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1 History  





2 Member of Parliament  





3 Elections  



3.1  Elections in the 1990s  





3.2  Elections in the 1980s  





3.3  Elections in the 1970s  





3.4  Elections in the 1960s  





3.5  Elections in the 1950s  







4 Historical maps  





5 References  














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Tanglin
Former Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
Electorate16,801 (1991)
Former constituency
Created1951
Abolished1997
Seats1
Created fromMunicipal South–West
Replaced byKreta Ayer–Tanglin GRC

Tanglin Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in the city area of Singapore. The constituency was formed in 1951 and was abolished in 1997.

History

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In 1951, the Tanglin Constituency was formed by carving up Municipal South-West Constituency. In 1955, parts of the constituency were divided to form Cairnhill, Havelock and Queenstown constituencies. In 1959, it was further divided to form River Valley and Ulu Pandan constituencies.

In 1988, it was renamed as Tanglin Single Member Constituency as part of Singapore's political reforms. In 1997, it was abolished and merged into Kreta Ayer–Tanglin Group Representation Constituency.

Member of Parliament

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Year Member of Parliament Party
Legislative Council of Singapore
1951 Tan Chye Cheng PP
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955 John Ede PP
1959 Thio Chan Bee SPA
1963 Edmund William Barker PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968 Edmund William Barker PAP
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988 Lew Syn Pau
1991

Elections

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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 1990s

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General Election 1991: Tanglin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lew Syn Pau 9,113 68.52
SDP Jimmy Tan Tiang Hoe 4,022 30.25
Independent Gnaguru s/o Thamboo Mylvaganam 163 1.23
Turnout 13,555 80.7
PAP hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

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General Election 1988: Tanglin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lew Syn Pau Walkover
Turnout 18,788
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1984: Tanglin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Edmund William Barker Walkover
Turnout 15,990
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1980: Tanglin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Edmund William Barker Walkover
Turnout 13,332
PAP hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

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General Election 1976: Tanglin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Edmund William Barker Walkover
Turnout 13,520
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1972: Tanglin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Edmund William Barker Walkover
Turnout 12,777
PAP hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

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General Election 1968: Tanglin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Edmund William Barker Walkover
Turnout 10,760
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1963: Tanglin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Edmund William Barker 4,424 51.07 +20.96
BS Tan Cheow Hock 1,997 23.06 +23.06
SA Thio Chan Bee 1,738 20.07 −14.34
UPP Eng Chau Sam 336 3.88 +3.88
Independent Ariffin bin Mohd Said 166 1.92 +1.92
Turnout 8,731 94.5 +6.8
PAP gain from SA Swing +20.96

Note: Thio Chan Bee, the then incumbent of this ward had contested in the previous general election under Singapore People's Alliance's banner, which had subsequently joined with Singapore Alliance in this GE whereby another party, United Malays National Organisation is one of the alliance member who had stood against him in 1959 GE, Tanglin SMC as well.

Elections in the 1950s

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General Election 1959: Tanglin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SPA Thio Chan Bee 2,698 34.41 +34.41
UMNO Ahmad bin Haji Taff 2,386 30.44 +30.44
PAP Ibrahim bin Othman 2,360 30.11 +30.11
LSP Chan Ah Wing 395 5.04 +5.04
Turnout 12,892 87.7
SPA gain from PP Swing +34.41

Note: UMNO, MCA and MIC together with Singapore People's Alliance was informally formed as an alliance in 1961, where it still within this term of election which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Ahmad as a candidate for Singapore Alliance.

General Election 1955: Tanglin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PP John Ede 3,214 45.67 −34.47
DP Lim Yong Bock 2,501 35.54 +35.54
LF Lim Seow Chuan 1,322 18.79 +18.79
Turnout 7,125 44.0 −1.4
PP hold Swing -34.47
General Election 1951: Tanglin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PP Tan Chye Cheng 1,416 80.14
Labour Party Thomas Davies Richards 351 19.86
Turnout 1,794 45.4
PP win (new seat)

Historical maps

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References

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