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Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency

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Toa Payoh
Group Representation constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Current constituency
Created1988
Seats4
MemberConstituency Abolished
Replaced byBishan-Toa Payoh GRC

The Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency was a group representation constituency (GRC) in central Singapore.

History

Kim Keat Single Member Constituency was absorbed in the 1991 elections. In 1997, the ward was merged along with Thomson GRC to form Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC.

Ong would resign in 1993 to contest in the Presidential Election and later become the 5th President of Singapore. After S. Dhanabalan retired from his cabinet position in 1994, it was one of the group representation constituencies without an anchor minister.[1]

Members of Parliament

Year Division Members of Parliament Party
Formation
1988
  • Kuo Chuan
  • Boon Teck
  • Toa Payoh
PAP
1991
  • Kuo Chuan
  • Boon Teck
  • Toa Payoh
  • Kim Keat
Constituency abolished (1997)

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 1980s

General Election 1988[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Wong Kan Seng
Ho Tat Kin
Davinder Singh
Unopposed
Registered electors 49,243
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP S. Dhanabalan
Ho Tat Kin
Davinder Singh
Ong Teng Cheong
Unopposed
Registered electors 63,591 Increase29.14
PAP hold

Notes

  1. ^ Resigned in August 1993 to contest the presidential election in the same year.

References

  1. ^ "From MP to president: What happens when my MP becomes the head of state?". AsiaOne. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ^ "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  3. ^ "ELD | 1991 Parliamentary General Election Results". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 6 January 2022.