Delta Constituency

{{Short description|Former constituency in Singapore}}

{{More footnotes needed|date=March 2025}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{EngvarB|date=July 2019}}{{Infobox constituency

| type = Single Member

| name = Delta

| year = 1959

| parl_name = Parliament of Singapore

| member = Constituency Abolished

| abolished = 1988

| seats = 1

| party =

| image =

| region = Singapore

| electorate =

| local_council_label = Town Council

| local_council = Tanjong Pagar

| next = Tanjong Pagar GRC

}}

Delta Constituency was a constituency in Singapore from 1959 to 1988. It was originally part of Havelock Constituency.

History

In 1988, the constituency was dissolved 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 |pages=1 |via=NewspaperSG}}

Member of Parliament

class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
Election Membercolspan="2" |Party
colspan=4 bgcolor=black |Formation
colspan="4" |Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959

| rowspan="2" |Chan Choy Siong

| bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |PAP

1963
colspan="4" |Parliament of Singapore
1968

|Chan Choy Siong

| bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" rowspan="5" |

| rowspan="5" |PAP

1972

| rowspan="4" |Yeo Choo Kok

1976
1980
1984
colspan=4 bgcolor=black |Constituency abolished (1988)

Electoral results

{{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%.}}

= Elections in the 1950s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1959: Delta}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Chan Choy Siong|votes=9,301|percentage=69.45|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Socialist Party|candidate=Lim Ah Lee|votes=2,308|percentage=17.23|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Malayan Chinese Association|candidate=Chia Chee Buang|votes=1,212|percentage=9.05|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Singapore People's Alliance|candidate=N. Munusamy|votes=571|percentage=4.27|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=6,993|percentage=52.22|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=13,392|percentage=89.55|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 14,954

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = People's Action Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1960s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1963: Delta}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Chan Choy Siong|votes=5,417|percentage=40.53|change=-29.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Barisan Sosialis|candidate=Wee Toon Lip|votes=5,354|percentage=40.07|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United People's Party (Singapore)|candidate=Chen Chia Kuang|votes=2,233|percentage=16.71|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Wong Kui Yu|votes=359|percentage=2.69|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=63|percentage=0.46|change=-51.76}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=13,363|percentage=95.20|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 14,037

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing =}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1968: Delta}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Chan Choy Siong|votes=Uncontested|percentage=—}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 17,715

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1970s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1972: Delta}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Yeo Choo Kok|votes=9,149|percentage=70.72|change=+30.19}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Workers' Party of Singapore|candidate=Wong Hong Toy|votes=2,186|percentage=16.90|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Barisan Sosialis|candidate=A. Rahim|votes=1,602|percentage=12.38|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=6,963|percentage=53.82|change=+53.36}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=12,937|percentage=93.88|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 13,781

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing =}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1976: Delta}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Yeo Choo Kok|votes=10,636|percentage=76.40|change=+5.68}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Front (Singapore)|candidate=Ng Ho|votes=3,286|percentage=23.60}}

{{Election box majority||votes=7,350|percentage=52.80|change=-1.02}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=10,636|percentage=71.76|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 14,821

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing =}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1980s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1980: Delta}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Yeo Choo Kok|votes=Uncontested|percentage=—}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 14,830

}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1984: Delta}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Yeo Choo Kok|votes=7,987|percentage=58.72|change=-17.68}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Workers' Party of Singapore|candidate=Chua Chwee Huat Peter|votes=5,614|percentage=41.28|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=2,373|percentage=17.44|change=-35.36}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=13,601|percentage=91.90|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 14,800

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing =}}

{{Election box end}}

References

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  • [https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1984.html#D 1984 Parliamentary General Election result]
  • [https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1980.html#D 1980 Parliamentary General Election result]
  • [https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1976.html#D 1976 Parliamentary General Election result]
  • [https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1972.html#D 1972 Parliamentary General Election result]
  • [https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1968.html#D 1968 Parliamentary General Election result]
  • [https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1963.html#D 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election result]
  • [https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1959.html#D 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election result]

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