Bedok Group Representation Constituency
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- Not to be confused with another defunct ward, Bedok Single Member Constituency that was formed since 1968 general election that covers a portion of Bedok South until 1988 general election where this GRC absorbed that particular ward.
It is also not to be confused with another ward, Ulu Bedok Single Member Constituency, which is a short-lived pre-independence era ward that covers the entire of present-day Bedok and Geylang Serai as back then the Bedok was one of the remote and undeveloped area.
Bedok Group Representation Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 勿洛集選區;Simplified Chinese: 勿洛集选区) is a defunct Group Representation Constituency in Bedok, Singapore that existed from 1988 to 1997.
Contents
Members of Parliament
Election | Bedok | Kampong Chai Chee | Tanah Merah | Fengshan | Siglap |
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1984 | SMC |
SMC |
SMC |
SMC |
SMC |
Formation | |||||
1988 | S Jayakumar | Hong Hai | Ibrahim Othman | ||
1991 | Tan Soo Khoon | Absorbed into Siglap | Arthur Beng | Abdullah Tarmugi | |
Dissolution | |||||
1997 | East Coast GRC |
Candidates and results
Elections in 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | S Jayakumar Tan Soo Khoon Abdullah bin Tarmugi Arthur Beng Kian Lam |
49,109 | 61.98 | +7.06 | |
WP | Balakrishnan Ananthan Sim Say Chuan Lim Chiu Liang Tan Soo Phuan |
30,121 | 38.02 | -7.06 | |
Turnout | 81,506 | 94.5 | -1.0 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | +7.06 |
Elections in 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | S Jayakumar Hong Hai Ibrahim Othman |
28,266 | 54.92 | -9.08 | |
WP | Gertrude De Gracias Sarawathy Murugason Seow Khee Leng |
23,203 | 45.08 | ||
Turnout | 52,493 | 95.5 | N/A | ||
PAP win (new seat) |