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River Valley Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1988. The 1959 election in River Valley remains the record for the closest winning margin in any election in Singapore history.
Member of Parliament
editElection | Member of Parliament | Party | |
1959 | Lim Cheng Lock | PAP | |
1963 | |||
1968 | Low Guan Onn | ||
1972 | Tan Eng Liang | ||
1976 | |||
1980 | Tay Eng Soon | ||
1984 |
Elections
editElections in the 1950s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Lim Cheng Lock | 3,430 | 36.6 | |
SPA | Soh Ghee Soon | 3,425 | 36.5 | |
LSP | Tan Ek Khoo | 2,529 | 27.0 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,534 | 90.0 | ||
PAP win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Lim Cheng Lock | 5,597 | 56.7 | +20.1 | |
BS | Goh Lam San | 2,668 | 27.0 | ||
SA | Yap Pheng Geck | 1,156 | 11.7 | −24.8 | |
UPP | Wong Chung Kit | 455 | 4.6 | ||
Majority | 2,929 | 29.7 | |||
Turnout | 9,980 | 94.8 | |||
PAP hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.