Tampines Constituency

Last updated June 24, 2022

Tampines Constituency was a constituency in Tampines, Singapore.

History

In the 1955 general elections, this ward started as part of Punggol–Tampines SMC which consisted of largely present-day Hougang, Pasir Ris, Punggol, Sengkang, Simei and Tampines. These were considered rural areas of Singapore and had a very low population (there were only 6,628 voters then, of which only 3,886 of them turned out to vote).

Subsequently, in 1959, this ward was split into Punggol SMC and Tampines SMC. The present-day Hougang, Punggol and Sengkang were hived off as Punggol SMC while Tampines SMC took on significant portions of Ulu Bedok SMC to become one of the larger wards in eastern Singapore. Thus, Tampines SMC was made up of present-day Bedok (except Kampong Chai Chee which is part of the Kampong Kembangan SMC), Pasir Ris, Simei, Tampines. It remained thus until 1968 when Bedok was largely transferred to Kampong Chai Chee SMC.

From 1968, no significant changes were made to the SMC until 1984 when Simei and part of Tampines (which is south of Tampines Avenue 2) formed the new Changkat SMC due to the growing population in the fast-development in Tampines New Town. From 1984 to 1988, this ward then only consisted of present-day Tampines and Pasir Ris. The ward only contain the residents committees in Tampines that is north of Tampines Avenue 2.

As Tampines New Town continued to grow, it was subsumed into the Tampines Group Representation Constituency in 1988 which was the first election in which the Group Representation Constituency system was used. The fast-growing Tampines had 60,084 voters; and it was necessary to split into three.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959	Goh Chew Chua	PAP
1963	Poh Ber Liak	BS
Parliament of Singapore
1967	Chew Chin Han	PAP
1968	Phua Bah Lee
1972
1976
1980
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%.

Candidates and Results

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1984: Tampines
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Phua Bah Lee	13,163	72.34	-13.58
	United People's Front	Kasim bin Ibrahim	5,032	27.66	+13.58
Majority			8,131	44.68	-27.16
Turnout			19,060	97.0	+1.6
	PAP hold		Swing	-13.58

General Election 1980: Tampines
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Phua Bah Lee	15,065	85.92
	United People's Front	Kasim bin Ibrahim	2,469	14.08
Majority			12,596	71.84
Turnout			18,108	95.4
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1976: Tampines
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Phua Bah Lee	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			15,559
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1972: Tampines
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Phua Bah Lee	9,049	64.30
	PF	Tan Sim Hock	5,025	35.70
Majority			4,024	28.60
Turnout			14,510	94.8
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1968: Tampines
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Phua Bah Lee	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			12,703
	PAP hold		Swing

By Election 1967: Tampines
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Chew Chin Han	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			16,481
	PAP gain from BS		Swing

General Election 1963: Tampines
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BS	Poh Ber Liak	5,976	48.33	+48.33
	PAP	Goh Chew Chua	3,601	29.13	-44.14
	UPP	Liam Tian Seng	2,130	17.23	+17.23
	SA	Lim Jew Kan	656	5.31	-14.73
Majority			2,375	19.2	-42.47
Turnout			12,486	95.0	+4.9
	BS gain from PAP		Swing	-44.14

Notes: SPA joins UMNO-MCA-MIC alliance to form SA in 1963 GE.^[1]

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Tampines
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Goh Chew Chua	7,461	73.27
	SPA	Ong Phi Hok	2,041	20.04
	Independent	Lim Choo Ten	681	6.69
Majority			5,420	53.3
Turnout			10,334	90.1
	PAP win (new seat)

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References

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