Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency
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The Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency was a group representation constituency (GRC) in central Singapore.
| Toa Payoh | |
|---|---|
| Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1988 |
| Seats | 4 |
| Member | Constituency Abolished |
| Replaced by | Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC |
History
Kim Keat Single Member Constituency was absorbed in the 1991 elections. In 1997, the ward was merged along with Thomson GRC to form Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC.
Ong would resign in 1993 to contest in the Presidential Election and later become the 5th President of Singapore.[1] After S. Dhanabalan retired from his cabinet position in 1994, it was one of the group representation constituencies without an anchor minister.[2]
Members of Parliament
| Year | Division | Members of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formation | ||||
| 1988 |
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PAP | |
| 1991 |
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| Constituency abolished (1997) | ||||
^ Ong Teng Cheong resigned as Member of Parliament in 1993 to contest for the 1993 presidential election.[1]
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 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Wong Kan Seng Ho Tat Kin Davinder Singh |
Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 49,243 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | S. Dhanabalan Ho Tat Kin Davinder Singh Ong Teng Cheong |
Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 63,591 |  29.14 | |||
| PAP hold | |||||
Notes
- Resigned in August 1993 to contest the presidential election in the same year.
