Sembawang Constituency
Historical constituency in Singapore
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Sembawang Constituency was a single member constituency in Sembawang, Singapore that was formed in 1955 and continued until 1988 when it was merged into Sembawang Group Representation Constituency.
| Sembawang | |
|---|---|
| Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1955 |
| Abolished | 1988 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member | Constituency Abolished |
| Town Council | Sembawang |
| Replaced by | Sembawang GRC |
Member of Parliament
| Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
| 1955 | Ahmad Ibrahim | Independent | |
| 1959 | PAP | ||
| 1963 | Teong Eng Siong | ||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1968 | Teong Eng Siong | PAP | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1976 | |||
| 1979 | Tony Tan | ||
| 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 1950s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ahmad Ibrahim | 4,281 | 63.24 | ||
| PP | Lee Kim Kee | 2,488 | 36.76 | ||
| Turnout | 6,835 | 64.0 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ahmad Ibrahim | 4,316 | 54.69 | −8.55 | |
| MIC | Vangadaslam Jayaram | 1,566 | 19.84 | +19.84 | |
| SPA | Chew Seng | 1,084 | 13.74 | +13.74 | |
| LSP | Lau Sai Seng | 926 | 11.73 | +11.73 | |
| Turnout | 7,948 | 89.7 | +25.7 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | -8.55 | |||
Note: MIC is allied with Singapore's UMNO and MCA chapters, similar to its Malaysian counterpart with the exception of not using the alliance symbol which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Vangadaslam Jayaram as an independent candidate.
Elections in 1960s
Elections in 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Teong Eng Siong | 8,466 | 77.36 | ||
| United National Front | Mohd Arif bin Sahul Hameed | 2,478 | 22.64 | ||
| Turnout | 11,251 | 92.1 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Teong Eng Siong | 13,661 | 83.57 | +6.21 | |
| United People's Front | Mohd Arif bin Sahul Hameed | 2,685 | 16.43 | +16.43 | |
| Turnout | 16,767 | 94.8 | +2.7 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | +6.21 | |||
Elections in 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Tony Tan | 15,948 | 77.42 | −4.13 | |
| Independent | Stanley Mariadass | 4,652 | 22.58 | +22.58 | |
| Turnout | 21,304 | 95.4 | +0.2 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | -4.13 | |||
Historical maps
1955 General Election
