Anson Constituency
Anson | |
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Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | Singapore |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1959 |
Abolished | 1988 |
Seats | 1 |
Member(s) | Constituency Abolished |
Town Council | Tanjong Pagar |
Replaced by | Radin Mas SMC |
Anson Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1988 and was merged into Tiong Bahru Group Representation Constituency in 1988.
Member of Parliament
[edit]Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
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Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
1959 | Baharuddin bin Mohamed Ariff | PAP | |
1961 | David Marshall | WP | |
1963 | Govindaswamy Perumal | PAP | |
Parliament of Singapore | |||
1968 | Govindaswamy Perumal | PAP | |
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1979 | Devan Nair | ||
1980 | |||
1981 | J.B. Jeyaretnam | WP | |
1984 |
Elections
[edit]1959 General Election
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Baharuddin bin Mohamed Ariff | PAP | 5,167 | 60.75 | |
Goh Kong Beng | SPA | 1,875 | 22.04 | |
Tan Cheng Chuan | LSP | 1,231 | 14.47 | |
Wong Swee Kee | Independent | 117 | 1.38 | |
P. Krishnan | Independent | 116 | 1.36 | |
Total | 8,506 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 8,506 | 98.82 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 102 | 1.18 | ||
Total votes | 8,608 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 9,921 | 86.77 | ||
Majority | 3,292 | 38.71 | ||
PAP win new seat |
1961 By-Election
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Marshall | WP | 3,598 | 43.32 | ||
M. Awang | PAP | 3,052 | 36.75 | ![]() | |
Chee Phui Hung | SA | 1,482 | 17.84 | ![]() | |
Ismail Haji Hussain | LSP | 104 | 1.25 | ![]() | |
K. M. Ibrahim | SC | 69 | 0.83 | ||
Total | 8,305 | 100.00 | – | ||
Valid votes | 8,305 | 98.45 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 131 | 1.55 | |||
Total votes | 8,436 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 9,816 | 85.94 | |||
Majority | 546 | 6.57 | ![]() | ||
WP gain from PAP | Swing | ![]() |
Caused by the death of incumbent MP Baharuddin Mohamed Ariff
1963 General Election
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
P. Govindasamy | PAP | 3,957 | 46.91 | ![]() | |
Chan Chong Keen | BS | 3,123 | 37.02 | ||
A. K. Isaac | SA | 543 | 6.44 | ![]() | |
David Marshall | Independent | 416 | 4.93 | ||
V. Vythalingam | UPP | 306 | 3.63 | ||
Chiang Seok Kong | WP | 91 | 1.08 | ![]() | |
Total | 8,436 | 100.00 | – | ||
Valid votes | 8,436 | 99.18 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 70 | 0.82 | |||
Total votes | 8,506 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 9,192 | 92.54 | |||
Majority | 834 | 9.89 | ![]() | ||
PAP gain from WP | Swing | ![]() |
1968 General Election
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
P. Govindasamy | PAP | |||
Total | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,764 | – | ||
PAP hold |
1972 General Election
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
P. Govindasamy | PAP | 5,027 | 74.34 | ![]() | |
Tay Kim Oh | WP | 1,291 | 19.09 | ![]() | |
C. Kunjuraman | UNF | 444 | 6.57 | ||
Total | 6,762 | 100.00 | – | ||
Valid votes | 6,762 | 98.01 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 137 | 1.99 | |||
Total votes | 6,899 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,171 | 84.43 | |||
Majority | 3,736 | 55.25 | ![]() | ||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
1976 General Election
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
P. Govindasamy | PAP | |||
Total | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 12,755 | – | ||
PAP hold |
1979 By-Election
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Devan Nair | PAP | 8,127 | 86.21 | ![]() | |
Johnny Wee Lai Seng | UF | 1,300 | 13.79 | ||
Total | 9,427 | 100.00 | – | ||
Valid votes | 9,427 | 97.25 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 267 | 2.75 | |||
Total votes | 9,694 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 11,243 | 86.22 | |||
Majority | 6,827 | 72.42 | ![]() | ||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Caused by the death of incumbent MP P. Govindasamy
1980 General Election
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Devan Nair | PAP | 11,564 | 84.10 | ![]() | |
Santhi Thevar | UPF | 2,187 | 15.90 | ||
Total | 13,751 | 100.00 | – | ||
Valid votes | 13,751 | 96.67 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 473 | 3.33 | |||
Total votes | 14,224 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 15,077 | 94.34 | |||
Majority | 9,377 | 68.2 | ![]() | ||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
1981 By-Election
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. B. Jeyaretnam | WP | 7,012 | 51.93 | ||
Pang Kim Hin | PAP | 6,359 | 47.10 | ![]() | |
Harbans Singh | UPF | 131 | 0.97 | ![]() | |
Total | 13,502 | 100.00 | – | ||
Valid votes | 13,502 | 98.22 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 244 | 1.78 | |||
Total votes | 13,746 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 14,512 | 94.72 | |||
Majority | 653 | 4.83 | ![]() | ||
WP gain from PAP | Swing | ![]() |
Caused by incumbent MP Devan Nair's ascension to the Presidency
1984 General Election
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. B. Jeyaretnam | WP | 9,909 | 56.81 | ![]() | |
Ng Pock Too | PAP | 7,533 | 43.19 | ![]() | |
Total | 17,442 | 100.00 | – | ||
Valid votes | 17,442 | 98.19 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 322 | 1.81 | |||
Total votes | 17,764 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 18,493 | 96.06 | |||
Majority | 2,376 | 13.62 | ![]() | ||
WP hold | Swing | ![]() |
References
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