Havelock Constituency
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Havelock Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1984.
| Havelock | |
|---|---|
| Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Havelock |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1955 |
| Abolished | 1984 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member | constituency abolished |
History
In 1963, Loh Miaw Gong was elected as assemblyman for the Legislative Assembly of Singapore.[1] However she was arrested under the Internal Security Act before she can assume her seat.[1]
In 1967, Loh resigned her seat, along with four other Barisan Sosialis MP.[2] A by-election was called in 1967 to fill in the seat.
In 1984, Havelock was merged with nearby constituencies, Telok Ayer and Kreta Ayer Constituencies.[3]
Member of Parliament
| Election | Member of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
| 1955 | Lim Yew Hock | LF | |
| 1959 | Peter Lau Por Tuck | PAP | |
| 1963 | Loh Miaw Gong | BS | |
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1967 | Lim Soo Peng | PAP | |
| 1968 | |||
| 1970 | Hon Sui Sen | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1976 | |||
| 1980 | |||
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 1950s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LF | Lim Yew Hock | 5,744 | 86.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | Soh C.S. | 525 | 7.9 | N/A | |
| PP | Chua Bock Kwee | 373 | 5.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,219 | 78.6 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 12,835 | N/A | |||
| Total valid votes | 6,642 | 51.7 | N/A | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| LF win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Peter Lau Por Tuck | 9,227 | 63.6 | N/A | |
| Independent | Ng See Thong | 3,562 | 24.6 | N/A | |
| SPA | Tan Theng Chiang | 963 | 6.6 | N/A | |
| MCA | Loke Kwok Sang | 433 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| LSP | Tan Ah Pak | 323 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,665 | 39.0 |  39.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,919 |  24.0 | |||
| Total valid votes | 14,508 | 91.1 | 39.4 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| PAP gain from SPA | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in 1960s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BS | Loh Miaw Gong | 6,304 | 44.1 | N/A | |
| PAP | Wong Chun Choi | 4,157 | 29.0 | 34.6 | |
| UPP | Ng Chee Sen | 3,209 | 22.4 | N/A | |
| SA | Lim Ser Puan | 641 | 4.5 | 5.1 | |
| Majority | 2,147 | 15.1 | 23.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,159 | 4.8 | |||
| Total valid votes | 14,311 | 94.4 | 1.4 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| BS gain from PAP | Swing | N/A | |||
Historical maps
1955 General Election
