Telok Blangah Single Member Constituency

Telok Blangah Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in Singapore. The constituency was formed in 1959 and was abolished in 1991.

History

In 1959, the Telok Blangah Constituency was formed.

The Constituency saw Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam contesting twice with increasing wins and nearly winning in the 1980 Singapore Election with 47% of the votes before he won in Anson in 1981.

In 1988, it was renamed as Telok Blangah Single Member Constituency as part of Singapore's political reforms. In 1991, it was abolished and merged into West Coast Group Representation Constituency.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959	John Mammen	PAP
1963	Bernard Rodrigues
Parliament of Singapore
1968	N. Naidu Govindasamy	PAP
1972
1976	Shaik Ahmad bin Abdul Haleem
1979	Rohan bin Kamis
1980
1984	Koh Lam Son
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 1950s

General Election 1959: Telok Blangah
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	John Mammen	5,803	50.4
	PKMS	Osman Gani	4,141	36.0
	Citizens' Party	Wee Kim Hock	1,230	10.7
	Independent	V. Mariappan	337	2.9
Majority	1,662	14.4
Registered electors	13,202
Turnout	11,511	87.2
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Telok Blangah
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Bernard Rodrigues	4,949	39.8	−10.6
	BS	Jukiri bin Parjo	4,327	34.8
	SA	ABDUL RAHMAN bin Mohamed Said	2,627	21.1	−14.9
	UPP	Tan Swee Huat	525	4.2
Majority	622	5.0
Registered electors	13,263
Turnout	12,551	94.6
	PAP hold	Swing	-10.6

General Election 1968: Telok Blangah
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	N. Naidu Govindasamy	Walkover	N/A
Registered electors	14,785
	PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Telok Blangah
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	N. Naidu Govindasamy	7,669	57.9
	WP	Zainul Abiddin Bin Mohd. Shah	4,714	35.6
	United National Front	M. Ramasamy	858	6.5
Majority	2,995	22.6
Registered electors	14,624
Turnout	13,241	90.5
	PAP hold

General Election 1976: Telok Blangah
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Shaik Ahmad bin Abdul Haleem	Walkover	N/A
Registered electors	14,225
	PAP hold

By-election 1979: Telok Blangah
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Rohan bin Kamis	12,687	61.2
	WP	Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam	8,036	38.8
Majority	4,651	22.4
Registered electors	22,202
Turnout	21,089	95.0
	PAP hold

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Telok Blangah
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Rohan bin Kamis	9,187	53.0	−8.2
	WP	Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam	8,141	47.0	+8.2
Majority	1,046	6.0
Turnout	17,592	96.1
	PAP hold	Swing	-8.2

General Election 1984: Telok Blangah
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Koh Lam Son	10,150	55.0	+2.0
	WP	Murugason Rajaratnam	8,299	45.0	−2.0
Majority	1,851	10.0
Turnout	18,771	96.0	−0.1
	PAP hold	Swing	+2.0

General Election 1988: Telok Blangah
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Koh Lam Son	11,160	64.2	+9.2
	WP	Tan Soo Phuan	6,220	35.8	−9.2
Majority	4,940	28.4
Turnout	17,732	95.3	−0.7
	PAP hold	Swing	+9.2