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Anson Constituency

Anson
Former Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Former constituency
Created1959
Abolished1988
Seats1
Member(s)Constituency Abolished
Town CouncilTanjong Pagar
Replaced byRadin Mas SMC
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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

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Year Member of Parliament Party
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

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1959 General Election

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Baharuddin bin Mohamed AriffPAP5,16760.75
Goh Kong BengSPA1,87522.04
Tan Cheng ChuanLSP1,23114.47
Wong Swee KeeIndependent1171.38
P. KrishnanIndependent1161.36
Total8,506100.00
Valid votes8,50698.82
Invalid/blank votes1021.18
Total votes8,608100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,92186.77
Majority3,29238.71
PAP win new seat

1961 By-Election

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CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
David MarshallWP3,59843.32
M. AwangPAP3,05236.75Decrease24.00
Chee Phui HungSA1,48217.84Decrease4.20
Ismail Haji HussainLSP1041.25Decrease13.22
K. M. IbrahimSC690.83
Total8,305100.00
Valid votes8,30598.45
Invalid/blank votes1311.55
Total votes8,436100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,81685.94
Majority5466.57Decrease32.14
WP gain from PAPSwingIncrease33.66

Caused by the death of incumbent MP Baharuddin Mohamed Ariff

1963 General Election

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CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
P. GovindasamyPAP3,95746.91Increase10.15
Chan Chong KeenBS3,12337.02
A. K. IsaacSA5436.44Decrease11.40
David MarshallIndependent4164.93
V. VythalingamUPP3063.63
Chiang Seok KongWP911.08Decrease42.24
Total8,436100.00
Valid votes8,43699.18
Invalid/blank votes700.82
Total votes8,506100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,19292.54
Majority8349.89Increase3.32
PAP gain from WPSwingIncrease26.20

1968 General Election

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CandidatePartyVotes%
P. GovindasamyPAP
Total
Registered voters/turnout8,764
PAP hold

1972 General Election

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CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
P. GovindasamyPAP5,02774.34Increase27.43
Tay Kim OhWP1,29119.09Increase18.01
C. KunjuramanUNF4446.57
Total6,762100.00
Valid votes6,76298.01
Invalid/blank votes1371.99
Total votes6,899100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,17184.43
Majority3,73655.25Increase45.36
PAP holdSwingIncrease27.43

1976 General Election

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CandidatePartyVotes%
P. GovindasamyPAP
Total
Registered voters/turnout12,755
PAP hold

1979 By-Election

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CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
Devan NairPAP8,12786.21Increase11.87
Johnny Wee Lai SengUF1,30013.79
Total9,427100.00
Valid votes9,42797.25
Invalid/blank votes2672.75
Total votes9,694100.00
Registered voters/turnout11,24386.22
Majority6,82772.42Increase17.17
PAP holdSwingIncrease11.87

Caused by the death of incumbent MP P. Govindasamy

1980 General Election

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CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
Devan NairPAP11,56484.10Decrease2.11
Santhi ThevarUPF2,18715.90
Total13,751100.00
Valid votes13,75196.67
Invalid/blank votes4733.33
Total votes14,224100.00
Registered voters/turnout15,07794.34
Majority9,37768.2Decrease4.22
PAP holdSwingDecrease2.11

1981 By-Election

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CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
J. B. JeyaretnamWP7,01251.93
Pang Kim HinPAP6,35947.10Decrease37.00
Harbans SinghUPF1310.97Decrease14.93
Total13,502100.00
Valid votes13,50298.22
Invalid/blank votes2441.78
Total votes13,746100.00
Registered voters/turnout14,51294.72
Majority6534.83Decrease63.37
WP gain from PAPSwingIncrease44.47

Caused by incumbent MP Devan Nair's ascension to the Presidency

1984 General Election

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CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
J. B. JeyaretnamWP9,90956.81Increase4.88
Ng Pock TooPAP7,53343.19Decrease3.91
Total17,442100.00
Valid votes17,44298.19
Invalid/blank votes3221.81
Total votes17,764100.00
Registered voters/turnout18,49396.06
Majority2,37613.62Increase8.79
WP holdSwingIncrease4.88

References

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