Stamford Constituency

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Stamford Constituency was a single member constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1976.

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In 1976, the constituency was abolished. Half of the electorate was moved to Rochore Constituency while the other half split into River Valley and Telok Ayer constituencies.

Member of Parliament

YearMember of ParliamentParty
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955 J. M. Jumabhoy LF
1959 Fung Yin Ching PAP
1963 Andrew Fong
Parliament of Singapore
1968Andrew Fong PAP
1972

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 the 1950s

General Election 1955: Stamford [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LF J. M. Jumabhoy 2,69143.08
Independent Simon1,28120.51
PP Nazir Mallal1,15318.46
Democratic PartyNg Sen Choy1,12117.95
Turnout 13,207
LF win (new seat)
General Election 1959: Stamford [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Fung Yin Ching 5,37249.18
SPA J. M. Jumabhoy3,81034.88
WP Ang Meng Gee9258.47
LSP Hooi Beng Guan6796.22
Independent Wong Chee Lim1361.25
Turnout 12,392
PAP gain from LF Swing N/A

Historical maps

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References

  1. "1955 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS".
  2. "1959 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS".