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Kreta Ayer Single Member Constituency

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Kreta Ayer
Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Current constituency
Created1959
Seats1
Member(s)Constituency Abolished
Town CouncilJalan Besar
Tanjong Pagar
Replaced byJalan 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

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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

Elections

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Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.

Elections in the 1950s

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General Election 1959: Kreta Ayer
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

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