Havelock Constituency

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Havelock
Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Region Singapore
Current constituency
Created1955
Seats1
Member(s)constituency abolished

Havelock Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1980.

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Member of Parliament

Election Member of ParliamentParty
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955 Lim Yew Hock LF
1959 Peter Lau Por Tuck PAP
1963 Loh Miaw Gong BS
Parliament of Singapore
1968
1972
1976

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 1950s

General Election 1955: Havelock [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LF Lim Yew Hock 5,74486.5
Independent Soh C.S.5257.9
PP Chua Bock Kwee3735.6
Majority5,21978.6N/A
Turnout 6,70352.2
LF win (new seat)
General Election 1959: Havelock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Peter Lau Por Tuck9,22763.6
Independent Ng See Thong3,56224.6
SPA Tan Theng Chiang9636.6
MCA Loke Kwok Sang4333.0
LSP Tan Ah Pak3232.2
Majority5,66539.0N/A
Turnout 14,65092.1
PAP gain from SPA Swing

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Havelock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BS Loh Miaw Gong 6,304 44.1
PAP Wong Chun Choi4,15729.0-34.6
UPP Ng Chee Sen3,20922.4
SA Lim Ser Puan6414.5-5.1
Majority2,14715.1
Turnout 14,48795.6
BS gain from PAP Swing

Historical maps

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References

  1. "1955 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS".