Alexandra Constituency

Alexandra
Former Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Former constituency
Created1968
Abolished1988
Seats1
Member(s)Constituency Abolished
Replaced byBrickworks GRC

Alexandra Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1968 to 1988 and was merged into Brickworks GRC.

Member of Parliament

Year Member of Parliament Party
1968 Wong Lin Ken PAP
1972
1976 Tan Soo Khoon
1980
1984

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 1960s

General Election 1968: Alexandra[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Wong Lin Ken Unopposed
Registered electors 13,317
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1972: Alexandra[2][3]
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 Increase83.97
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
General Election 1976: Alexandra[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Tan Soo Khoon 12,413 75.90 Decrease1.62
WP Chua Boon Eng Edward 3,941 24.10 Increase7.78
Majority 8,472 51.80 Decrease9.4
Registered electors 17,367 Decrease29.11
Total valid votes 16,354 98.45 Decrease0.38
Rejected ballots 257 1.55 Increase0.38
Turnout 16,611 95.65 Decrease0.05
PAP hold Swing Decrease1.62

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1980: Alexandra[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Tan Soo Khoon Unopposed
Registered electors 18,163 Increase4.58
PAP hold
General Election 1984: Alexandra[7][8]
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 Increase8.30
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

References

  1. ^ "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ^ "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1972 > Alexandra". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. ^ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1976 > Alexandra". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  6. ^ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  7. ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1984 > Alexandra". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.


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