Crawford Constituency

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Crawford Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1976, broke off from Rochore Constituency.

Member of Parliament

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Electoral results

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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 1950s

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General Election 1959: Crawford[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Kenneth Michael Byrne 7,120 66.6
SPA Teng Ling Siong 2,487 23.3
LSP Chua Seng Kian 897 8.4
Independent John Sim 191 1.8
Majority 4,633 43.4 N/A
Turnout 10,807 89.8
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

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General Election 1963: Crawford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BS S.T. Bani 4,400 42.8
PAP Kenneth Michael Byrne 4,207 40.9 −25.7
UPP Lau Tok Keong 1,032 10.0
SA Hsieh Shao An 571 5.5 −17.8
WP Wong Hong Toy 81 0.8
Majority 193 0.8
Turnout 10,401 95.0
BS gain from PAP Swing

References

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