Sembawang Constituency
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{EngvarB|date=July 2019}}
{{distinguish|text=the later Sembawang Single Member Constituency}}
{{Infobox constituency
|type=Single Member
|name= Sembawang
|year=1955
|parl_name=Parliament of Singapore
|member= Constituency Abolished
|seats = 1
|party =
|image=
|region=Singapore
|electorate=
|local_council_label=Town Council
|local_council=Sembawang
|next = Sembawang GRC
}}
Sembawang Constituency was a single member constituency in Sembawang, Singapore that was formed in 1955 and continued until 1988 when it was merged into Sembawang Group Representation Constituency.
Member of Parliament
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Member of Parliament ! colspan="2" |Party |
| colspan="4" |Legislative Assembly of Singapore |
|---|
| 1955
| rowspan="2" |Ahmad Ibrahim | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | |Independent |
| 1959
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" | | rowspan="2" |PAP |
| 1963
|Teong Eng Siong |
| colspan="4" |Parliament of Singapore |
| 1968
| rowspan="3" |Teong Eng Siong | rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" | | rowspan="5" |PAP |
| 1972 |
| 1976 |
| 1980
| rowspan="2" |Tony Tan |
| 1984 |
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 the 1980s =
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1984: Sembawang}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = Tony Tan
|votes = 15,948
|percentage = 77.42
|change = -4.13
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Stanley Mariadass
|votes = 4,652
|percentage = 22.58
|change = +22.58
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 21,304
|percentage = 95.4
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing = -4.13
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1980: Sembawang}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = Tony Tan
|votes = 13,415
|percentage = 81.55
|change = -2.02
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = United People's Front
|candidate = Harbans Singh
|votes = 3,035
|percentage = 18.45
|change = +2.02
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 16,932
|percentage = 95.2
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing = -2.02
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in 1970s=
{{Election box begin | title=1979 By Election: Sembawang}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = Tony Tan
|votes = 12,824
|percentage = 78.42
|change = -5.15
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = United People's Front
|candidate = Harbans Singh
|votes = 3,528
|percentage = 21.58
|change = +5.15
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 16,714
|percentage = 94.6
|change = -0.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing = -5.15
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1976: Sembawang}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = Teong Eng Siong
|votes = 13,661
|percentage = 83.57
|change = +6.21
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = United People's Front
|candidate = Mohd Arif bin Sahul Hameed
|votes = 2,685
|percentage = 16.43
|change = +16.43
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 16,767
|percentage = 94.8
|change = +2.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing = +6.21
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1972: Sembawang}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = Teong Eng Siong
|votes = 8,466
|percentage = 77.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = United National Front
|candidate = Mohd Arif bin Sahul Hameed
|votes = 2,478
|percentage = 22.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,251
|percentage = 92.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in 1960s=
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1968: Sembawang}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = Teong Eng Siong
|votes = Walkover
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,220
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1963: Sembawang}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = Teong Eng Siong
|votes = 3,745
|percentage = 42.17
|change = -12.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Barisan Sosialis
|candidate = Chen Poh Chang
|votes = 3,591
|percentage = 40.43
|change = +40.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Singapore Alliance
|candidate = Appavoo Pakri
|votes = 1,197
|percentage = 13.48
|change = -20.10
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United People's Party (Singapore)
|candidate = Low Seng Wan
|votes = 348
|percentage = 3.92
|change = +3.92
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,930
|percentage = 95.7
|change = +6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing = -12.52
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in 1950s=
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1959: Sembawang}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = Ahmad Ibrahim
|votes = 4,316
|percentage = 54.69
|change = -8.55
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Malaysian Indian Congress
|candidate = Vangadaslam Jayaram
|votes = 1,566
|percentage = 19.84
|change = +19.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Singapore People's Alliance
|candidate = Chew Seng
|votes = 1,084
|percentage = 13.74
|change = +13.74
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Socialist Party
|candidate = Lau Sai Seng
|votes = 926
|percentage = 11.73
|change = +11.73
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,948
|percentage = 89.7
|change = +25.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People's Action Party
|swing = -8.55
}}
{{Election box end}}
Note: MIC is allied with Singapore's UMNO and MCA chapters, similar to its Malaysian counterpart with the exception of not using the alliance symbol which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Vangadaslam Jayaram as an independent candidate.
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1955: Sembawang}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ahmad Ibrahim
|votes = 4,281
|percentage = 63.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Progressive Party (Singapore)
|candidate = Lee Kim Kee
|votes = 2,488
|percentage = 36.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,835
|percentage = 64.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Independent (politician)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Historical maps
File:Sembawang 1955 Singaporean GE.svg|1955 General Election
References
{{reflist}}
- [http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1984.html#S 1984 GE's result]
- [http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1980.html#S 1980 GE's result]
- [http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1976.html#S 1976 GE's result]
- [http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1972.html#S 1972 GE's result]
- [http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1968.html#S 1968 GE's result]
- [http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1963.html#S 1963 GE's result]
- [http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1959.html#S 1959 GE's result]
- [http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1955.html#S 1955 GE's result]
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