Tanglin Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in the city area of Singapore. The constituency was formed in 1951 and was abolished in 1997.
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%.
Note: UMNO, MCA and MIC together with Singapore People's Alliance was informally formed as an alliance in 1961, where it still within this term of election which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Ahmad as a candidate for Singapore Alliance.
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This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations April 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Tanglin Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency SMC in the city area of Singapore The constituency was formed in 1951 and was abolished in 1997 TanglinFormer Single Member constituencyfor the Parliament of SingaporeElectorate16 801 1991 Former constituencyCreated1951Abolished1997Seats1Created fromMunicipal South WestReplaced byKreta Ayer Tanglin GRCContents 1 History 2 Member of Parliament 3 Elections 3 1 Elections in the 1990s 3 2 Elections in the 1980s 3 3 Elections in the 1970s 3 4 Elections in the 1960s 3 5 Elections in the 1950s 4 Historical maps 5 ReferencesHistory editIn 1951 the Tanglin Constituency was formed by carving up Municipal South West Constituency In 1955 parts of the constituency were divided to form Cairnhill Havelock and Queenstown constituencies In 1959 it was further divided to form River Valley and Ulu Pandan constituencies In 1988 it was renamed as Tanglin Single Member Constituency as part of Singapore s political reforms In 1997 it was abolished and merged into Kreta Ayer Tanglin Group Representation Constituency Member of Parliament editYear Member of Parliament PartyLegislative Council of Singapore1951 Tan Chye Cheng PPLegislative Assembly of Singapore1955 John Ede PP1959 Thio Chan Bee SPA1963 Edmund William Barker PAPParliament of Singapore1968 Edmund William Barker PAP19721976198019841988 Lew Syn Pau1991Elections editNote 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 1990s edit General Election 1991 Tanglin Party Candidate Votes PAP Lew Syn Pau 9 113 68 52SDP Jimmy Tan Tiang Hoe 4 022 30 25Independent Gnaguru s o Thamboo Mylvaganam 163 1 23Turnout 13 555 80 7PAP hold SwingElections in the 1980s edit General Election 1988 Tanglin Party Candidate Votes PAP Lew Syn Pau WalkoverTurnout 18 788PAP hold SwingGeneral Election 1984 Tanglin Party Candidate Votes PAP Edmund William Barker WalkoverTurnout 15 990PAP hold SwingGeneral Election 1980 Tanglin Party Candidate Votes PAP Edmund William Barker WalkoverTurnout 13 332PAP hold SwingElections in the 1970s edit General Election 1976 Tanglin Party Candidate Votes PAP Edmund William Barker WalkoverTurnout 13 520PAP hold SwingGeneral Election 1972 Tanglin Party Candidate Votes PAP Edmund William Barker WalkoverTurnout 12 777PAP hold SwingElections in the 1960s edit General Election 1968 Tanglin Party Candidate Votes PAP Edmund William Barker WalkoverTurnout 10 760PAP hold SwingGeneral Election 1963 Tanglin Party Candidate Votes PAP Edmund William Barker 4 424 51 07 20 96BS Tan Cheow Hock 1 997 23 06 23 06SA Thio Chan Bee 1 738 20 07 14 34UPP Eng Chau Sam 336 3 88 3 88Independent Ariffin bin Mohd Said 166 1 92 1 92Turnout 8 731 94 5 6 8PAP gain from SA Swing 20 96Note Thio Chan Bee the then incumbent of this ward had contested in the previous general election under Singapore People s Alliance s banner which had subsequently joined with Singapore Alliance in this GE whereby another party United Malays National Organisation is one of the alliance member who had stood against him in 1959 GE Tanglin SMC as well Elections in the 1950s edit General Election 1959 Tanglin Party Candidate Votes SPA Thio Chan Bee 2 698 34 41 34 41UMNO Ahmad bin Haji Taff 2 386 30 44 30 44PAP Ibrahim bin Othman 2 360 30 11 30 11LSP Chan Ah Wing 395 5 04 5 04Turnout 12 892 87 7SPA gain from PP Swing 34 41Note UMNO MCA and MIC together with Singapore People s Alliance was informally formed as an alliance in 1961 where it still within this term of election which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Ahmad as a candidate for Singapore Alliance General Election 1955 Tanglin Party Candidate Votes PP John Ede 3 214 45 67 34 47DP Lim Yong Bock 2 501 35 54 35 54LF Lim Seow Chuan 1 322 18 79 18 79Turnout 7 125 44 0 1 4PP hold Swing 34 47General Election 1951 Tanglin Party Candidate Votes PP Tan Chye Cheng 1 416 80 14Labour Party Thomas Davies Richards 351 19 86Turnout 1 794 45 4PP win new seat Historical maps edit nbsp 1955 General ElectionsReferences edit1984 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 1951 GE s result Brief History on Singapore Alliance Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tanglin Single Member Constituency amp oldid 1135609637, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
