Telok Ayer Constituency

Telok Ayer
Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Former constituency
Created	1955
Abolished	1988
Seats	1
Member	Constituency Abolished

Telok Ayer Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It existed from 1951 to 1988, where it was absorbed into Kreta Ayer SMC.

History

In 1988, the constituency was dissolved following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and Single Member Constituency (SMC).

Member of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Formation
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955	Rajabali Jumabhoy		INDP
1959	Ong Pang Boon		PAP
1963
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Ong Pang Boon		PAP
1972
1976
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 1950s

Legislative Assembly General Election 1955: Telok Ayer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Rajabali Jumabhoy	1,945	39.90
	DP	Sng Siak Hwee	1,477	30.30
	LF	Tan Ewe Chee	1,453	29.80
Total valid votes			4,875	100
Rejected ballots			76	1.58
Majority			468	9.60
Registered electors			11,547
Turnout			4,951	42.87
	Independent win (new seat)

Legislative Assembly General Election 1959: Telok Ayer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Ong Pang Boon	8,372	67.38	N/A
	Citizens' Party (Singapore)	Soh Teck Chee	287	2.31	N/A
	SPA	Tan Kian Kee	2,106	16.95	N/A
	Independent	Tay Soo Yong	1,660	13.36	N/A
Total valid votes			12,425	100	N/A
Rejected ballots			238	1.59	N/A
Majority			6,266	50.43	N/A
Registered electors			13,998
Turnout			12,586	89.91	N/A
	PAP gain from Independent		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Elections in 1960s

Legislative Assembly General Election 1963: Telok Ayer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Pang Boon	5,390	44.01
	BS	Lam Chit Lee	4,987	40.72
	UPP	Goh Hong Keng	1,484	12.12
	Independent	Wang Chung Kwang	385	3.15
Majority			403	3.29	{{{change}}}
Registered electors			13,219
Total valid votes			12,246
	PAP hold		Swing	-23.37

Parliamentary General Election 1968: Telok Ayer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Pang Boon	Walkover
Registered electors			11,721
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1970s

Parliamentary General Election 1972: Telok Ayer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Pang Boon	7,612	83.98	N/A
	UNF	Ng Oh Chew	1,452	16.02	N/A
Total valid votes			9,064	100
Rejected ballots			238	1.59	N/A
Majority			6,160	67.96	N/A
Registered electors			10,547
Turnout			9,248	87.68	N/A
	PAP hold

Parliamentary General Election 1976: Telok Ayer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Pang Boon	Walkover	N/A
Registered electors			15,515
	PAP hold

Elections in 1980s

Parliamentary General Election 1980: Telok Ayer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Ong Pang Boon	Walkover	N/A
Registered electors			12,381
	PAP hold

Parliamentary General Election 1984: Telok Ayer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Ong Pang Boon	Walkover	N/A
Registered electors			13,984
	PAP hold

Historical maps

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  1955 General Election