Bedok Constituency

Bedok
Former Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Former constituency
Created1976
Abolished1988
Seats1
Member(s)Constituency Abolished
Replaced byBedok GRC

Bedok Constituency was a single member constituency in Bedok South, Singapore. It was formed in 1976 general elections by craving a portion from Siglap constituency and continues throughout till prior to 1988 general elections where this constituency along with neighbouring constituencies namely: Kampong Chai Chee and Tanah Merah to form the Bedok Group Representation Constituency.

Member of Parliament

Year Member of Parliament Party
1976 Sha'ari bin Tadin PAP
1980 S Jayakumar
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 1970s

General Election 1976: Bedok[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Sha'ari bin Tadin 7,928 73.78
PF Sim Peng Kim[a] 2,818 26.22
Majority 5,110 47.56
Registered electors 11,310
Turnout 10,989 97.2
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Bedok[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP S Jayakumar 14,691 75.03 N/A
PKMS Abdul Rahman Bin Mohamed Zin 3,527 18.01 N/A
United People's Front Thomas Anthony Tay 1,362 6.96 N/A
Majority 11,164 57.02 Increase9.46
Registered electors 20,852 Increase84.37
Turnout 20,067 96.2 Decrease1.0
PAP hold Swing Increase1.25
General Election 1984: Bedok[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP S Jayakumar 10,972 68.95 Decrease6.08
DPP Lee Chin Teck 4,941 31.05 N/A
Majority 6,031 37.9 Decrease19.12
Registered electors 17,074 Decrease18.12
Turnout 16,469 96.5 Increase0.3
PAP hold Swing Decrease6.08

Notes

  1. ^ By end of 1976, the remnants of People's Front had moved to United Front which was the reason for the elections department to view Sim Peng Kim as a candidate for United Front.

References

  1. ^ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ^ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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