Whampoa Single Member Constituency

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Whampoa
Single Member constituency
Regionsoutheastern Singapore
Electorate22,069
Current constituency
Created1968-1991
2011 - 2015
Seats1
Member(s)Constituency Abolished

Whampoa Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) located in the eastern region of Singapore. The constituency covers the main area of Whampoa.

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In 1968, Whampoa Constituency was formed by carving out of Kallang Constituency. In 1988, it was renamed as Whampoa Single Member Constituency as part of Singapore's political reforms. It existed for another term till 1991 when it was abolished and divided into Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency (GRC), Jalan Besar GRC and Toa Payoh GRC.

In 2011, Whampoa SMC was recreated by carving out from Jalan Besar GRC. [1] [2] It was later merged back to Jalan Besar GRC again in the 2015 Singaporean general election. [3]

Member of Parliament

Election Member of ParliamentParty
1968Buang bin Omar Junid PAP
1972Augustine Tan Hui Heng
1976
1980
1984
1988
Constituency abolished (1991 – 2011)
2011 Heng Chee How PAP

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 1960s

General Election 1968: Whampoa [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Buang bin Omar JunidUnopposed
Registered electors 12,854
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Whampoa [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Augustine Tan Hui Heng 8,773 78.55 N/A
PF Phang Juet Haw2,39521.45N/A
Majority6,37857.1N/A
Registered electors 12,044Decrease2.svg0.06
Turnout 11,40194.66N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1976: Whampoa [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Augustine Tan Hui Heng 14,636 80.98 Increase2.svg2.43
WP Mohamed Shariff bin Yahya3,43819.02N/A
Majority11,19861.96Increase2.svg4.86
Registered electors 19,259Increase2.svg59.9
Turnout 18,46895.89Increase2.svg1.2
PAP hold Swing Increase2.svg2.43

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Whampoa [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Augustine Tan Hui HengUnopposed
Registered electors 19,131Decrease2.svg0.66
PAP hold
General Election 1984: Whampoa [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Augustine Tan Hui HengUnopposed
Registered electors 18,494Decrease2.svg3.33
PAP hold
General Election 1988: Whampoa [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAP Augustine Tan Hui Heng 7,522 59.47 N/A
NSP Ken Sun5,12640.53N/A
Majority2,39618.94N/A
Registered electors 13,819Decrease2.svg25.28
Turnout 12,84192.92N/A
PAP hold

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: Whampoa [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PAP Heng Chee How 13,028 66.10
NSP Ken Sun6,68333.90
Majority6,34532.2
Registered electors 21,631
Turnout 20,19993.4
PAP win (new seat)

Historical maps

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References

  1. ↑ "GE Electoral Boundaries Review Committee report accepted - Channel NewsAsia". 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "GE 11 new constituencies drawn up - Channel NewsAsia". 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Auto, Hermes (24 July 2015). "New electoral boundaries announced: 13 SMCs, 16 GRCs, one in five voters will see shift | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  5. ↑ "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  6. ↑ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  7. ↑ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  8. ↑ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  9. ↑ "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  10. ↑ "ELD | 2011 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.

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