Bedok Single Member Constituency

Bedok Single Member Constituency (Simplified Chinese: 勿洛单选区;Traditional Chinese: 勿洛單選區) is a defunct Single Member Constituency in parts of Bedok South, Singapore. It was formed in 1976 general elections by craving a portion from Siglap constituency and continues throughout till prior to 1988 general elections where this constituency along with neighbouring constituencies namely: Kampong Chai Chee and Tanah Merah forms the greater Bedok Group Representation Constituency.

Members of Parliament

Sha'ari bin Tadin (1976 – 1980)
S Jayakumar (1980 – 1988)

Constituency Abolished (1988 – ) Notes: As of present, it still serves as a sub-constituency of East Coast GRC

Candidates and results

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1984: Bedok
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	S Jayakumar	10,972	68.95	-6.08
	SUF	Lee Chin Teck	4,941	31.05	+31.05
Turnout			16,469	96.5	+0.3
	PAP hold		Swing	-6.08

General Election 1980: Bedok
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	S Jayakumar	14,691	75.03	+1.25
	PKMS	Abdul Rahman Bin Mohamed Zin	3,527	18.01	+18.01
	United People's Front	Thomas Anthony Tay	1,362	6.96	+6.96
Turnout			20,067	96.2	-1.0
	PAP hold		Swing	+1.25

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1976: Bedok
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Sha'ari bin Tadin	7,928	73.78
	PF	Sim Peng Kim	2,818	26.22
Turnout			10,989	97.2
	PAP win (new seat)

Note: By end of 1976, the remnants of People's Front had moved to United Front which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Sim Peng Kim as a candidate for United Front.

gollark: PotatOS is pronounced "potat oh ess".

gollark: The PotatOS Privacy Policy does not* permit such activity.

gollark: I can't tell you for national security and data protection reasons.

gollark: No, definitely T[REDACTED] 2.

gollark: The other one, not that one.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.