Marine Parade Constituency
| Marine Parade | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1976 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member(s) | Constituency Abolished |
| Town Council | Marine Parade |
| Replaced by | Marine Parade GRC |
Marine Parade Constituency was a single-member constituency in Marine Parade, Singapore. It was formed in 1976 after the land reclamation works to build Marine Parade were completed and carved out from Joo Chiat Constituency.
Goh Chok Tong made his political debut in the constituency when it was formed in 1976. He would later become the second Prime Minister of Singapore.
In 1988, the constituency was merged into Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency.
Member of Parliament
[edit]| Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Goh Chok Tong | PAP | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | |||
Elections
[edit]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 1970s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Goh Chok Tong | 14,418 | 78.62 | ||
| DPP | Monsor Rahman | 3,922 | 21.38 | ||
| Majority | 10,496 | 57.24 | |||
| Turnout | 18,779 | 96.2 | |||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Goh Chok Tong | Walkover | |||
| Turnout | 21,903 | ||||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Goh Chok Tong | 15,228 | 70.93 | ||
| DPP | De Gracias Gertrude M | 6,242 | 29.07 | ||
| Majority | 8,986 | 41.86 | |||
| Turnout | 22,206 | 94.0 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
References
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