Brickworks Constituency
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Brickworks Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1976 to 1988. It merged part of Leng Kee and Pasir Panjang.
| Brickworks | |
|---|---|
| Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1976 |
| Abolished | 1988 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member | Constituency Abolished |
| Replaced by | Brickworks GRC |
History
In 1988, the constituency was merged into Brickworks GRC following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and Single Member Constituency (SMC).[1]
Member of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
| Formation | |||
| 1976 | Ahmad Mattar | PAP | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | |||
| Constituency abolished (1988) | |||
Electoral results
Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).
Elections in 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ahmad Mattar | 9,871 | 73.99 | ||
| United Front | Tung Tao-Chang alias Shums | 3,470 | 26.01 | ||
| Majority | 47.98 | 6,401 | |||
| Total valid votes | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 13,341 | 94.87 | |||
| Registered electors | 14,062 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ahmad Mattar | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 13,054 |  7.17 | |||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ahmad Mattar | 8,389 | 66.27 | N/A | |
| WP | Mohd Taib B Saffar | 4,270 | 33.73 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,119 | 32.54 | N/A | ||
| Total valid votes | 12,659 | 97.75 | N/A | ||
| Rejected ballots | 292 | 2.25 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 12,951 | 95.43 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 13,571 |  3.96 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
