River Valley Constituency
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River Valley Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1988. The 1959 election in River Valley remains the record for the closest winning margin in any election in Singapore history.
History
[edit | edit source]In 1988, the constituency was dissolved following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and Single Member Constituency (SMC).[1]
Member of Parliament
[edit | edit source]| Election | Member | Party | |
| Formation | |||
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Lim Cheng Lock | PAP | |
| 1963 | |||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1968 | Low Guan Onn | PAP | |
| 1972 | Tan Eng Liang | ||
| 1976 | |||
| 1980 | Tay Eng Soon | ||
| 1984 | |||
| Constituency abolished (1988) | |||
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 1950s
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Cheng Lock | 3,430 | 36.6 | |
| SPA | Soh Ghee Soon | 3,425 | 36.5 | |
| LSP | Tan Ek Khoo | 2,529 | 27.0 | |
| Majority | 5 | 0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 9,534 | 90.0 | ||
| PAP win (new seat) | ||||
Elections in 1960s
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Lim Cheng Lock | 5,597 | 56.7 | +20.1 | |
| BS | Goh Lam San | 2,668 | 27.0 | ||
| SA | Yap Pheng Geck | 1,156 | 11.7 | −24.8 | |
| UPP | Wong Chung Kit | 455 | 4.6 | ||
| Majority | 2,929 | 29.7 | |||
| Turnout | 9,980 | 94.8 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
References
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