Radin Mas Single Member Constituency

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Radin Mas
Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Radin Mas SMC locator map.svg
Region Central Region, Singapore
Electorate24,980
Current constituency
Created1976;48 years ago (1976)
Seats1
Party People's Action Party
Member(s) Melvin Yong
Town Council Tanjong Pagar
Merged1988
Merged to Tiong Bahru GRC
Reformed2011
Reformed from Tanjong Pagar GRC

The Radin Mas Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) located in the central area of Singapore. The ward covers a portion of Bukit Merah, specifically the suburbs of Redhill, Bukit Merah Central, the eastern half of Telok Blangah, Bukit Purmei Estate and Mount Faber. It is managed by Tanjong Pagar Town Council. The current Member of Parliament is Melvin Yong of the People's Action Party (PAP).

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Members of Parliament

Election MemberParty
1976 N. Naidu Govindasmy PAP
1977 Bernard Chen Tien Lap
1980 Mohamed Kassim Abdul Jabbar
1984 Chng Hee Kok
Constituency abolished (1988 2011)
2011 Sam Tan Chin Siong PAP
2015
2020 Melvin Yong Yik Chye

Electoral results

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 1970s

General Election 1976: Radin Mas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP N. Naidu Govindasmy13,24675.7N/A
WP Othman bin Abdullah4,26324.3N/A
Majority8,98351.4N/A
Turnout 17,87997.1N/A
PAP win (new seat)
By-election 1977: Radin Mas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Bernard Chen12,05370.6Decrease2.svg5.1
WP J.B. Jeyaretnam 5,02129.4Increase2.svg5.1
Majority7,03241.2Decrease2.svg10.2
Turnout 17,41594.6Decrease2.svg2.5
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.1

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Radin Mas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Mohamed Kassim Abdul Jabbar11,33564.1Decrease2.svg6.5
WP Wong Hong Toy6,35635.9Increase2.svg6.5
Majority4,97928.2Decrease2.svg13.0
Turnout 18,11596.1Increase2.svg1.5
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg6.5
General Election 1984: Radin Mas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Chng Hee Kok9,99754.0Decrease2.svg10.1
WP Wong Hong Toy8,51946.0Increase2.svg10.1
Majority1,4788.0Decrease2.svg20.2
Turnout 18,84695.3Decrease2.svg0.8
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg10.1

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: Radin Mas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Sam Tan 18,60967.1N/A
NSP Yip Yew Weng9,12332.9N/A
Majority9,48634.2N/A
Turnout 28,40191.2N/A
PAP win (new seat)
General Election 2015: Radin Mas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Sam Tan 20,23077.25Increase2.svg10.15
RP Kumar Appavoo3,32912.71N/A
IndependentHan Hui Hui2,62910.04N/A
Majority16,90164.54Increase2.svg30.34
Rejected ballots7682.85-
Turnout 26,95693.25Increase2.svg2.05
PAP hold Swing Increase2.svg10.15

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020: Radin Mas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Melvin Yong 16,83474.03Decrease2.svg3.22
RP Kumar Appavoo5,90525.97Increase2.svg13.26
Majority10,92948.06
Rejected ballots8173.47
Turnout 23,55694.30Increase2.svg1.05
Registered electors 24,980
PAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.22

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