Kolam Ayer Constituency

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Kolam Ayer Constituency (SMC) was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1976 to 1988, where Sidek bin Saniff was Member of Parliament. It merged with another 2 SMCs in 1988 to form the Eunos Group Representation Constituency.

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Member of Parliament

YearMember of ParliamentParty
1976 Sidek bin Saniff PAP
1980
1984

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 the 1970s

General Election 1976: Kolam Ayer [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Sidek bin Saniff 13,175 72.46
DPP R. Chetty5,00727.54
Majority8,16844.92
Registered electors 19,371
Turnout 18,18293.86
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1980: Kolam Ayer [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Sidek B Saniff 16,995 80.35 Increase2.svg7.89
DPP Mohamed Monsor Rahman4,15519.65N/A
Majority12,84060.7Increase2.svg15.78
Registered electors 22,775Increase2.svg17.57
Turnout 21,15092.86Increase2.svg1.0
PAP hold Swing Increase2.svg7.89
General Election 1984: Kolam Ayer [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Sidek B Saniff 12,812 57.91 Decrease2.svg22.44
WP G S Roy9,31142.09N/A
Majority5,79015.82Decrease2.svg44.88
Registered electors 23,630Increase2.svg37.58
Turnout 17,13093.62Increase2.svg0.76
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg44.88

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References

  1. ↑ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  2. ↑ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  3. ↑ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.


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