Serangoon Gardens Constituency

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Serangoon Gardens Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency in Singapore. It was formed in 1959 by carving out from Serangoon Constituency as Serangoon Gardens Constituency.

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In 1976, parts of the constituency was carved out to form Ang Mo Kio Constituency. In 1980, more part of the constituency was carved out to form Cheng San and Chong Boon constituencies.

In 1988, the constituency was renamed as Serangoon Gardens Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of Singapore's political reforms.

In 1991, the constituency was abolished and merged into Thomson Group Representation Constituency.

Member of Parliament

YearIncumbentParty
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959 Leong Keng Seng PAP
1963R. A. Gonzales
Parliament of Singapore
1968 Leonard Peter Rodrigo PAP
1972
1976 Lau Teik Soon
1980
1984
1988

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 1959: Serangoon Gardens [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Leong Keng Seng 3,843 48.93
SPA Eric Wee Sian Beng2,76435.19
PKMS Liao Ping85310.86
LF Fernandez, Victor Louis3304.20
LSP Lilian Tan640.82
Majority1,07913.74
Registered electors 8,631
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1976: Serangoon Gardens [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lau Teik Soon 7,471 68.74 {{{change}}}
WP C. H. Crabb3,39731.26
Majority4,07437.48{{{change}}}
Registered electors 12,115
Total valid votes10,868
Rejected ballots
Turnout
PAP win (new seat)

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References

  1. "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  2. "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.