Pasir Panjang Constituency
Singaporean parliamentary constituency from 1955 to 1988
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Pasir Panjang Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1988.
Electoral history
In 1961, after being expelled from PAP, Tee Kim Leng crossed the floor and joined Barisan Sosialis.[1]
Member of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formation | |||
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
| 1955 | Wong Foo Nam | MCA | |
| 1959 | Tee Kim Leng | PAP | |
| 1961 | BS[a] | ||
| 1963 | Othman Wok | PAP | |
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1968 | Othman Wok | PAP | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1976 | |||
| 1980 | Abbas Abu Amin | ||
| 1984 | |||
| Constituency abolished (1988) | |||
- Tee was expelled from PAP and joined BS.
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 1960s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Othman Wok | 2,879 | 45.3 | ||
| BS | Tay Cheng Kang | 1,887 | 29.7 | ||
| SA | Ahmad b. Rahmat | 1,351 | 21.3 | ||
| UPP | Yong Ah Kau | 238 | 3.7 | ||
| Majority | 992 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,355 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 6,721 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Othman Wok | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 12,394 | ||||
| PAP hold | |||||
Elections in 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Othman Wok | 9,209 | 71.8 | ||
| United National Front | Syed Ahmad Bin Syed Husain | 3,623 | 28.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,586 | N/A | |||
| Total valid votes | 12,832 | N/A | |||
| Rejected ballots | N/A | ||||
| Turnout | N/A | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,964 | ||||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Othman Wok | 8,138 | 71.9 | ||
| WP | Zainal Abiddin bin Mohd Shah | 3,176 | 28.1 | ||
| Majority | 4,962 | N/A | |||
| Total valid votes | 11,314 | N/A | |||
| Rejected ballots | N/A | ||||
| Turnout | N/A | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,142 | ||||
| PAP hold | Swing |  |
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Elections in 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Abbas Abu Amin | 11,824 | 72.6 | 0.7 | |
| WP | Zainal Abiddin bin Mohd Shah | 4,470 | 27.4 |  0.7 | |
| Majority | 7,354 | 45.2 | 1.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 17,743 | 46.1 | |||
| Turnout | 16,294 | 91.8 | 1.4 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | 1.4 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Abbas Abu Amin | 9,316 | 59.3 | 13.3 | |
| WP | John Gan Eng Guan | 6,022 | 38.4 | 11 | |
| Angkatan Islam Singapura | M Sani Jan | 359 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,294 | 20.9 | 24.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 17,149 | 3.3 | |||
| Turnout | 15,697 | 91.5 | 0.3 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | 26.6 |
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Historical maps
1955 General Election
