Marine Parade Constituency
Singaporean single-member constituency formed in 1976
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Marine Parade Constituency was a single-member constituency in Marine Parade, Singapore. It was formed in 1976 after the land reclamation works to build Marine Parade were completed and carved out from Joo Chiat Constituency.
| Marine Parade | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1976 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member | Constituency Abolished |
| Town Council | Marine Parade |
| Replaced by | Marine Parade GRC |
Goh Chok Tong made his political debut in the constituency when it was formed in 1976. He would later become the second Prime Minister of Singapore.
In 1988, the constituency was merged into Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency.
Member of Parliament
| Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Goh Chok Tong | PAP | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | |||
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 | Goh Chok Tong | 14,418 | 78.62 | ||
| UF | Monsor Rahman | 3,922 | 21.38 | ||
| Majority | 10,496 | 57.24 | |||
| Turnout | 18,779 | 96.2 | |||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Goh Chok Tong | Walkover | |||
| Turnout | 21,903 | ||||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Goh Chok Tong | 15,228 | 70.93 | ||
| SUF | De Gracias Gertrude M | 6,242 | 29.07 | ||
| Majority | 8,986 | 41.86 | |||
| Turnout | 22,206 | 94.0 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
