Buona Vista Single Member Constituency
Former electoral division in Singapore
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Buona Vista Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a constituency in Singapore. It was established in 1976 from carving out part of Ulu Pandan Constituency and was merged into Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in 1997.
| Buona Vista | |
|---|---|
| Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | West Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 14,596 (1991) |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1976 |
| Abolished | 1997 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Created from | Ulu Pandan Constituency |
| Replaced by | Tanjong Pagar GRC |
History
During the 1976 Singaporean general election, Buona Vista Constituency was carved out of Ulu Pandan Constituency.[1][2]
In 1988, following the establishment of group representation constituency (GRC) and single member constituency (SMC), the constituency was known as Buona Vista Single Member Constituency.[3]
During the 1997 Singaporean general election, Buona Vista SMC was merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC.[4]
Member of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formation | |||
| 1976 | Ang Kok Peng | PAP | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | |||
| 1988 | Peter Sung | ||
| 1991 | |||
| Constituency abolished (1997) | |||
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 | Ang Kok Peng | 12,704 | 82.75 | ||
| United People's Front | Hashim bin Mukayat | 2,649 | 17.25 | ||
| Majority | 10,055 | 65.50 | |||
| Valid ballots | 15,353 | 94.38 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 399 | 2.45 | |||
| Turnout | 15,752 | 96.83 | |||
| Registered electors | 16,267 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ang Kok Peng | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 17,287 |  6.27 | |||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ang Kok Peng | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 18,041 | 4.36 | |||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Peter Sung | 8,859 | 61.76 | N/A | |
| SDP | Low Yong Nguan | 5,037 | 35.11 | N/A | |
| PKMS | Abdul Karim B Abdul Sattar | 449 | 3.13 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,822 | 26.65 | N/A | ||
| Total valid votes | 15,353 | 98.83 | N/A | ||
| Rejected ballots | 181 | 1.17 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 15,534 | 98.01 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 15,850 |  12.14 | |||
| PAP hold | |||||
Elections in 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Peter Sung | 10,481 | 79.42 | 17.66 | |
| PKMS | A Karim Sattar | 2,716 | 20.58 | 17.45 | |
| Majority | 7,765 | 58.84 | 32.19 | ||
| Total valid votes | 13,197 | 95.68 | 3.15 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 596 | 4.32 | 3.15 | ||
| Turnout | 13,793 | 94.50 | 3.51 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,596 | 7.91 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | 17.66 |
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