Whampoa Single Member Constituency

Coordinates: 1°19′29″N 103°51′25″E / 1.3248°N 103.8570°E / 1.3248; 103.8570
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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
.

In 1968, Whampoa Constituency was formed by carving out of

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 Parliament Party
1968 Buang bin Omar Junid PAP
1972 Augustine 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]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Buang bin Omar Junid Unopposed
Registered electors 12,854
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Whampoa[5]
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 Decrease0.06
Turnout 11,401 94.66 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1976: Whampoa[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Augustine Tan Hui Heng 14,636 80.98 Increase2.43
WP
 Mohamed Shariff bin Yahya 3,438 19.02 N/A
Majority 11,198 61.96 Increase4.86
Registered electors 19,259 Increase59.9
Turnout 18,468 95.89 Increase1.2
PAP hold Swing Increase2.43

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Whampoa[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Augustine Tan Hui Heng Unopposed
Registered electors 19,131 Decrease0.66
PAP hold
General Election 1984: Whampoa[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Augustine Tan Hui Heng Unopposed
Registered electors 18,494 Decrease3.33
PAP hold
General Election 1988: Whampoa[9]
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 Decrease25.28
Turnout 12,841 92.92 N/A
PAP hold

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: Whampoa[10]
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
    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. ^ 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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