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1955 General Election
| Tanjong Pagar | |
|---|---|
| Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1955 |
| Abolished | 1991 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member(s) | Constituency Abolished |
| Town Council | Tanjong Pagar |
| Replaced by | Tanjong Pagar GRC |
Tanjong Pagar Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in Tanjong Pagar, Singapore. The constituency was formed in 1955 and was abolished in 1991. It was one of the longest-surviving constituencies since the pre-independence era, and has been a People's Action Party stronghold. Throughout its history, the seat was only held by the late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who held the longest political term in Parliament from 1955 to 2015.
In 1955, the Tanjong Pagar constituency was formed. It took over Sepoy Lines in 1976 and Anson in 1988. After Lee Kuan Yew had passed the premiership to Goh Chok Tong in 1990, the constituency was even merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC, and the legacy of the "Tanjong Pagar GRC" name continues to remain even after the death of Lee Kuan Yew in 2015. 1988 was also the last election of which Tanjong Pagar was contested during Lee Kuan Yew's time, following which during the final 24 years of Lee Kuan Yew in Tanjong Pagar GRC, the constituency was declared as walkover.
| Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
| 1955 | Lee Kuan Yew | PAP | |
| 1959 | |||
| 1963 | |||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1968 | Lee Kuan Yew | PAP | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1976 | |||
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | |||
| 1988 | |||
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%.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lee Kuan Yew | 14,043 | 81.60 | ||
| Independent | Gnaguru Thamboo Mylvaganam | 3,167 | 18.40 | ||
| Majority | 10,876 | 63.20 | |||
| Turnout | 17,685 | 92.9 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lee Kuan Yew | Walkover | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 15,812 | ||||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lee Kuan Yew | 11,730 | 92.74 | +3.71 | |
| DPP | Johnny Wee Lai Seng | 555 | 4.39 | +4.39 | |
| United People's Front | Lee Mun Hung | 363 | 2.87 | -8.1 | |
| Majority | 11,175 | 88.35 | +10.29 | ||
| Turnout | 12,941 | 94.0 | -0.5 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | +3.71 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lee Kuan Yew | 9,996 | 89.03 | +4.95 | |
| United People's Front | Harbans Singh | 1,232 | 10.97 | +10.97 | |
| Majority | 8,764 | 78.06 | +9.9 | ||
| Turnout | 11,479 | 94.5 | +2.6 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | +4.95 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lee Kuan Yew | 7,542 | 84.08 | -10.26 | |
| PF | Leong Mun Kwai | 1,428 | 15.92 | +15.92 | |
| Majority | 6,114 | 68.16 | -20.52 | ||
| Turnout | 9,142 | 91.9 | +0.3 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | -10.26 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lee Kuan Yew | 9,128 | 94.34 | +35.41 | |
| Independent | Vetrivelu Rengaswamy | 548 | 5.66 | +5.66 | |
| Majority | 8,580 | 88.68 | +62.74 | ||
| Turnout | 9,902 | 91.6 | -3.5 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | +35.41 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lee Kuan Yew | 6,317 | 58.93 | -12.11 | |
| BS | Ong Hock Siang | 3,537 | 32.99 | +32.99 | |
| UPP | Lim Peng Kang | 473 | 4.41 | +4.41 | |
| SA | Chng Boon Eng | 393 | 3.67 | +3.67 | |
| Majority | 2,780 | 25.94 | -16.14 | ||
| Turnout | 10,841 | 95.1 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | -12.11 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lee Kuan Yew | 7,617 | 71.04 | -7.29 | |
| LSP | Subrahmanyam Chinniah | 3,105 | 28.96 | +28.96 | |
| Majority | 4,512 | 42.08 | -24.45 | ||
| Turnout | 10,870 | 91.0 | +33.4 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | -7.29 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lee Kuan Yew | 4,707 | 68.1 | -10.2 | |
| LSP | Chong Wei Ling | 1,315 | 19.0 | N/A | |
| Independent | Koh Choon Hong | 887 | 12.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,392 | 49.1 | -17.4 | ||
| Turnout | 6,985 | 47.3 | -10.3 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lee Kuan Yew | 6,029 | 78.33 | ||
| PP | Lim Seck Tiong | 908 | 11.80 | ||
| DP | Lam Thian | 760 | 9.87 | ||
| Majority | 5,121 | 66.53 | |||
| Turnout | 7,737 | 57.6 | |||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
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