Tampines Constituency

In the 1955 general elections, this ward started as part of Punggol–Tampines Constituency which consisted of largely present-day Hougang, Pasir Ris, Punggol, Sengkang, Simei and Tampines. These were considered rural areas of Singapore and had a very low population (there were only 6,628 voters then, of which only 3,886 of them turned out to vote).

In 1959, prior to the 1959 general election, the Punggol–Tampines Constituency was split into two constituencies, Punggol and Tampines Constituencies. Tampines constituency took on significant portions of Ulu Bedok Constituency and part of the original of the Punggol–Tampines Constituency to become one of the larger wards in eastern Singapore.

From 1968, no significant changes were made to the constituency until 1984 when Simei and part of Tampines (which is south of Tampines Avenue 2) formed the new Changkat Constituency due to the growing population in the fast-development in Tampines New Town. From 1984 to 1988, this ward then only consisted of present-day Tampines and Pasir Ris. The ward only contain the residents committees in Tampines that is north of Tampines Avenue 2.

In 1988, the constituency was merged into Tampines Group Representation Constituency 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}}

{{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 | title=General Election 1984: Tampines}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Action Party

|candidate = Phua Bah Lee

|votes = 13,163

|percentage = 72.34

|change = -13.58

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = United People's Front

|candidate = Kasim bin Ibrahim

|votes = 5,032

|percentage = 27.66

|change = +13.58

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8,131

|percentage = 44.68

|change = -27.16

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 19,060

|percentage = 97.0

|change = +1.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = -13.58

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Action Party

|candidate = Phua Bah Lee

|votes = 15,065

|percentage = 85.92

|change =

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{{Election box candidate|

|party = United People's Front

|candidate = Kasim bin Ibrahim

|votes = 2,469

|percentage = 14.08

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 12,596

|percentage = 71.84

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 18,108

|percentage = 95.4

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Action Party

|candidate = Phua Bah Lee

|votes = Walkover

|percentage =

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{{Election box majority|

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 15,559

|percentage =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Action Party

|candidate = Phua Bah Lee

|votes = 9,049

|percentage = 64.30

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Front (Singapore)

|candidate = Tan Sim Hock

|votes = 5,025

|percentage = 35.70

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,024

|percentage = 28.60

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 14,510

|percentage = 94.8

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1968: Tampines}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Action Party

|candidate = Phua Bah Lee

|votes = Walkover

|percentage =

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{{Election box majority|

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 12,703

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=By Election 1967: Tampines}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Action Party

|candidate = Chew Chin Han

|votes = Walkover

|percentage =

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{{Election box majority|

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 16,481

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = People's Action Party

|loser = Barisan Sosialis

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Barisan Sosialis

|candidate = Poh Ber Liak

|votes = 5,976

|percentage = 48.33

|change = +48.33

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Action Party

|candidate = Goh Chew Chua

|votes = 3,601

|percentage = 29.13

|change = -44.14

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United People's Party (Singapore)

|candidate = Liam Tian Seng

|votes = 2,130

|percentage = 17.23

|change = +17.23

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Singapore Alliance

|candidate = Lim Jew Kan

|votes = 656

|percentage = 5.31

|change = -14.73

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,375

|percentage = 19.2

|change = -42.47

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 12,486

|percentage = 95.0

|change = +4.9

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Barisan Sosialis

|loser = People's Action Party

|swing = -44.14

}}

{{Election box end}}

Notes: SPA joins UMNO-MCA-MIC alliance to form SA in 1963 GE.{{Cite web|url=https://sg-elections.com/political-parties/spa.html|title=Singapore People's Alliance|access-date=2011-05-20|archive-date=2021-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130123623/http://www.singapore-elections.com/political-parties/spa.html|url-status=live}}

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

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Action Party

|candidate = Goh Chew Chua

|votes = 7,461

|percentage = 73.27

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Singapore People's Alliance

|candidate = Ong Phi Hok

|votes = 2,041

|percentage = 20.04

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Lim Choo Ten

|votes = 681

|percentage = 6.69

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,420

|percentage = 53.3

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 10,334

|percentage = 90.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = People's Action Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

• Tampines GRC
• Tampines

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1984.html#T 1984 General Election's result]
• [https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1980.html#T 1980 General Election's result]
• [https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1976.html#T 1976 General Election's result]
• [https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1972.html#T 1972 General Election's result]
• [https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1968.html#T 1968 General Election's result]
• [https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_by1967.html 1967 By Election's result]
• [https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1963.html#T 1963 General Election's result]
• [https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1959.html#T 1959 General Election's result]
• [https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1955.html#P In 1955, it started with Punggol - Tampines]
• [https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1955/index.html Map of Punggol–Tampines ward in 1955]
• [https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1959/index.html Map of Tampines ward in 1959]
• [https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1963/index.html Map of Tampines ward in 1963]
• [https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1968/index.html Map of Tampines ward in 1968]
• [https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1972/index.html Map of Tampines ward in 1972]
• [https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1976/index.html Map of Tampines ward in 1976]
• [https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1980/index.html Map of Tampines ward in 1980]
• [https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1984/index.html Map of Tampines ward in 1984]
• [https://sg-elections.com/general-election/1988/index.html Map of Tampines GRC in 1988]

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