Bedok Constituency

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Not to be confused with Bedok Group Representation Constituency or Ulu Bedok Single Member Constituency.
Bedok
Former Single Member Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Former constituency
Created1976
Abolished1988
Seats1
PartyPAP logo variation.svg People's Action Party
Member(s)S Jayakumar
Replaced byBedok GRC

Bedok Constituency was a single member constituency in Bedok South, Singapore. It was formed in 1976 general elections by craving a portion from Siglap constituency and continues throughout till prior to 1988 general elections where this constituency along with neighbouring constituencies namely: Kampong Chai Chee and Tanah Merah to form the Bedok Group Representation Constituency.

Member of Parliament[]

Year Member of Parliament Party
1976 PAP
1980 S Jayakumar
1984

Elections[]

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 1970s[]

General Election 1976: Bedok[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP 7,928 73.78
PF Sim Peng Kim[a] 2,818 26.22
Majority 5,110 47.56
Registered electors 11,310
Turnout 10,989 97.2
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1980s[]

General Election 1980: Bedok[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP S Jayakumar 14,691 75.03 N/A
PKMS Abdul Rahman Bin Mohamed Zin 3,527 18.01 N/A
United People's Front Thomas Anthony Tay 1,362 6.96 N/A
Majority 11,164 57.02 Increase9.46
Registered electors 20,852 Increase84.37
Turnout 20,067 96.2 Decrease1.0
PAP hold Swing Increase1.25
General Election 1984: Bedok[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP S Jayakumar 10,972 68.95 Decrease6.08
DPP Lee Chin Teck 4,941 31.05 N/A
Majority 6,031 37.9 Decrease19.12
Registered electors 17,074 Decrease18.12
Turnout 16,469 96.5 Increase0.3
PAP hold Swing Decrease6.08

Notes[]

  1. ^ By end of 1976, the remnants of People's Front had moved to United Front which was the reason for the elections department to view Sim Peng Kim as a candidate for United Front.

References[]

  1. ^ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ^ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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