Sembawang Constituency

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Sembawang
Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Region Singapore
Current constituency
Created1955
Seats1
Member(s)Constituency Abolished
Town CouncilSembawang
Replaced by Sembawang GRC

Sembawang Constituency was a single member constituency in Sembawang, Singapore that was formed in 1955 and continued until 1988 when it was merged into Sembawang Group Representation Constituency.

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Member of Parliament

YearMember of ParliamentParty
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955 Ahmad Ibrahim Independent
1959 PAP
1963Teong Eng Siong
Parliament of Singapore
1968Teong Eng Siong PAP
1972
1976
1980 Tony Tan
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 1980s

General Election 1984: Sembawang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Tony Tan Keng Yam 15,94877.42-4.13
Independent Stanley Mariadass4,65222.58+22.58
Turnout 21,30495.4+0.2
PAP hold Swing -4.13
General Election 1980: Sembawang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Tony Tan Keng Yam 13,41581.55-2.02
United People's FrontHarbans Singh3,03518.45+2.02
Turnout 16,93295.2+0.6
PAP hold Swing -2.02

Elections in 1970s

1979 By Election: Sembawang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Tony Tan Keng Yam 12,82478.42-5.15
United People's FrontHarbans Singh3,52821.58+5.15
Turnout 16,71494.6-0.2
PAP hold Swing -5.15
General Election 1976: Sembawang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Teong Eng Siong13,66183.57+6.21
United People's FrontMohd Arif bin Sahul Hameed2,68516.43+16.43
Turnout 16,76794.8+2.7
PAP hold Swing +6.21
General Election 1972: Sembawang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Teong Eng Siong8,46677.36
United National FrontMohd Arif bin Sahul Hameed2,47822.64
Turnout 11,25192.1
PAP hold Swing

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1968: Sembawang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Teong Eng Siong Walkover
Turnout 11,220
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1963: Sembawang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Teong Eng Siong3,74542.17-12.52
BS Chen Poh Chang3,59140.43+40.43
SA Appavoo Pakri1,19713.48-20.10
UPP Low Seng Wan3483.92+3.92
Turnout 8,93095.7+6
PAP hold Swing -12.52

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Sembawang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Ahmad Ibrahim 4,31654.69-8.55
MIC Vangadaslam Jayaram1,56619.84+19.84
SPA Chew Seng1,08413.74+13.74
LSP Lau Sai Seng92611.73+11.73
Turnout 7,94889.7+25.7
PAP hold Swing -8.55

Note: MIC is allied with Singapore's UMNO and MCA chapters, similar to its Malaysian counterpart with the exception of not using the alliance symbol which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Vangadaslam Jayaram as an independent candidate.

General Election 1955: Sembawang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ahmad Ibrahim 4,28163.24
PP Lee Kim Kee2,48836.76
Turnout 6,83564.0
Independent win (new seat)

Historical maps

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