Rochore Constituency

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Rochore was a constituency in Singapore that existed from 1951 until 1988.^[1] The constituency was represented in the Legislative Council from 1951 until 1955, in the Legislative Assembly from 1955 until 1965, and in Parliament from 1965 until 1988. It elected one member of Parliament.

The constituency was first held by the Labour Party from 1951 until 1955, and was followed by the Labour Front from 1955 until 1959. After 1959, Rochore became a People's Action Party stronghold with Toh Chin Chye serving as its Member of Parliament from 1959 until 1988.

Constituency changes[]

Members of Parliament[]

Election	Member	Party
Legislative Council of Singapore
1951	Caralapati Raghaviah Dasaratha Raj		Labour Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955	Tan Theng Chiang		Labour Front
1959	Toh Chin Chye		People's Action Party
1963
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Toh Chin Chye		People's Action Party
1972
1976
1980
1984

Electoral results[]

Elections in the 1980s[]

Elections in the 1970s[]

General Election 1976: Rochore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Toh Chin Chye	9,053	65.50	5.10
	BS	Lee Siew Choh	4,768	34.50	5.10
Majority			4,285	31.00	10.20
Turnout			14,172	91.9	0.8
	PAP hold		Swing	5.10

Elections in the 1960s[]

General Election 1963: Rochore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Toh Chin Chye	5,015	45.56	26.20
	BS	Lee Siew Choh	4,926	44.75
	UPP	Pan Tiek Tai	1,067	9.69
Majority			89	0.81	51.10
Turnout			11,117	95.0	4.2
	PAP hold		Swing	26.20

Elections in the 1950s[]

General Election 1959: Rochore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Toh Chin Chye	7,995	71.76
	SPA	Konnolil C. Thomas	2,212	19.85
	LSP	Tan Soo Wan	934	8.39
Majority			5,121	51.91
Turnout			11,287	90.8	37.7
	PAP gain from LF		Swing

General Election 1955: Rochore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LF	Tan Theng Chiang	2,929	46.25
	DP	Ong Eng Lian	1,897	29.95
	PP	Soh Ghee Soon	1,507	23.80
Majority			1,032	16.30
Turnout			6,414	53.1	8
	LF gain from Labour Party		Swing

Historical maps[]

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  1955 General Election

References[]