Toa Payoh Constituency

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Toa Payoh Single Member Constituency was a constituency that holds the Toa Payoh area, in the Central Region of Singapore, from 1959 to 1988.

History

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The constituency broke away into Boon Teck, Kim Keat and Kuo Chuan in 1972 general elections, and Khe Bong in 1976 general elections.

Member of Parliament

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Year Member of Parliament Party
1959 Wong Soon Fong PAP
1963 BS
1968 Eric Cheong PAP
1972
1976
1980
1984

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[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Wong Soon Fong 8,693 77.66
SPA Lee Poh Chee 2,500 22.34
Majority 6,193 55.32
Registered electors 12,551
Turnout 11,442 91.16
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

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General Election 1963[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BS Wong Soon Fong 6,083 48.20 N/A
PAP Yip Sai Weng 4,276 33.88 −43.78
UPP Goh Nee Kim 1,501 11.89 N/A
United Democratic Party Tan Chor Yong 760 6.03 N/A
Majority 1,807 14.32 Decrease41
Registered electors 13,394 Increase6.72
Turnout 12,772 95.36 Increase4.18
BS gain from PAP
General Election 1968[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Eric Cheong Unopposed
Registered electors 19,143 Increase42.93
PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

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General Election 1972[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Eric Cheong 10,884 73.85 N/A
BS Tay Cheng Kang 3,853 26.15 N/A
Majority 7,031 47.70 N/A
Registered electors 15,742 Decrease17.77
Turnout 14,737 93.62 N/A
PAP hold
General Election 1976[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Eric Cheong 9,633 73.63 Decrease0.22
BS Abdul Rahim 3,450 26.37 N/A
Majority 6,183 47.26 Decrease0.44
Registered electors 13,933 Decrease11.49
Turnout 13,083 93.90 Increase0.28
PAP hold Swing Decrease0.22

Elections in 1980s

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General Election 1980[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Eric Cheong 9,872 76.73 Increase3.1
BS Ng Ho 2,994 23.27 N/A
Majority 6,878 53.46 Increase6.2
Registered electors 13,799 Decrease0.96
Turnout 12,866 93.24 Decrease0.66
PAP hold Swing Increase3.1
General Election 1984[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Eric Cheong 8,559 65.16 Decrease11.57
BS Ng Ho 4,576 34.84 Increase11.57
Majority 3,983 30.32 Decrease23.14
Registered electors 14,177 Increase2.74
Turnout 12,866 92.65 Decrease0.59
PAP hold Swing Decrease11.57

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