Siglap Single Member Constituency

Last updated January 14, 2025

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.

Member of Parliament

Election	Incumbent	Party
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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Sahorah bte Ahmat	4,407	34.34
	Independent	Koh Tee Kin	3,408	26.56
	LSP	John Snodgrass	1,511	11.78
	PKMS	Mohamed Sidik bin Haji Abdul Hamid	1,418	11.05
	Independent	Abdullah Masood	1,267	9.87
	Partai Ra'ayat	Pang Toon Tin	587	4.57
	PMIP	Wanjor bin Abubakar	234	1.83
Turnout			12,892	87.7
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Siglap
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Abdul Rahim bin Ishak	9,342	62.12	+27.78
	Partai Ra'ayat	Tay Check Yaw	2,618	17.41	+12.84
	SA	Soo Ban Hoe	1,488	9.89	−1.16
	UPP	Ong Jin Teck	1,365	9.08	+9.08
	Independent	Koh Tee Kin	225	1.50	−25.06
Turnout			15,128	95.1	+7.4
	PAP hold		Swing	+27.78

General Election 1968: Siglap
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Abdul Rahim bin Ishak	Walkover
Turnout			11,627
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Siglap
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Abdul Rahim Ishak	11,456	78.63
	WP	Ariffin Noordin	2,529	17.36
	United National Front	Yahiya bin Haji Mohamed Ghouse	584	4.01
Turnout			14,844	92.3
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1976: Siglap
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Abdul Rahim Ishak	9,733	78.20	−0.43
	DPP	Weerappulli K. W. B.	2,714	21.80	+21.80
Turnout			12,773	92.2	−0.1
	PAP hold		Swing	-0.43

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Siglap
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Abdul Rahim Ishak	11,564	77.91	−0.29
	WP	Royston George Scharenguivel	3,278	22.09	+22.09
Turnout			15,291	91.7	−0.5
	PAP hold		Swing	-0.29

General Election 1984: Siglap
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Abdullah Tarmugi	Walkover
Turnout			17,090
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1988: Siglap
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Abdullah Tarmugi	12,101	73.73
	WP	Chong Tung Shang	4,311	26.27
Turnout			16,816	90.2
	PAP hold		Swing

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