Farrer Park Single Member Constituency

Farrer Park Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1980. In the 1980 general elections, Farrer Park SMC was abolished.[1]

General Election 1976: Farrer Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lee Chiaw Meng Uncontested
Registered electors 11,949
General Election 1972: Farrer Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lee Chiaw Meng 8,521 73.82 -11.09
WP Jeyaretnam J. B. 2,668 23.11
UNF S. A. Latiff 354 3.07
Majority 5,853 50.71
Turnout 11,189 88.05
Registered electors 12,707
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1968: Farrer Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Lee Chiaw Meng 7,826 84.91 +29.21
Independent M. P. D. Nair 1,391 15.09
Majority 6,435 69.82
Turnout 9,217 89.57
Registered electors 10,290
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1963: Farrer Park[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP S.R. Dharmarajoo 5,365 55.7 +13.8
BS Lee Chin Siang 2,619 27.2
SA A.P. Rajah 1,232 12.8 -31.7
UPP Wee Kia Eng 414 4.3
Majority 2,746 28.5
Turnout 9,704 95.2
Registered electors 10,189
PAP gain from SA Swing
General Election 1959: Farrer Park[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent A.P. Rajah 4,077 44.5
PAP Tan Teck Ngiap 3,832 41.9 +8.8
Independent Soo-Tho Siu Hee 789 8.6
Independent Chan Kooi Chew 311 3.4
Independent Arthur Joseph 147 1.6
Majority 245 2.6
Turnout 9,291 90.3
Registered electors 10,293
Independent gain from LF Swing
General Election 1955: Farrer Park[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LF Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous 2,585 38.5
PAP Devan Nair 2,219 33.1
PP Eric Wee 1,784 26.6
Independent C.T.B. Unnithan 85 1.3
Independent Chua Kim Watt 37 0.6
Majority 366 5.4 N/A
Turnout 6,803 55.6
Registered electors 12,242
LF win (new seat)

References

  1. "Dr Lee dies". TODAY. 24 May 2001. p. 5.
  2. "THIS IS THE WAY THE VOTING WENT". The Straits Times. 22 September 1963. p. 2.
  3. "THE RESULTS: ALL YOU". The Straits Times. 31 May 1959. p. 4.
  4. "The Results". The Straits Times. 3 April 1955. p. 1.


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