Whampoa Single Member Constituency
Former constituency in Singapore
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Whampoa Single Member Constituency was a single-member constituency (SMC) in central Singapore. At abolition, it was managed by Moulmein–Kallang Town Council.
| Whampoa | |
|---|---|
| Former single-member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Central Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 22,069 |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1968 |
| Abolished | 2015 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member | Constituency abolished |
| Town Council | Moulmein–Kallang |
| Merged | 1991, 2015 |
| Merged to | Kampong Glam GRC Jalan Besar GRC Toa Payoh GRC |
| Reformed | 2011 |
| Reformed from | Jalan Besar GRC |
History
In 1968, Whampoa Constituency was formed by carving out of Kallang Constituency. In 1988, it was renamed as Whampoa Single Member Constituency as part of Singapore's political reforms. It existed for another term until 1991 when it was abolished and divided into Kampong Glam, Jalan Besar and Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituencies.
In 2011, Whampoa Single Member Constituency was recreated by carving out from Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency (GRC) as Jalan Besar GRC was dissolved and was replaced by Moulmein–Kallang and Tanjong Pagar GRCs respectively.[1][2] Heng Chee How contested as a solo PAP candidate in the newly formed Whampoa SMC and won with 66.1% of the vote against the National Solidarity Party's Ken Sun. This was despite a national swing against the PAP.[3] It was later merged back to the revived Jalan Besar GRC again in the 2015 Singaporean general election.[4]
Member of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formation | |||
| 1968 | Buang bin Omar Junid | PAP | |
| 1972 | Augustine Tan Hui Heng | ||
| 1976 | |||
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | |||
| 1988 | |||
| Constituency abolished (1991– 2011) | |||
| 2011 | Heng Chee How | PAP | |
| Constituency abolished (2015) | |||
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 | Buang bin Omar Junid | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 12,854 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Augustine Tan Hui Heng | 8,773 | 78.55 | N/A | |
| PF | Phang Juet Haw | 2,395 | 21.45 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,378 | 57.1 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 12,044 | ||||
| Turnout | 11,401 | 94.66 | N/A | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Augustine Tan Hui Heng | 14,636 | 80.98 | ||
| WP | Mohamed Shariff bin Yahya | 3,438 | 19.02 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,198 | 61.96 | |||
| Registered electors | 19,259 | ||||
| Turnout | 18,468 | 95.89 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Augustine Tan Hui Heng | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 19,131 | ||||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Augustine Tan Hui Heng | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 18,494 | ||||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Augustine Tan Hui Heng | 7,522 | 59.47 | N/A | |
| NSP | Ken Sun | 5,126 | 40.53 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,396 | 18.94 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 13,819 | ||||
| Turnout | 12,841 | 92.92 | N/A | ||
| PAP hold | |||||
Elections in 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Heng Chee How | 13,028 | 66.10 | ||
| NSP | Ken Sun | 6,683 | 33.90 | ||
| Majority | 6,345 | 32.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 21,631 | ||||
| Turnout | 20,199 | 93.4 | |||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||