The following is a list of Singaporean electoral divisions from 1980 to 1984 that served as constituencies that elected Members of Parliament (MPs) to the 5th Parliament of Singapore in the 1980 Singaporean general elections. [1] The number of seats in Parliament had increased by 6 to 75 seats. Since the 1968 Singaporean general election, no opposition candidate had been elected into Parliament under the People's Action Party (PAP) government until the 1981 by-election in Anson. [2]
District | Changes in 1980 | Polling Districts | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Alexandra | AL 01 - AL 02 | 2 | |
Aljunied | GS01 | AJ 01 - AJ 03 | 3 |
Ang Mo Kio | JK03, SG03 | AM 01 - AM 04 | 4 |
Anson | RM02 | AS 01 - AS 04 | 4 |
Ayer Rajah | BT03 | AR 01 - AR 03 | 3 |
Bedok | BD01 - BD02 | BD 01 - BD 04 | 4 |
Boon Lay | BY 01 - BY 02 | 2 | |
Boon Teck | BN 01 - BN 02 | 2 | |
Braddell Heights | BL01, PL01 | BL 01 - BL 05 | 5 |
Brickworks | BW 01 - BW 02 | 2 | |
Bukit Batok | BK 01 - BK 06 | 6 | |
Bukit Ho Swee | BH 01 - BH 02 | 2 | |
Bukit Merah | BM 01 - BM 02 | 2 | |
Bukit Panjang | BP 01 - BP 06 | 6 | |
Bukit Timah | BT 01 - BT 04 | 4 | |
Buona Vista | BV 01 - BV 02 | 2 | |
Cairnhill | FP01 - FP02 | CA 01 - CA 05 | 5 |
Changi | BD03, CH01 - CH05 | CH 01 - CH 08 | 8 |
Cheng San | JK03, SG03 | CS 01 - CS 03 | 3 |
Chong Boon | SG03 | CN 01 - CN 02 | 2 |
Chua Chu Kang | CK 01 - CK 06 | 6 | |
Clementi | BT03 | CL 01 - CL 03 | 3 |
Delta | DL 01 - DL 02 | 2 | |
Geylang Serai | GS 01 - GS 04 | 4 | |
Geylang West | GW 01 - GW 03 | 3 | |
Havelock | HK 01 - HK 02 | 2 | |
Henderson | HS 01 - HS 03 | 3 | |
Jalan Besar | JB 01 - JB 04 | 4 | |
Jalan Kayu | JK01 - JK02, SG03 | JK 01 - JK 05 | 5 |
Joo Chiat | JC 01 - JC 04 | 4 | |
Jurong | JR 01 - JR 03 | 3 | |
Kaki Bukit | BD03, KC02 - KC03 | KB 01 - KB 06 | 6 |
Kallang | KL 01 - KL 03 | 3 | |
Kampong Chai Chee | BD03, KC01 | KC 01 - KC 04 | 4 |
Kampong Glam | KG 01 - KG 03 | 3 | |
Kampong Kembangan | KC02 - KC03, SL03 | KN 01 - KN 06 | 2 |
Kampong Ubi | KU 01 - KU 03 | 3 | |
Katong | KT 01 - KT 02 | 2 | |
Kebun Baru | AM01 - AM04, NS02 | KR 01 - KR 05 | 5 |
Khe Bong | KE 01 - KE 03 | 3 | |
Kim Keat | KM 01 - KM 02 | 2 | |
Kim Seng | KS 01 - KS 02 | 2 | |
Kolam Ayer | KY 01 - KY 03 | 3 | |
Kreta Ayer | KA 01 - KA 02 | 2 | |
Kuo Chuan | KH 01 - KH 03 | 3 | |
Leng Kee | LK 01 - LK 02 | 2 | |
MacPherson | MP 01 - MP 02 | 2 | |
Marine Parade | MA 01 - MA 02 | 2 | |
Moulmein | FP02 - FP03 | MM 01 - MM 05 | 5 |
Mountbatten | MB 01 - MB 02 | 2 | |
Nee Soon | NS01 | NS 01 - NS 02 | 2 |
Pasir Panjang | PP 01 - PP 02 | 2 | |
Paya Lebar | BL02, US03 | PL 01 - PL 04 | 4 |
Potong Pasir | PS 01 - PS 02 | 2 | |
Punggol | PG 01 - PG 05 | 5 | |
Queenstown | QT 01 - QT 02 | 2 | |
Radin Mas | RM01, TL02 | RM 01 - RM 05 | 5 |
River Valley | RV 01 - RV 03 | 3 | |
Rochore | RC 01 - RC 03 | 3 | |
Sembawang | SB 01 - SB 03 | 3 | |
Serangoon Gardens | US01 - US02 | SG 01 - SG 03 | 3 |
Siglap | SL01 - SL03 | SL 01 - SL 03 | 3 |
Tampines | TM 01 - TM 05 | 5 | |
Tanah Merah | BD03, CH06 | TR 01 - TR 03 | 3 |
Tanglin | TN 01 - TN 03 | 3 | |
Tanjong Pagar | TP 01 - TP 03 | 3 | |
Telok Ayer | TA 01 - TA 03 | 3 | |
Telok Blangah | TL01 - TL02 | TL 01 - TL 04 | 4 |
Thomson | TH 01 - TH 03 | 3 | |
Tiong Bahru | TG 01 - TG 04 | 4 | |
Toa Payoh | TY 01 - TY 03 | 3 | |
Ulu Pandan | UP 01 - UP 03 | 3 | |
West Coast | BT03 - BT04 | WE 01 - WE 04 | 4 |
Whampoa | W 01 - W 02 | 2 | |
Yio Chu Kang | AM02 - AM03, NS02 | YK 01 - YK 05 | 5 |
Kallang is a planning area and residential town located in the Central Region of Singapore.
Choa Chu Kang, alternatively spelt as Chua Chu Kang and often abbreviated as CCK, is a planning area and residential town located at the north-westernmost point of the West Region of Singapore. The town shares borders with Sungei Kadut to the north, Tengah to the southwest, Bukit Batok to the southeast, Bukit Panjang to the east and the Western Water Catchment to the west. Choa Chu Kang New Town is separated into two portions by the Kranji Expressway.
Bukit Merah, often abbreviated as Bt Merah, is a planning area and new town situated in the southernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore. The planning area borders Tanglin to the north, Queenstown to the west and the Downtown Core, Outram and Singapore River planning areas of the Central Area to the east. Bukit Merah also shares a maritime boundary with the Southern Islands planning area located beyond its southernmost point. Bukit Merah is the most populated planning area in the Central Region, and the 12th most populated planning area in the country overall, being home to more than 150,000 residents.
Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency is a four-member Group Representation Constituency composed of several city suburbs surrounding the Central Area of Singapore. It is named after Jalan Besar, a street in Singapore that forms this GRC's centrepiece. The street itself is within the Kallang planning area, Kallang itself being part of this GRC.
The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) is the church that Methodists in Singapore belong to. The Church has 46 churches island-wide with around 42,000 members, and is the largest mainline Protestant denomination in Singapore. Its current bishop and head of the Church is Rev Dr Gordon Wong, who was elected at the 12th Session of the General Conference on 7 September 2020.
Bukit Merah Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located in the Bukit Merah Town Centre, along Bukit Merah Central in Bukit Merah, Singapore. The interchange serves the nearby residential estates of Telok Blangah and Bukit Purmei and also the commercial buildings in Bukit Merah Central. It is the only bus interchange in Singapore that does not have a direct link to an MRT station. However, several services link commuters to nearby MRT stations from the interchange. Services 5, 16 and 851 link the interchange to Tiong Bahru, Service 132 links to Redhill, while Service 176 links to Telok Blangah.
Eunos Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located in Geylang East, Singapore. It is located and built just outside Eunos MRT station. It is surrounded by Eunos Road 2, Eunos Crescent and Sims Avenue.
West Coast Highway is a major arterial road in Singapore which links Jurong industrial estate and Clementi New Town to the city. It is an at-grade road from its junction with Pandan Loop and West Coast Road to its interchange with Pasir Panjang Road, where it becomes a grade-separated viaduct; the viaduct merges with Keppel Road before its interchange with Ayer Rajah Expressway. The total length of the highway is 11 km. The viaduct is newer than the at-grade section, having been completed in 2006.
The West Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The five divisions are Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh, West Coast, Boon Lay, Nanyang and Telok Blangah. West Coast GRC covers the areas of Ayer Rajah, Dover, Pasir Panjang, the south-western area, West Coast, Jurong, Jurong Island, Sentosa, Telok Blangah, Tuas and much of Singapore's southern & western territorial waters and offshore islands in the area. The current MPs are S Iswaran, Desmond Lee, Foo Mee Har, Rachel Ong and Ang Wei Neng of the constituency.
Gan Kim Yong is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister for Trade and Industry since 2021. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is a Member of the 14th Parliament and has been representing the Chua Chu Kang ward of Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2011. Within the PAP, he is the Chairman of the party's Central Executive Committee. Gan was previously the Minister for Manpower (2008–2011) and Minister for Health (2011–2021). He is also a co-chair of the Multi-Ministerial Committee set up by the government in January 2020 to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore.
Taman Jurong is a residential precinct in Jurong West, Singapore. It is one of the oldest residential precincts in Singapore and a division of Jurong GRC, with the area's HDB flats under the management of Jurong-Clementi Town Council and Tharman Shanmugaratnam as the area's MP.
Teban Gardens is a residential precinct located in Jurong East, Singapore. Immediately north of Pandan Reservoir, it comprises exclusively public housing built by the JTC Corporation and Housing and Development Board.
Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency(SMC) was a single member constituency in Bukit Timah, Singapore. It was formerly known as Bukit Timah Constituency before 1988.
The Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency is a Single Member Constituency covering a portion of Bukit Batok in Singapore. The current MP is Murali Pillai for this constituency.
Senja is a residential subzone and neighbourhood in Bukit Panjang, Singapore. It is bounded by the KJE to the north, Woodlands Road to the west and Bukit Panjang Ring Road to the southeast. It is also known as Bukit Panjang Neighbourhood 6.