Farrer Park Constituency

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Farrer Park Constituency is a former constituency in Singapore. It existed from 1955 to 1980. [1]

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Member of Parliament

ElectionMember of ParliamentParty
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955 Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous PAP
1959 A. P. Rajah
1963 S. R. Dharmarajoo People's Action Party
1966
Parliament of Singapore
1968 Lee Chiaw Meng PAP
1972
1976
1980

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: Farrer Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lee Chiaw Meng Uncontested
Registered electors 11,949
General Election 1972: Farrer Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lee Chiaw Meng 8,52173.82-11.09
WP Jeyaretnam J. B. 2,66823.11
UNF S. A. Latiff3543.07
Majority5,85350.71
Turnout 11,18988.05
Registered electors 12,707
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1968: Farrer Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lee Chiaw Meng 7,82684.91+29.21
Independent M. P. D. Nair1,39115.09
Majority6,43569.82
Turnout 9,21789.57
Registered electors 10,290
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1963: Farrer Park [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP S.R. Dharmarajoo 5,36555.7+13.8
BS Lee Chin Siang2,61927.2
SA A.P. Rajah 1,23212.8-31.7
UPP Wee Kia Eng4144.3
Majority2,74628.5
Turnout 9,70495.2
Registered electors 10,189
PAP gain from SA Swing
General Election 1959: Farrer Park [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent A.P. Rajah 4,07744.5
PAP Tan Teck Ngiap3,83241.9+8.8
Independent Soo-Tho Siu Hee7898.6
Independent Chan Kooi Chew3113.4
Independent Arthur Joseph1471.6
Majority2452.6
Turnout 9,29190.3
Registered electors 10,293
Independent gain from LF Swing
General Election 1955: Farrer Park [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LF Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous 2,58538.5
PAP Devan Nair 2,21933.1
PP Eric Wee1,78426.6
Independent C.T.B. Unnithan851.3
Independent Chua Kim Watt370.6
Majority3665.4N/A
Turnout 6,80355.6
Registered electors 12,242
LF win (new seat)

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References

  1. "Dr Lee dies". TODAY. 24 May 2001. p. 5.
  2. "THIS IS THE WAY THE VOTING WENT". The Straits Times. 22 September 1963. p. 2.
  3. "THE RESULTS: ALL YOU". The Straits Times. 31 May 1959. p. 4.
  4. "The Results". The Straits Times. 3 April 1955. p. 1.