Siglap Single Member Constituency

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Siglap Single Member Constituency was a constituency spanning Chinatown and Raffles Place in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1988 as Siglap Constituency and was renamed as Siglap Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of Singapore's political reforms. The SMC was merged into Bedok Group Representation Constituency in 1991.

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Member of Parliament

Election IncumbentParty
1959 Sahora bte Amate PAP
1963 Abdul Rahim Ishak
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984 Abdullah Tarmugi
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: Siglap
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Sahorah bte Ahmat4,40734.34
Independent Koh Tee Kin3,40826.56
LSP John Snodgrass1,51111.78
PKMS Mohamed Sidik bin Haji Abdul Hamid 1,41811.05
Independent Abdullah Masood1,2679.87
Partai Ra'ayat Pang Toon Tin5874.57
PMIP Wanjor bin Abubakar2341.83
Turnout 12,89287.7
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Siglap
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Abdul Rahim bin Ishak9,34262.12+27.78
Partai Ra'ayat Tay Check Yaw2,61817.41+12.84
SA Soo Ban Hoe1,4889.89-1.16
UPP Ong Jin Teck1,3659.08+9.08
Independent Koh Tee Kin2251.50-25.06
Turnout 15,12895.1+7.4
PAP hold Swing +27.78
General Election 1968: Siglap
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Abdul Rahim bin Ishak Walkover
Turnout 11,627
PAP hold Swing

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Siglap
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Abdul Rahim Ishak11,45678.63
WP Ariffin Noordin2,52917.36
United National FrontYahiya bin Haji Mohamed Ghouse5844.01
Turnout 14,84492.3
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1976: Siglap
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Abdul Rahim Ishak9,73378.20-0.43
DPP Weerappulli K. W. B.2,71421.80+21.80
Turnout 12,77392.2-0.1
PAP hold Swing -0.43

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Siglap
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Abdul Rahim Ishak 11,56477.91-0.29
WP Royston George Scharenguivel3,27822.09+22.09
Turnout 15,29191.7-0.5
PAP hold Swing -0.29
General Election 1984: Siglap
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Abdullah Tarmugi Walkover
Turnout 17,090
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1988: Siglap
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Abdullah Tarmugi 12,10173.73
WP Chong Tung Shang4,31126.27
Turnout 16,81690.2
PAP hold Swing

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