Kreta Ayer Single Member Constituency
| Kreta Ayer | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1959 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member | Constituency Abolished |
| Town Council | Jalan Besar Tanjong Pagar |
| Replaced by | Jalan Besar GRC Tanjong Pagar GRC |
Kreta Ayer Single Member Constituency was a constituency spanning Chinatown and Raffles Place in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1988 as Kreta Ayer Constituency and was renamed as Kreta Ayer Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of Singapore's political reforms. The SMC was merged into Kreta Ayer–Tanglin Group Representation Constituency in 1997.
Member of Parliament
| Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
| 1959 | Goh Keng Swee | PAP | |
| 1963 | |||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1968 | Goh Keng Swee | PAP | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1976 | |||
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | Richard Hu | ||
| 1988 | |||
| 1991 | |||
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 1950s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Goh Keng Swee | 9,313 | 73.35 | ||
| LSP | Pang Man Ming | 3,384 | 26.65 | ||
| Majority | 5,929 | 46.7 | |||
| Turnout | 12,995 | 91.69 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
References
- 1959 GE's result
- 1963 GE's result
- 1968 GE's result
- 1972 GE's result
- 1976 GE's result
- 1980 GE's result
- 1984 GE's result
- 1988 GE's result
- 1991 GE's result