Farrer Park Constituency
Farrer Park Constituency is a former constituency in Singapore. It existed from 1955 to 1980.[1]
Member of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
| 1955 | Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous | PAP | |
| 1959 | A. P. Rajah | ||
| 1963 | S. R. Dharmarajoo | People's Action Party | |
| 1966 | |||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1968 | Lee Chiaw Meng | PAP | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1976 | |||
| 1980 | |||
Elections
[edit]Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lee Chiaw Meng | Uncontested | — | ||
| Registered electors | 11,949 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lee Chiaw Meng | 8,521 | 73.82 | −11.09 | |
| WP | Jeyaretnam J. B. | 2,668 | 23.11 | ||
| UNF | S. A. Latiff | 354 | 3.07 | ||
| Majority | 5,853 | 50.71 | |||
| Turnout | 11,189 | 88.05 | |||
| Registered electors | 12,707 | ||||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lee Chiaw Meng | 7,826 | 84.91 | +29.21 | |
| Independent | M. P. D. Nair | 1,391 | 15.09 | ||
| Majority | 6,435 | 69.82 | |||
| Turnout | 9,217 | 89.57 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,290 | ||||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | S.R. Dharmarajoo | 5,365 | 55.7 | +13.8 | |
| BS | Lee Chin Siang | 2,619 | 27.2 | ||
| SA | A.P. Rajah | 1,232 | 12.8 | −31.7 | |
| UPP | Wee Kia Eng | 414 | 4.3 | ||
| Majority | 2,746 | 28.5 | |||
| Turnout | 9,704 | 95.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,189 | ||||
| PAP gain from SA | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | A.P. Rajah | 4,077 | 44.5 | ||
| PAP | Tan Teck Ngiap | 3,832 | 41.9 | +8.8 | |
| Independent | Soo-Tho Siu Hee | 789 | 8.6 | ||
| Independent | Chan Kooi Chew | 311 | 3.4 | ||
| Independent | Arthur Joseph | 147 | 1.6 | ||
| Majority | 245 | 2.6 | |||
| Turnout | 9,291 | 90.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,293 | ||||
| Independent gain from LF | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LF | Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous | 2,585 | 38.5 | ||
| PAP | Devan Nair | 2,219 | 33.1 | ||
| PP | Eric Wee | 1,784 | 26.6 | ||
| Independent | C.T.B. Unnithan | 85 | 1.3 | ||
| Independent | Chua Kim Watt | 37 | 0.6 | ||
| Majority | 366 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 6,803 | 55.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 12,242 | ||||
| LF win (new seat) | |||||
Historical maps
[edit]-
1955 General Election
References
[edit]- ^ "Dr Lee dies". TODAY. 24 May 2001. p. 5.
- ^ "THIS IS THE WAY THE VOTING WENT". The Straits Times. 22 September 1963. p. 2.
- ^ "THE RESULTS: ALL YOU". The Straits Times. 31 May 1959. p. 4.
- ^ "The Results". The Straits Times. 3 April 1955. p. 1.
External links
[edit]- 1976 Parliamentary General Election result
- 1972 Parliamentary General Election result
- 1968 Parliamentary General Election result
- 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election result
- 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election result
- 1955 Legislative Assembly General Election result
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