Brickworks Constituency
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{{Infobox constituency
| name = Brickworks
| type = Single Member
| parl_name = Parliament of Singapore
| image =
| region = Singapore
| electorate =
| year = 1976
| abolished = 1988
| seats = 1
| party =
| member = Constituency Abolished
| local_council_label = Town Council
| local_council =
| next = Brickworks GRC
}}
Brickworks Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1976 to 1988. It merged part of Leng Kee and Pasir Panjang.
History
In 1988, the constituency was merged into Brickworks GRC following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and Single Member Constituency (SMC).{{Cite news |date=15 June 1988 |title=13 GRCs for next general election |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19880615-1.2.2 |access-date=13 March 2025 |work=The Straits Times |page=1 |via=NewspaperSG}}
Member of Parliament
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Election | Member | colspan="2" |Party |
colspan=4 style="background:black; color:white;" | Formation | ||
1976
| rowspan="3" |Ahmad Mattar | rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}}" | | rowspan="3" |PAP | ||
1980 | ||
1984 | ||
colspan=4 style="background:black; color:white;" | Constituency abolished (1988) |
Elections
{{small|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%.}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=General Election 1976{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1976.html#B|access-date=2021-05-06|website=eld.gov.sg}}}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Ahmad Mattar|party=People's Action Party|percentage=73.99|votes=9,871}}
{{Election box candidate no change|candidate=Tung Tao-Chang alias Shums|party=United Front|percentage=26.01|votes=3,470}}
{{Election box majority no change|percentage=47.98|votes=6,401}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|reg. electors=14,062}}{{Election box turnout no change with votes|votes=13,341|percentage=94.87}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner=People's Action Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General Election 1980{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1980.html#B|access-date=2021-05-06|website=eld.gov.sg}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|party=People's Action Party|candidate=Ahmad Mattar}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=13,054|change={{decrease}}7.17}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=People's Action Party}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin|title=General Election 1984{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1984.html#B|access-date=2021-05-06|website=eld.gov.sg}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Ahmad Mattar|votes=8,389|percentage=66.27|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Workers' Party of Singapore|candidate=Mohd Taib B Saffar|votes=4,270|percentage=33.73|change=N/A|}}
{{Election box majority||votes=4,119|percentage=32.54|change=N/A}}
{{Election box registered electors||reg. electors=13,571|change={{increase}}3.96}}{{Election box turnout||votes=12,659|percentage=93.28|change=N/A}}{{Election box hold with party link||winner=People's Action Party|swing=N/A}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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Category:Singaporean electoral divisions
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