Sembawang |
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Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore |
Region | Singapore |
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Current constituency |
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Created | 1955 |
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Seats | 1 |
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Member(s) | Constituency Abolished |
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Town Council | Sembawang |
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Replaced by | Sembawang GRC |
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Sembawang Constituency was a single member constituency in Sembawang, Singapore that was formed in 1955 and continued until 1988 when it was merged into Sembawang Group Representation Constituency.
Member of Parliament
Year | Member of Parliament | Party |
Legislative Assembly of Singapore |
1955 | Ahmad Ibrahim | | Independent |
1959 | | PAP |
1963 | Teong Eng Siong |
Parliament of Singapore |
1968 | Teong Eng Siong | | PAP |
1972 |
1976 |
1980 | Tony Tan |
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%.
Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1984: Sembawang Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| PAP | Tony Tan Keng Yam | 15,948 | 77.42 | -4.13 |
| Independent | Stanley Mariadass | 4,652 | 22.58 | +22.58 |
Turnout | 21,304 | 95.4 | +0.2 |
| PAP hold | Swing | -4.13 | |
General Election 1980: Sembawang Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| PAP | Tony Tan Keng Yam | 13,415 | 81.55 | -2.02 |
| United People's Front | Harbans Singh | 3,035 | 18.45 | +2.02 |
Turnout | 16,932 | 95.2 | +0.6 |
| PAP hold | Swing | -2.02 | |
Elections in 1970s
General Election 1976: Sembawang Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| PAP | Teong Eng Siong | 13,661 | 83.57 | +6.21 |
| United People's Front | Mohd Arif bin Sahul Hameed | 2,685 | 16.43 | +16.43 |
Turnout | 16,767 | 94.8 | +2.7 |
| PAP hold | Swing | +6.21 | |
General Election 1972: Sembawang Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| PAP | Teong Eng Siong | 8,466 | 77.36 | |
| United National Front | Mohd Arif bin Sahul Hameed | 2,478 | 22.64 | |
Turnout | 11,251 | 92.1 | |
| PAP hold | Swing | | |
Elections in 1960s
General Election 1963: Sembawang Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| PAP | Teong Eng Siong | 3,745 | 42.17 | -12.52 |
| BS | Chen Poh Chang | 3,591 | 40.43 | +40.43 |
| SA | Appavoo Pakri | 1,197 | 13.48 | -20.10 |
| UPP | Low Seng Wan | 348 | 3.92 | +3.92 |
Turnout | 8,930 | 95.7 | +6 |
| PAP hold | Swing | -12.52 | |
Elections in 1950s
General Election 1959: Sembawang Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| PAP | Ahmad Ibrahim | 4,316 | 54.69 | -8.55 |
| MIC | Vangadaslam Jayaram | 1,566 | 19.84 | +19.84 |
| SPA | Chew Seng | 1,084 | 13.74 | +13.74 |
| LSP | Lau Sai Seng | 926 | 11.73 | +11.73 |
Turnout | 7,948 | 89.7 | +25.7 |
| PAP hold | Swing | -8.55 | |
Note: MIC is allied with Singapore's UMNO and MCA chapters, similar to its Malaysian counterpart with the exception of not using the alliance symbol which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Vangadaslam Jayaram as an independent candidate.
General Election 1955: Sembawang Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Ahmad Ibrahim | 4,281 | 63.24 | |
| PP | Lee Kim Kee | 2,488 | 36.76 | |
Turnout | 6,835 | 64.0 | |
| Independent win (new seat) |
Historical maps
References
- 1984 GE's result
- 1980 GE's result
- 1976 GE's result
- 1972 GE's result
- 1968 GE's result
- 1963 GE's result
- 1959 GE's result
- 1955 GE's result
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of representatives assigned. |
Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) | | |
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Single Member Constitutencies (SMCs) | |
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Defunct constituencies | |
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Lists of electoral divisions | 1900s | - 1948–51
- 1951–55
- 1955–59
- 1959–63
- 1963–68
- 1968–72
- 1972–76
- 1976–80
- 1980–84
- 1984–88
- 1988–91
- 1991–97
- 1997–2001
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2000s | - 2001–06
- 2006–11
- 2011–15
- 2015–20
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