Alexandra Constituency
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| Alexandra | |
|---|---|
| Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1968 |
| Abolished | 1988 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Replaced by | Brickworks GRC |
Alexandra Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1968 to 1988 and was merged into Brickworks Group Representation Constituency (GRC).
History
In 1988, the constituency was merged into Brickworks GRC following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and Single Member Constituency (SMC).[1]
Member of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
| Formation | |||
| 1968 | Wong Lin Ken | PAP | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1976 | Tan Soo Khoon | ||
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | |||
| Constituency abolished (1988) | |||
Electoral results
Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).
Elections in the 1960s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Wong Lin Ken | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 13,317 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in the 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Wong Lin Ken | 17,965 | 77.52 | N/A | |
| WP | Wong Kui Yu | 3,782 | 16.32 | N/A | |
| UNF | S. A. Hamid | 1,427 | 6.16 | N/A | |
| Majority | 14,183 | 61.20 | N/A | ||
| Total valid votes | 23,174 | 98.83 | N/A | ||
| Rejected ballots | 272 | 4.30 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 23,446 | 95.70 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 24,499 |  83.97
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| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Tan Soo Khoon | 12,413 | 75.90 |  1.62
| |
| WP | Chua Boon Eng Edward | 3,941 | 24.10 | 7.78
| |
| Majority | 8,472 | 51.80 | 9.40
| ||
| Total valid votes | 16,354 | 98.45 | 0.38
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 257 | 1.55 | 0.38
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| Turnout | 16,611 | 95.65 | 0.05
| ||
| Registered electors | 17,367 | 29.11
| |||
| PAP hold | Swing | 1.62
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Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Tan Soo Khoon | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 18,163 | 4.58
| |||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Tan Soo Khoon | 12,172 | 66.79 | N/A | |
| WP | J C Corera | 6,053 | 33.21 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,119 | 33.58 | N/A | ||
| Total valid votes | 18,225 | 97.79 | N/A | ||
| Rejected ballots | 411 | 2.21 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 18,636 | 94.74 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 19,670 | 8.30
| |||
| PAP hold | |||||
References
- ^ "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times. 15 June 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". Elections Department Singapore. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". Elections Department Singapore. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1972 > Alexandra". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". Elections Department Singapore. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1976 > Alexandra". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". Elections Department Singapore. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". Elections Department Singapore. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1984 > Alexandra". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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