Punggol Single Member Constituency

Punggol Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency in Punggol, Singapore. In 1959, Punggol Constituency was formed when Punggol–Tampines Constituency was split into Punggol Constituency and Tampines Constituency.

In 1988, part of the constituency was carved out to form Hougang Single Member Constituency. It was also renamed as Punggol Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of Singapore's political reforms.

The SMC was merged into Cheng San Group Representation Constituency in 1991.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959	Ng Teng Kian	PAP
1963	Ng Kah Ting	PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Ng Kah Ting	PAP
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988

Elections

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%.

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1988: Punggol
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ng Kah Ting	17,914	59.85	−5.24
	SDP	Abdul Rasheed bin Abdul Kuthus	12,017	40.15	+40.15
Turnout			30,663	97.1	+1.0
	PAP hold		Swing	-5.24

General Election 1984: Punggol
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ng Kah Ting	14,904	65.09	−13.77
	DPP	Sim Ah Leng	7,995	34.91	+13.77
Turnout			23,769	96.1	−0.3
	PAP hold		Swing	-13.77

Note: United Front was subsequently renamed into Singapore United Front.

General Election 1980: Punggol
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ng Kah Ting	17,103	78.86	+9.45
	DPP	Chua Nguan Key	4,585	21.14	+21.14
Turnout			22,497	96.4	+0.1
	PAP hold		Swing	+9.45

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1976: Punggol
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ng Kah Ting	13,360	69.41	+11.28
	WP	Tan Yong Sin	5,887	30.59	+30.59
Turnout			19,696	96.3	+1.8
	PAP hold		Swing	+11.28

General Election 1972: Punggol
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Ng Kah Ting	8,215	58.13
	Independent	Ng Teng Kian	5,917	41.87
Turnout			14,461	94.5
	PAP hold		Swing

Notes: This election in Punggol is indeed the battle between the then incumbent and the ex-incumbent of the ward.^[1]

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1968: Punggol
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Ng Kah Ting	Walkover
Turnout			12,277
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1963: Punggol
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ng Kah Ting	4,721	47.76	+1.37
	BS	Koh Chit Kiang	2,860	28.93	+28.93
	SA	Tan Jin Hong	1,320	13.35	−28.29
	UPP	Lee Jiak Seck	984	9.96	+9.96
Turnout			9,944	96.6	+6.6
	PAP hold		Swing	+1.37

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Punggol
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Ng Teng Kian	4,072	46.39
	SPA	Tan Jin Hong	3,655	41.64
	LSP	Quah Heck Peck	554	6.31
	Independent	Tay Keng Hock	497	5.66
Turnout			8,905	90.0
	PAP win (new seat)

References

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