Crawford Constituency

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Crawford Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1976, broke off from Rochore Constituency.

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Member of Parliament

YearMemberParty
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955 K. M. Byrne PAP
1963 S. Thendayatha Bani BS
Parliament of Singapore
1963 S. Thendayatha Bani [1] BS
1966 Ramaswamy Sellappa PAP
1968 Low Yong Nguan
1972 Ang Kok Peng

"Singapore elections". Archived from the original on 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2026-01-03.. S.T. Bani resigned his seat on 9 January 1966, triggering a by-election.

Electoral results

Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Crawford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP K. M. Byrne 7,12066.6
SPA Teng Ling Siong2,48723.3
LSP Chua Seng Kian8978.4
Independent John Sim Keng Poh1911.8
Majority 4,63343.3
Turnout 10,80789.8
Registered electors 12,031
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1963: Crawford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BS S. Thendayatha Bani4,40042.8
PAP K. M. Byrne 4,20740.9Decrease2.svg 25.7
UPP Lau Tok Keong1,03210.0
Singapore Alliance Party Hsieh Shao An5715.5Decrease2.svg 17.8
WP Wong Hong Toy810.8
Majority 1931.9Decrease2.svg 41.4
Turnout 10,40195.0Increase2.svg 5.2
Registered electors 10,949Decrease2.svg 9.0
BS gain from PAP Swing Increase2.svg 34.3
By-election 1966: Crawford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ramaswamy SellappaUnopposed
Registered electors 10,450Decrease2.svg 4.6
PAP gain from BS
General Election 1968: Crawford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Low Yong NguanUnopposed
Registered electors 7,190Decrease2.svg 31.2
PAP hold

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1972: Crawford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ang Kok Peng6,04072.6Increase2.svg 31.7
WP Wu Kher1,56518.8Increase2.svg 18.0
UNF N. M. bin Abdul Wahid7148.6
Majority 4,47553.8Increase2.svg 51.9
Turnout 8,52491.8Decrease2.svg 3.2
Registered electors 9,285Increase2.svg 29.1
PAP hold Swing Increase2.svg 31.7

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