Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency
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{{Infobox constituency
| type = Group Representation
| name = Toa Payoh
| year = 1988
| parl_name = Parliament of Singapore
| member = Constituency Abolished
| seats = 4
| party =
| image =
| region = Singapore
| electorate =
| local_council_label = Town Council
| local_council =
| next = Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
}}
Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (GRC) was a defunct group representation constituency that from 1988 to 1997 comprised Kuo Chuan, Boon Teck and Toa Payoh, in the Central Region of Singapore. The MPs are Davinder Singh,
Ho Tat Kin and S. Dhanabalan.
Kim Keat Single Member Constituency was absorbed in the 1991 elections. In 1997, the ward was merged along with Thomson GRC to form Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC.
Ong would resign in 1993 to contest in the Presidential Election and later become the 5th President of Singapore. Subsequently, S Dhanabalan had retired from cabinet position in 1994. It was one of the constituencies without any anchor minister.{{Cite web|date=18 June 2020|title=From MP to president: What happens when my MP becomes the head of state?|url=https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/mp-president-what-happens-mp-becomes-head-state-halimah-yacob|access-date=6 January 2022|website=AsiaOne|language=en}}
Members of Parliament
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!Year !Division !Members of Parliament ! colspan="2" |Party |
| colspan="5" bgcolor="black" |Formation |
1988 ||
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| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Action Party}}" | || rowspan="2" | PAP |
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1991||
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| colspan="5" bgcolor="black" |Constituency abolished (1997) |
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{{note|1}}Ong Teng Cheong resigned as Member of Parliament in August 1993 to contest in the 1993 Presidential Elections. However, no by-election was called on the ground since it was a Group Representation Constituency, and the workload for the ward was distributed among the rest of the team.
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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 1980s =
{{Election box begin no change| title=General Election 1988: Toa Payoh GRC{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1988.html#T|access-date=6 January 2022|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = People's Action Party
|candidate = Wong Kan Seng
Ho Tat Kin
Davinder Singh
}}{{Election box registered electors no change|reg. electors=49,243}}
{{Election box new seat win no change|
|winner = People's Action Party
}}{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1990s =
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1991: Toa Payoh GRC{{Cite web|title=ELD {{!}} 1991 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary1991.html#T|access-date=6 January 2022|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link |party = People's Action Party
|candidate = S Dhanabalan
Ho Tat Kin
Davinder Singh
Ong Teng Cheong
}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=63,591|change={{increase}}29.14}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = People's Action Party
}}{{Election box end}}
References
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