Tanjong Pagar Single Member Constituency

Tanjong Pagar Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in Tanjong Pagar, Singapore. The constituency was formed in 1955 and was abolished in 1991. It was one of the longest-surviving constituencies since the pre-independence era, and also one of the traditional safe seat for the incumbent governing People's Action Party. Tanjong Pagar was held by Lee Kuan Yew, the first throughout its constituency's presence until its abolishment, and Tanjong Pagar has since become a group representation constituency afterwards.

History

In 1955, the Tanjong Pagar constituency was formed from the City and Keppel constituencies, and has took in the former constituencies of Sepoy Lines in 1976 and Anson in 1988 over time. In 1991, after Lee become Senior minister, his ward was upgraded into a GRC of the same name by incorporating the neighbouring Tiong Bahru GRC, which also carries the namesake division until the 2011 election, in which it was now called Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru.

The incumbent Lee had originally considered for Tanglin, but he settled for Tanjong Pagar due to its strong dockworker base and welfare networks. Throughout its lifetime, Lee had overwhelmingly re-elected in very strong margins and polled among the top-performing constituency in five out of six elections (1984 was the only exception due to a walkover), including a record-breaking score of 94.34% in 1968. After Tanjong Pagar becomes a GRC in 1991, Tanjong Pagar enjoyed walkovers in subsequent elections until its first contest in 24 years in 2015, six months after the death of its original MP Lee, after serving Tanjong Pagar for a record six decades in service, hence 1988 was the last election where Lee had a contest.

Member of Parliament

Electoral results

Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).

Historical maps

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  1955 General Election

References

• 1988 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
• 1963 General Election's result
• 1959 General Election's result
• 1955 General Election's result

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