Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency
Potong Pasir | |
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Single Member Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | Northeastern Singapore |
Electorate | 17,407 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1968 |
Member(s) | Sitoh Yih Pin |
Town Council | Jalan Besar |
Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency (Chinese: 波东巴西单选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perseorangan Potong Pasir; Tamil: பொத்தோங் பாசிர் தனித்தொகுதி) is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) in the central region of Singapore.
History
The SMC encompasses Potong Pasir, Part of Lorong 8 Toa Payoh ,Sennet private estate and Tannery. The constituency has existed since 1968. The People's Action Party's Sitoh Yi Pin has been the Member of Parliament for Potong Pasir SMC since 2011.
The constituency's most famous MP is opposition leader Chiam See Tong when People's Action Party candidate Mah Bow Tan (who would later become a Cabinet Minister) lost to the former in the 1984 general election.
The seat is a hotly contested seat in the general elections. In the 2001 general election, Chiam See Tong won the seat by 751 votes to People's Action Party's Sitoh Yih Pin, clinching 52.4% of the votes. Chiam subsequently improved his winning margin to 55.8% in the 2006 general election.
The PAP gained the seat in 2011 when the party's Sitoh Yih Pin defeated Chiam's successor in Potong Pasir, Lina Loh Woon Lee, also Chiam's wife, but on a marginal percentage of 0.72%.
Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament | Party | Dates | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sellappa Ramaswamy | PAP | 1968 – 1972 | ||
Baptist Ivan Cuthbert | PAP | 1972 – 1979 | ||
Howe Yoon Chong | PAP | 1979 – 1984 | ||
Chiam See Tong | SDP | 1984 – 1996 | ||
SPP | 1996 – 2001 | |||
SDA | 2001 – 2011 | |||
SPP, SDA | 2011 – 2011 | |||
Sitoh Yih Pin | PAP | 2011 – | Incumbent | |
Candidates and results
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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PAP | Sitoh Yih Pin | 10,581 | 66.41 | +16.05 | |
SPP | Loh Woon Lee Lina | 5,353 | 33.59 | -16.05 | |
Majority | 5,228 | 32.10 | +31.30 | ||
Rejected ballots | 224 | 1.39 | |||
Turnout | 16,158 | 92.82 | |||
Registered electors | 17,407 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | +16.05 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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PAP | Sitoh Yih Pin | 7,992 | 50.4 | +6.2 | |
SPP | Loh Woon Lee Lina | 7,878 | 49.6 | -6.2 | |
Majority | 114 | 0.8 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 16,112 | 93.0 | -1.1 | ||
PAP gain from SPP | Swing | +6.2 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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SDA | Chiam See Tong | 8,245 | 55.8 | +3.4 | |
PAP | Sitoh Yih Pin | 6,527 | 44.2 | -3.4 | |
Majority | 1,718 | 11.6 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 14,958 | 94.1 | -4.8 | ||
SDA hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDA | Chiam See Tong | 8,107 | 52.4 | -2.8 | |
PAP | Sitoh Yih Pin | 7,356 | 47.6 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 751 | 4.8 | -5.6 | ||
Turnout | 15,463 | 98.9 | +3.8 | ||
SDA hold | Swing | -2.8 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SPP | Chiam See Tong | 9,709 | 55.2 | -14.4 | |
PAP | Andy Gan Lai Chiang | 7,895 | 44.8 | +14.4 | |
Majority | 1,814 | 10.30 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17,884 | 95.1 | |||
SPP gain from SDP | Swing | -14.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP | Chiam See Tong | 12,582 | 69.6 | +6.5 | |
PAP | Andy Gan Lai Chiang | 5,486 | 30.4 | -6.5 | |
Majority | 7,096 | 39.2 | +13.0 | ||
Turnout | 18,325 | 95.1 | -0.3 | ||
SDP hold | Swing | +6.5 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP | Chiam See Tong | 11,804 | 63.1 | +2.8 | |
PAP | Kenneth Chen Koon Lap | 6,893 | 36.9 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 4,911 | 26.2 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | 18,697 | 95.4 | +0.1 | ||
SDP hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP | Chiam See Tong | 10,128 | 60.3 | +19.3 | |
PAP | Mah Bow Tan | 6,674 | 39.7 | -19.3 | |
Majority | 3,454 | 20.6 | +38.6 | ||
Turnout | 17,078 | 95.3 | +1.1 | ||
SDP gain from PAP | Swing | +19.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Howe Yoon Chong | 5,509 | 59.0 | -7.9 | |
SDP | Chiam See Tong | 3,821 | 41.0 | +7.9 | |
Majority | 1,688 | 18.0 | -31.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,486 | 94.2 | +0.6 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | -15.8 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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PAP | Howe Yoon Chong | 9,056 | 66.9 | -7.9 | |
Independent | Chiam See Tong | 4,491 | 33.1 | +33.1 | |
Majority | 4,565 | 33.7 | -15.8 | ||
Turnout | 13,845 | 94.2 | +0.6 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | -7.98 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Ivan Cuthbert Baptist | 9,667 | 74.8 | +8.6 | |
WP | Quek Doh Lam | 3,252 | 25.2 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 6,415 | 49.6 | +12.3 | ||
Turnout | 13,255 | 93.6 | +2.1 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Ivan Cuthbert Baptist | 7,772 | 66.2 | +66.2 | |
WP | Rajaratnam Murugason | 3,391 | 28.9 | +28.9 | |
United National Front | Harnek Singh | 573 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 4,381 | 37.3 | |||
Turnout | 11,990 | 91.5 | |||
PAP hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Sellappa Rawasamy | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 11,782 | ||||
PAP win (new seat) | |||||
References
- 2011 General Election's result
- 2006 General Election's result
- 2001 General Election's result
- 1984 General Election's result
- 1980 General Election's result
- 1976 General Election's result
- 1972 General Election's result
- 1968 General Election's result