Katong Constituency

Katong Constituency was a constituency in Singapore from 1951 until 1959 and from 1968 until 1984.

Katong
Former constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Electorate	12,041 (1980)
Former constituency
Created	1968
Abolished	1984
Seats	1
Created from	Mountbatten
Replaced by	Joo Chiat Mountbatten

Katong
Former constituency for the Legislative Council of Singapore and the Legislative Assembly of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Electorate	22,096 (1955)
Former constituency
Created	1951
Abolished	1959
Seats	1
Created from	Municipal North–East
Replaced by	Joo Chiat Mountbatten Siglap

In 1951, the constituency was carved out from Municipal North–East Constituency and was represented in the Legislative Council from 1951 until 1955. In 1955, parts of the constituency was carved out to form Geylang and Paya Lebar constituencies but it remained represented in the Legislative Assembly of Singapore from 1955 until 1959 where it was abolished. The constituency was split into Joo Chiat, Mountbatten and Siglap constituencies. In 1968, the constituency was reformed by carving out from Mountbatten Constituency and lasted till 1984 where it was once again abolished and split into Joo Chiat and Mountbatten constituencies.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament	Party
Legislative Council of Singapore
1951	John Laycock		PP
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955	Armand Joseph Braga		LF
Constituency abolished (1959– 1968)
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Joseph Francis De Conceicao		PAP
1972
1976
1980

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 1980: Katong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Joseph Francis De Conceicao	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			12,041
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1976: Katong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Joseph Francis De Conceicao	10,721	76.18
	DPP	William James Cook	3,353	23.82
Majority			7,368	52.36
Turnout			14,469	91.2
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1972: Katong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Joseph Francis De Conceicao	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			16,766
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1968: Katong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Joseph Francis De Conceicao	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			14,872
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1955: Katong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LF	Armand Joseph Braga	4,680	45.66
	PP	John Laycock	2,965	28.93	35.3
	DP	Chan Wah Chip	2,605	25.41
Majority			1,715	16.73
Turnout			10,370	46.9	2.2
	LF gain from PP

General Election 1951: Katong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PP	John Laycock	2,075	64.2
	Independent	Goh Hood Kiat	1,157	35.8
Majority			918	28.4
Turnout			3,272	49.1
	PP win (new seat)

Historical maps

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  1955 General Election