Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency

Toa Payoh
Group Representation constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Current constituency
Created1988
Seats4
Member(s)Constituency Abolished
Replaced byBishan-Toa Payoh GRC

Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (GRC) was a group representation constituency that from 1988 to 1997 comprised Kuo Chuan, Boon Teck and Toa Payoh, in the Central Region of Singapore. The MPs are Davinder Singh, Ho Tat Kin and S. Dhanabalan.

Kim Keat Single Member Constituency was absorbed in the 1991 elections. In 1997, the ward was merged along with Thomson GRC to form Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC.

Ong would resign in 1993 to contest in the Presidential Election and later become the 5th President of Singapore. Subsequently, S Dhanabalan had retired from cabinet position in 1994. It was one of the constituencies without any anchor minister.[1]

Members of Parliament

Election Division Incumbent Party
1988
  • Kuo Chuan
  • Boon Teck
  • Toa Payoh
 PAP
1991
  • Kuo Chuan
  • Boon Teck
  • Toa Payoh
  • Kim Keat

^ Ong Teng Cheong resigned as Member of Parliament in 1993 to contest in the 1993 Presidential Elections. However, no by-election was called on the ground since it was a Group Representation Constituency, and the workload for the ward was distributed among the rest of the team.

Candidates and results

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1988: Toa Payoh GRC[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Wong Kan Seng
Ho Tat Kin
Davinder Singh 		Unopposed
Registered electors 49,243
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1991: Toa Payoh GRC[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP S Dhanabalan
Ho Tat Kin
Davinder Singh
Ong Teng Cheong 		Unopposed
Registered electors 63,591 Increase29.14
PAP hold

References

  1. ^ "From MP to president: What happens when my MP becomes the head of state?". AsiaOne. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ^ "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  3. ^ "ELD | 1991 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 January 2022.


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