Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (GRC) was a group representation constituency that from 1988 to 1997 comprised Kuo Chuan, Boon Teck and
Toa Payoh
Toa Payoh (, ta, தோ பாயோ) is a planning area and matured residential town located in the northern part of the Central Region of Singapore. Toa Payoh planning area borders Bishan and Serangoon to the north, the Central Water Catc ...
, in the
Central Region of Singapore. The MPs of Toa Payoh GRC was
Ong Teng Cheong
Ong Teng Cheong ( zh, c=王鼎昌, p=Wáng Dǐngchāng; 22 January 1936 – 8 February 2002) was a Singaporean politician who served as the fifth president of Singapore between 1993 and 1999. He was also the first elected president in Singapor ...
,
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
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Members of Parliament
Ong Teng Cheong
Ong Teng Cheong ( zh, c=王鼎昌, p=Wáng Dǐngchāng; 22 January 1936 – 8 February 2002) was a Singaporean politician who served as the fifth president of Singapore between 1993 and 1999. He was also the first elected president in Singapor ...
resigned his post in July 1993 in order 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
Elections in the 1990s
References
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Toa Payoh
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