singapore-elections.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.