Alexandra Single Member Constituency

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Not to be confused with the later Alexandra Single Member Constituency.

Alexandra
Former Single Member Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Former constituency
Created1968
Abolished1988
Seats1
PartyPAP logo variation.svg People's Action Party
Member(s)Tan Soo Khoon
Replaced byBrickworks GRC

Alexandra Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1968 to 1988 and was replaced by Brickworks GRC. It absorbed Queenstown constituency.

Members of Parliament[]

Election Division Member of Parliament Party
1968 Alexandra PAP
1972
1976 Tan Soo Khoon
1980
1984
1988
1991
1997

Electoral results[]

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 1960s[]

General Election 1968: Alexandra[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Unopposed
Registered electors 13,317
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in the 1970s[]

General Election 1972: Alexandra[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Wong Lin Ken 17,965 77.52 N/A
WP Wong Kui Yu 3,782 16.32 N/A
UNF S. A. Hamid 1,427 6.16 N/A
Majority 14,183 61.2 N/A
Registered electors 24,499 Increase83.97
Turnout 23,174 94.59 N/A
PAP hold Swing N/A
General Election 1976: Alexandra[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Tan Soo Khoon 12,413 75.90 Decrease1.62
WP Chua Boon Eng Edward 3,941 24.10 N/A
Majority 8,472 51.80 Decrease9.4
Registered electors 17,367 Decrease29.11
Turnout 16,354 94.17 Decrease0.42
PAP hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s[]

General Election 1980: Alexandra[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Tan Soo Khoon Unopposed
Registered electors 18,163 Increase4.58
PAP hold
General Election 1984: Alexandra[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Tan Soo Khoon 12,172 66.79
WP J C Corera 6,053 33.21
Majority 6,119 33.58
Turnout 18,225 92.65
Registered electors 19,670
PAP hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ^ "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. ^ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  5. ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 May 2021.


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