Kreta Ayer Single Member Constituency was a constituency spanning Chinatown and Raffles Place in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1988 as Kreta Ayer Constituency and was renamed as Kreta Ayer Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of Singapore's political reforms. The SMC was merged into Kreta Ayer–Tanglin Group Representation Constituency in 1997.
| Kreta Ayer | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1959 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member(s) | Constituency Abolished |
| Town Council | Jalan Besar Tanjong Pagar |
| Replaced by | Jalan Besar GRC Tanjong Pagar GRC |
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Member of Parliament
edit| Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
| 1959 | Goh Keng Swee | PAP | |
| 1963 | |||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1968 | Goh Keng Swee | PAP | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1976 | |||
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | Richard Hu | ||
| 1988 | |||
| 1991 | |||
Elections
editNote : 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 1950s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Goh Keng Swee | 9,313 | 73.35 | ||
| LSP | Pang Man Ming | 3,384 | 26.65 | ||
| Majority | 5,929 | 46.7 | |||
| Turnout | 12,995 | 91.69 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- 1959 GE's result
- 1963 GE's result
- 1968 GE's result
- 1972 GE's result
- 1976 GE's result
- 1980 GE's result
- 1984 GE's result
- 1988 GE's result
- 1991 GE's result