Alexandra_Constituency
Alexandra Constituency
Former electoral ward in Singapore
Alexandra Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1968 to 1988 and was merged into Brickworks GRC.
Quick Facts Region, Former constituency ...
| Alexandra | |
|---|---|
| Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1968 |
| Abolished | 1988 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member(s) | Constituency Abolished |
| Replaced by | Brickworks GRC |
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More information Year, Member of Parliament ...
| Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Wong Lin Ken | PAP | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1976 | Tan Soo Khoon | ||
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | |||
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Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.
Elections in the 1960s
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Wong Lin Ken | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 13,317 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
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Elections in the 1970s
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Wong Lin Ken | 17,965 | 77.52 | N/A | |
| WP | Wong Kui Yu | 3,782 | 16.32 | N/A | |
| UNF | S. A. Hamid | 1,427 | 6.16 | N/A | |
| Majority | 14,183 | 61.2 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 24,499 |  83.97 | |||
| Total valid votes | 23,174 | 98.83 | N/A | ||
| Rejected ballots | 272 | 4.30 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 23,446 | 95.70 | N/A | ||
| PAP hold | |||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Tan Soo Khoon | 12,413 | 75.90 |  1.62 | |
| WP | Chua Boon Eng Edward | 3,941 | 24.10 | 7.78 | |
| Majority | 8,472 | 51.80 | 9.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 17,367 | 29.11 | |||
| Total valid votes | 16,354 | 98.45 | 0.38 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 257 | 1.55 | 0.38 | ||
| Turnout | 16,611 | 95.65 | 0.05 | ||
| PAP hold | Swing | 1.62 |
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Elections in the 1980s
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Tan Soo Khoon | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 18,163 | 4.58 | |||
| PAP hold | |||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Tan Soo Khoon | 12,172 | 66.79 | N/A | |
| WP | J C Corera | 6,053 | 33.21 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,119 | 33.58 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 19,670 | 8.30 | |||
| Total valid votes | 18,225 | 97.79 | N/A | ||
| Rejected ballots | 411 | 2.21 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 18,636 | 94.74 | N/A | ||
| PAP hold | |||||
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- "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1972 > Alexandra". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1976 > Alexandra". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1984 > Alexandra". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
