Whampoa Single Member Constituency

Whampoa
Single Member constituency
Region	Central Region, Singapore
Electorate	22,069
Current constituency
Created	1968
Seats	1
Member(s)	Constituency Abolished
Town Council	Moulmein-Kallang
Merged	1991, 2015
Merged to	Kampong Glam GRC Jalan Besar GRC Toa Payoh GRC
Reformed	2011
Reformed from	Jalan Besar GRC

Whampoa Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency located in the Central Region of Singapore. The constituency covers the main area of Whampoa.

History

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 until 1991 when it was abolished and divided into Kampong Glam, Jalan Besar and Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituencies.

In 2011, Whampoa Single Member Constituency was recreated by carving out from Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency as Jalan Besar GRC was dissolved and was replaced by Moulmein-Kallang and Tanjong Pagar GRCs respectively. ^{[1] [2]} Heng Chee How contested as a solo PAP candidate in the newly formed Whampoa SMC and won with 66.1% of the vote against the National Solidarity Party's Ken Sun. This was despite a national swing against the PAP. ^[3] It was later merged back to the revived Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency again in the 2015 Singaporean general election. ^[4]

Member of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
Formation
1968	Buang bin Omar Junid		PAP
1972	Augustine Tan Hui Heng
1976
1980
1984
1988
Constituency abolished (1991– 2011)
2011	Heng Chee How		PAP
Constituency abolished (2015)

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 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Buang bin Omar Junid	Unopposed
Registered electors			12,854
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Whampoa ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Augustine Tan Hui Heng	8,773	78.55	N/A
	PF	Phang Juet Haw	2,395	21.45	N/A
Majority			6,378	57.1	N/A
Registered electors			12,044		0.06
Turnout			11,401	94.66	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1976: Whampoa ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Augustine Tan Hui Heng	14,636	80.98	2.43
	WP	Mohamed Shariff bin Yahya	3,438	19.02	N/A
Majority			11,198	61.96	4.86
Registered electors			19,259		59.9
Turnout			18,468	95.89	1.2
	PAP hold		Swing	2.43

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Whampoa ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Augustine Tan Hui Heng	Unopposed
Registered electors			19,131		0.66
	PAP hold

General Election 1984: Whampoa ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Augustine Tan Hui Heng	Unopposed
Registered electors			18,494		3.33
	PAP hold

General Election 1988: Whampoa ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Augustine Tan Hui Heng	7,522	59.47	N/A
	NSP	Ken Sun	5,126	40.53	N/A
Majority			2,396	18.94	N/A
Registered electors			13,819		25.28
Turnout			12,841	92.92	N/A
	PAP hold

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: Whampoa ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Heng Chee How	13,028	66.10
	NSP	Ken Sun	6,683	33.90
Majority			6,345	32.2
Registered electors			21,631
Turnout			20,199	93.4
	PAP win (new seat)

Historical maps

• 
  1955 General Election

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. "ELD | 2011 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
4. Auto, Hermes (24 July 2015). "New electoral boundaries announced: 13 SMCs, 16 GRCs, one in five voters will see shift". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
5. "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
6. "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
7. "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
8. "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
9. "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
10. "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
11. "ELD | 2011 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.

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