Brickworks Constituency
| Brickworks | |
|---|---|
| Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1976 |
| Abolished | 1988 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member | Constituency Abolished |
| Replaced by | Brickworks GRC |
Brickworks Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1976 to 1988. It merged part of Leng Kee and Pasir Panjang.
History
In 1988, the constituency was merged into Brickworks GRC following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and Single Member Constituency (SMC).[1]
Member of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
| Formation | |||
| 1976 | Ahmad Mattar | PAP | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | |||
| Constituency abolished (1988) | |||
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).
Elections in 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ahmad Mattar | 9,871 | 73.99 | ||
| United Front | Tung Tao-Chang alias Shums | 3,470 | 26.01 | ||
| Majority | 47.98 | 6,401 | |||
| Total valid votes | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 13,341 | 94.87 | |||
| Registered electors | 14,062 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ahmad Mattar | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 13,054 | 7.17 | |||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ahmad Mattar | 8,389 | 66.27 | N/A | |
| WP | Mohd Taib B Saffar | 4,270 | 33.73 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,119 | 32.54 | N/A | ||
| Total valid votes | 12,659 | 97.75 | N/A | ||
| Rejected ballots | 292 | 2.25 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 12,951 | 95.43 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 13,571 | 3.96 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
References
- ^ "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times. 15 June 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1984 > Brickworks". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 17 November 2025.