Tanglin Single Member Constituency
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Tanglin Single Member Constituency was a
single member constituency A single-member district is an electoral district represented by a single officeholder. It contrasts with a Multiwinner voting, multi-member district, which is represented by multiple officeholders. Single-member districts are also sometimes call ...
(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 The Cairnhill () is a private housing estate in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong. Being one of the estates built on many d level of the hill of Route Twisk (Another one is The Cliveden), it consists of 16 low-density blocks divided in ...
, Havelock and Queenstown constituencies. In 1959, it was further divided to form
River Valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams ...
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 Kreta Ayer–Tanglin Group Representation Constituency was a former four-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in southwestern Singapore. History The GRC was formed in 1997 by splitting up Kampong Glam GRC and incorporating Kreta ...
.


Member of Parliament


Elections


Elections in the 1990s


Elections in the 1980s


Elections in the 1970s


Elections in the 1960s

Note: Thio Chan Bee, the then incumbent of this ward had contested in the previous general election under
Singapore People's Alliance The Singapore People's Alliance was a political coalition in Singapore founded in 1958, comprising the Labour Front and Liberal Socialist Party. It has never won any seats in the Parliament of Singapore. However, the party did win 4 seats to ...
's banner, which had subsequently joined with
Singapore Alliance The Singapore Alliance Party, or simply the Singapore Alliance, was a political coalition formed on 2 June 1961 that contested several elections in Singapore, notably the 1955 Elections of Singapore and the 1963 Elections of Singapore. It consist ...
in this GE whereby another party,
United Malays National Organisation The United Malays National Organisation ( Malay: ; Jawi: ; abbreviated UMNO () or less commonly PEKEMBAR), is a nationalist right-wing political party in Malaysia. As the oldest continuous national political party within Malaysia (since its ...
is one of the alliance member who had stood against him in 1959 GE, Tanglin SMC as well.


Elections in the 1950s

Note:
UMNO The United Malays National Organisation ( Malay: ; Jawi: ; abbreviated UMNO () or less commonly PEKEMBAR), is a nationalist right-wing political party in Malaysia. As the oldest continuous national political party within Malaysia (since its ...
, MCA and MIC together with
Singapore People's Alliance The Singapore People's Alliance was a political coalition in Singapore founded in 1958, comprising the Labour Front and Liberal Socialist Party. It has never won any seats in the Parliament of Singapore. However, the party did win 4 seats to ...
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 The Singapore Alliance Party, or simply the Singapore Alliance, was a political coalition formed on 2 June 1961 that contested several elections in Singapore, notably the 1955 Elections of Singapore and the 1963 Elections of Singapore. It consist ...
.


Historical maps

File:Tanglin 1955 Singaporean GE.svg, 1955 General Elections


References


1984 GE's result
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