Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency
| Ayer Rajah | |
|---|---|
| Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1980 |
| Abolished | 2006 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member | Constituency Abolished |
| Town Council | West Coast |
| Replaced by | West Coast GRC |
Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a single member constituency in Singapore that existed from 1980 to 2006. The SMC had only one Member of Parliament, Tan Cheng Bock, of the People's Action Party from the creation of the SMC till its abolishment.
History
[edit | edit source]Ayer Rajah Constituency was first formed during the 1980 general election. In 1988, following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and SMC, it was known as Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency.[1]
Ayer Rajah SMC was made up of Pandan Gardens estate, Teban Gardens estate, parts of Jurong East New Town and Clementi West New Town. In 2006, prior to the 2006 general election, it was absorbed into the West Coast GRC.[2]
Member of Parliament
[edit | edit source]| Year | Member | Party | |
| Formation | |||
| 1980 | Tan Cheng Bock | PAP | |
| 1984 | |||
| 1988 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1997 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| Constituency abolished (2006) | |||
Electoral results
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Tan Cheng Bock | 12,400 | 83.39 | ||
| SJP | Suib bin Abdul Rahman | 2,470 | 16.61 | ||
| Majority | 9,930 | 66.78 | |||
| Total valid votes | 14,870 | 97.20 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 429 | 2.80 | |||
| Turnout | 15,299 | 96.91 | |||
| Registered electors | 15,787 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Tan Cheng Bock | 14,050 | 75.44 |  7.95
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| SJP | Suib bin Abdul Rahman | 4,575 | 24.56 |  7.95
| |
| Majority | 9,475 | 50.88 | 15.90
| ||
| Total valid votes | 18,625 | 96.40 | 0.80
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 695 | 3.60 | 0.80
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| Turnout | 19,320 | 96.52 | 0.39
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| Registered electors | 20,017 | 26.79
| |||
| PAP hold | Swing | 7.95
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Tan Cheng Bock | 14,824 | 69.55 | 5.89
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| WP | Tan Song Gek | 6,489 | 30.45 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,335 | 39.10 | 11.78
| ||
| Total valid votes | 21,313 | 98.03 | 1.63
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 429 | 1.97 | 1.63
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| Turnout | 21,742 | 96.49 | 0.03
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| Registered electors | 22,532 | 12.56
| |||
| PAP hold | Swing | 5.89
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Elections in 1990s
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Tan Cheng Bock | 15,038 | 75.16 | 5.61
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| PKMS | Mohammed Aziz bin Ibrahim | 4,971 | 24.84 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,067 | 50.32 | 11.22
| ||
| Total valid votes | 20,009 | 96.28 | 0.12
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 773 | 3.72 | 0.12
| ||
| Turnout | 20,782 | 94.95 | 1.54
| ||
| Registered electors | 21,887 | 2.86
| |||
| PAP hold | Swing | 5.61
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Tan Cheng Bock | 15,081 | 73.17 | 1.99
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| SPP | Sin Kek Tong | 5,531 | 26.83 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,550 | 46.34 | 3.98
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| Total valid votes | 20,612 | 97.76 | 1.48
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 473 | 2.24 | 1.48
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| Turnout | 21,085 | 95.73 | 0.78
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| Registered electors | 22,025 | 0.63
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| PAP hold | Swing | 1.99
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Elections in 2000s
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Tan Cheng Bock | 15,024 | 87.96 | 14.79
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| DPP | Tan Lead Shake | 2,057 | 12.04 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,967 | 75.92 | 29.58
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| Total valid votes | 17,081 | 98.05 | 0.29
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| Rejected ballots | 339 | 1.95 | 0.29
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| Turnout | 17,420 | 94.29 | 1.44
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| Registered electors | 18,475 | 16.12
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| PAP hold | Swing | 14.8
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