Hougang Single Member Constituency

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 Hougang Single Member Constituency.
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Hougang Single Member Constituency.
The People's Action Party poster in the 2006 general election with its candidate Eric Low. The opponent is the Workers' Party Low Thia Khiang who is the incumbent Member of Parliament for the seat.
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The People's Action Party poster in the 2006 general election with its candidate Eric Low. The opponent is the Workers' Party Low Thia Khiang who is the incumbent Member of Parliament for the seat.

Hougang Single Member Constituency (Hougang SMC) (后港单选区) is a Single Member Constituency whose borders roughly enclose the town of Hougang, located in the north-eastern area of Singapore. The boundary includes a portion of Hougang and is an opposition held seat with its Member of Parliament the Workers' Party's Low Thia Khiang. The constituency was formed in 1988 and was held by the People's Action Party (PAP) until the 1991 general election, when the ruling party lost the seat to the Workers' Party. The seat is one of the two opposition seats of the Parliament of Singapore in the country. Despite Singapore's current dominant-party system, Hougang SMC has been difficult to recapture by the PAP since losing the constituency in 1991.

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Election Seats Voters Party Candidate(s) Votes Votes %
Hougang Single Member Constituency
Singapore general election, 1988 1 21,703 PAP Tang Guan Seng 11,983 59.0
WP Lim Chiu Liang 8,342 41.0
Singapore general election, 1991 1 21,476 PAP Tang Guan Seng 9,487 47.2
WP Low Thia Khiang 10,621 52.8
Singapore general election, 1997 1 24,423 PAP Heng Chee How 9,736 42.0
WP Low Thia Khiang 13,458 58.0
Singapore general election, 2001 1 23,320 PAP Eric Low Siak Meng 9,882 45.0
WP Low Thia Khiang 12,070 55.0
Singapore general election, 2006 1 23,741 PAP Eric Low Siak Meng 8,308 37.26
WP Low Thia Khiang 13,989 62.74


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