Tanglin Single Member Constituency

Tanglin
Tanglin
Former Single Member constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Electorate	16,801 (1991)
Former constituency
Created	1951
Abolished	1997
Seats	1
Created from	Municipal South–West
Replaced by	Kreta Ayer–Tanglin GRC

Tanglin Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in the city area of Singapore. The constituency was formed in 1951 and was abolished in 1997.

History

In 1951, the Tanglin Constituency was formed by carving up Municipal South-West Constituency. In 1955, parts of the constituency were divided to form Cairnhill, Havelock and Queenstown constituencies. In 1959, it was further divided to form River Valley and Ulu Pandan constituencies.

In 1988, it was renamed as Tanglin Single Member Constituency as part of Singapore's political reforms. In 1997, it was abolished and merged into Kreta Ayer–Tanglin Group Representation Constituency.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament
Legislative Council of Singapore
1951	Tan Chye Cheng	PP
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955	John Ede	PP
1959	Thio Chan Bee	SPA
1963	Edmund William Barker	PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Edmund William Barker	PAP
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988	Lew Syn Pau
1991	Lew Syn Pau

Elections

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 1990s

General Election 1991: Tanglin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Lew Syn Pau	9,113	68.52
	SDP	Jimmy Tan Tiang Hoe	4,022	30.25
	Independent	Gnaguru s/o Thamboo Mylvaganam	163	1.23
Turnout			13,555	80.7
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1988: Tanglin
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Lew Syn Pau	Walkover
Turnout			18,788
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1984: Tanglin
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Edmund William Barker	Walkover
Turnout			15,990
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1980: Tanglin
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Edmund William Barker	Walkover
Turnout			13,332
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1976: Tanglin
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Edmund William Barker	Walkover
Turnout			13,520
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1972: Tanglin
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Edmund William Barker	Walkover
Turnout			12,777
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1968: Tanglin
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Edmund William Barker	Walkover
Turnout			10,760
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1963: Tanglin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Edmund William Barker	4,424	51.07	+20.96
	BS	Tan Cheow Hock	1,997	23.06	+23.06
	SA	Thio Chan Bee	1,738	20.07	−14.34
	UPP	Eng Chau Sam	336	3.88	+3.88
	Independent	Ariffin bin Mohd Said	166	1.92	+1.92
Turnout			8,731	94.5	+6.8
	PAP gain from SA		Swing	+20.96

Note: Thio Chan Bee, the then incumbent of this ward had contested in the previous general election under Singapore People's Alliance's banner, which had subsequently joined with Singapore Alliance in this GE whereby another party, United Malays National Organisation is one of the alliance member who had stood against him in 1959 GE, Tanglin SMC as well.

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Tanglin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SPA	Thio Chan Bee	2,698	34.41	+34.41
	UMNO	Ahmad bin Haji Taff	2,386	30.44	+30.44
	PAP	Ibrahim bin Othman	2,360	30.11	+30.11
	LSP	Chan Ah Wing	395	5.04	+5.04
Turnout			12,892	87.7
	SPA gain from PP		Swing	+34.41

Note: UMNO, MCA and MIC together with Singapore People's Alliance was informally formed as an alliance in 1961, where it still within this term of election which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Ahmad as a candidate for Singapore Alliance.

General Election 1955: Tanglin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PP	John Ede	3,214	45.67	−34.47
	DP	Lim Yong Bock	2,501	35.54	+35.54
	LF	Lim Seow Chuan	1,322	18.79	+18.79
Turnout			7,125	44.0	−1.4
	PP hold		Swing	-34.47

General Election 1951: Tanglin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PP	Tan Chye Cheng	1,416	80.14
	Labour Party	Thomas Davies Richards	351	19.86
Turnout			1,794	45.4
	PP win (new seat)

Historical maps

1955 General Elections

References