Radin Mas Constituency
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| Radin Mas | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Electorate | 19,770 |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1976 |
| Abolished | 1988 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Replaced by | Tiong Bahru GRC |
The Radin Mas Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It existed from 1976 to 1988.
The constituency was created prior to the 1976 general election;[1] Govindasamy Naidu, the candidate for the governing People's Action Party (PAP), defeated Othman bin Abdullah from the Workers' Party (WP) with 75.65% of the vote.[2]
In 1977, a by-election was called after Naidu died in office.[3] Bernard Chen retained the constituency for the PAP, defeating J. B. Jeyaretnam, the secretary-general of the WP, with 70.59% of the vote.[3][4] Syed Abu Bakar Alsagoff, an independent, had also attempted to contest the by-election; however, having not voted during the 1976 general election, he was disqualified after the end of nominations for being absent from the registers of electors.[3]
During the 1980 general election, PAP candidate Mohamed Kassim Abdul Jabbar defeated WP candidate Wong Hong Toy with 64.07% of the vote.[5] In the leadup to the 1984 general election, Lai Weng Cheong was announced as the PAP candidate but withdrew due to illness; he died of liver cancer on 30 October.[6] He was replaced by Chng Hee Kok, who defeated Wong with 53.78% of the vote.[7]
Prior to the 1988 general election, with the creation of group representation constituencies (GRCs), Radin Mas Constituency was abolished and made part of the three-member Tiong Bahru GRC.[8]
