Havelock Constituency
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{{Infobox constituency
| type = Single Member
| name = Havelock
| year = 1955
| abolished_label =
| parl_name = Parliament of Singapore
| member = constituency abolished
| abolished = 1984
| seats = 1
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| region = Havelock
| electorate =
| local_council_label = Town Council
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| next =
}}
Havelock Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1984.
History
In 1963, Loh Miaw Gong was elected as assemblyman for the Legislative Assembly of Singapore.{{Cite news |date=12 December 1963 |title=Ismail: MPs who try to subvert nation must face the consequences |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19631212-1.2.47.5 |access-date=21 November 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=6 |via=NewspaperSG}} However she was arrested under the Internal Security Act before she can assume her seat.
In 1967, Loh resigned her seat, along with four other Barisan Sosialis MP.{{Cite news |date=6 December 1966 |title=Five more Barisan MPs quit seats |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19661206-1.2.86 |access-date=21 November 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=12 |via=NewspaperSG}} A by-election was called in 1967 to fill in the seat.
In 1984, Havelock was merged with nearby constituencies, Telok Ayer and Kreta Ayer Constituencies.{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Siew Hua |date=21 August 1984 |title=MP bids his constituents goodbye |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19840821-1.2.29.6 |access-date=21 November 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=12 |via=NewspaperSG}}
Member of Parliament
| class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
|Election |Member of Parliament | colspan="2" |Party |
| colspan="4" |Legislative Assembly of Singapore |
|---|
| 1955
| bgcolor="{{party color|Labour Front}}" | |LF |
| 1959
|Peter Lau Por Tuck | bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" | |PAP |
| 1963
| bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Sosialis}}" | |BS |
| colspan="4" |Parliament of Singapore |
| 1963
(resigned in 1967) | bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" | |BS |
| 1967
| rowspan="2" |Lim Soo Peng | bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" rowspan="6" | | rowspan="6" |PAP |
| 1968 |
| 1970
| rowspan="4" |Hon Sui Sen |
| 1972 |
| 1976 |
| 1980 |
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%.}}
= Elections in 1950s =
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1955: Havelock{{Cite web |title=1955 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1955.html#H}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Front|candidate=Lim Yew Hock|votes=5,744|percentage=86.5|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Soh C.S.|votes=525|percentage=7.9|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Progressive Party (Singapore)|candidate=Chua Bock Kwee|votes=373|percentage=5.6|change=N/A}}
{{Election box majority||votes=5,219|percentage=78.6|change=N/A}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors = 12,835
|change=N/A}}
{{Election box total valid|votes=6,642|percentage=51.7|change=N/A}}
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{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Front
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1959: Havelock{{Cite web |title=1959 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1959.html#H}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Peter Lau Por Tuck|votes=9,227|percentage=63.6|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Ng See Thong|votes=3,562|percentage=24.6|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Singapore People's Alliance|candidate=Tan Theng Chiang|votes=963|percentage=6.6|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Malayan Chinese Association|candidate=Loke Kwok Sang|votes=433|percentage=3.0|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Socialist Party|candidate=Tan Ah Pak|votes=323|percentage=2.2|change=N/A}}
{{Election box majority||votes=5,665|percentage=39.0|change={{decrease}} 39.6}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors = 15,919
|change={{increase}} 24.0}}
{{Election box total valid|votes=14,508|percentage=91.1|change={{increase}}39.4}}
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|loser = Singapore People's Alliance
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in 1960s =
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1963: Havelock{{Cite web |title=1963 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1963.html#H}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Barisan Sosialis|candidate=Loh Miaw Gong|votes=6,304|percentage=44.1|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=People's Action Party|candidate=Wong Chun Choi|votes=4,157|percentage=29.0|change={{decrease}} 34.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United People's Party (Singapore)|candidate=Ng Chee Sen|votes=3,209|percentage=22.4|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Singapore Alliance|candidate=Lim Ser Puan|votes=641|percentage=4.5|change=N/A}}
{{Election box majority||votes=2,147|percentage=15.1|change={{decrease}} 23.9}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors = 15,159
|change={{decrease}} 4.8}}
{{Election box total valid|votes=14,311|percentage=94.4|change={{decrease}} 1.4}}
{{Election box rejected|votes = |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=|change= }}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Barisan Sosialis
|loser = People's Action Party
|swing = N/A}}
{{Election box end}}
Historical maps
File:Havelock 1955 Singaporean GE.svg|1955 General Election
References
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{{Constituencies of Singapore}}
Category:Singaporean electoral divisions
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