Teck Ghee Single Member Constituency

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Teck Ghee
Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Region Singapore
Current constituency
Created1984
Seats1
MemberConstituency Abolished
Town Council Ang Mo Kio
Replaced by Ang Mo Kio GRC

Teck Ghee Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. The constituency was formed in 1984 and was abolished in 1991

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History

In 1984, the Teck Ghee Constituency was formed by merging parts of Ang Mo Kio and Chong Boon constituencies. Lee Hsien Loong made his political debut in this constituency when it was formed.

In 1988, it was renamed as Teck Ghee Single Member Constituency as part of Singapore's political reforms. In 1991, it was abolished and merged into Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency.

Member of Parliament

YearMember of ParliamentParty
1984 Lee Hsien Loong PAP
1988

Electoral results

Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1984: Teck Ghee
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lee Hsien Loong 12,79480.38
United People's FrontGiam Lai Cheng3,12319.62
Majority 9,67160.76
Turnout 16,40497.3
PAP win (new seat)
General Election 1988: Teck Ghee
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Lee Hsien Loong 11,51279.13−1.25
Independent Patrick Leong3,03720.87+20.87
Majority 8,47558.26−2.5
Turnout 14,95296.4−0.9
PAP hold Swing -1.25

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