Hougang Single Member Constituency
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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.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Tang Guang Seng (1988 – 1991)
- Low Thia Khiang (1991 – )
[edit] Candidates and results
| Election | Seats | Voters | Party | Candidate(s) | Votes | Votes % | |
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| 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 | |||
| edit | Constituencies of Singapore |  |
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| Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs)
Aljunied (5) | Ang Mo Kio (6) | Bishan-Toa Payoh (5) | East Coast (5) | Holland-Bukit Timah (5) | Hong Kah (5) | Jalan Besar (5) | Jurong (5) | Marine Parade (6) | Pasir Ris-Punggol (6) | Sembawang (6) | Tampines (5) | Tanjong Pagar (6) | West Coast (5) |
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| Single Member Constitutencies (SMCs)
Bukit Panjang | Chua Chu Kang | Hougang | Joo Chiat | MacPherson | Nee Soon Central | Nee Soon East | Potong Pasir | Yio Chu Kang |
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| Former or defunct constituencies Cheng San (5)
Alexandra | Aljunied | Ang Mo Kio | Anson | Ayer Rajah | Bedok | Bedok (4) | Bo Wen | Boon Lay | Boon Teck | Braddell Heights | Bras Basah | Brickworks | Brickworks (4) | Bukit Batok | Bukit Gombak | Bukit Ho Swee | Bukit Merah | Bukit Timah | Bukit Timah (5) | Buona Vista | Cairnhill | Changi | Changkat | Cheng San | Cheng San (5) | Chong Boon | Clementi | Crawford | Delta | Eunos | Eunos (4) | Farrer Park | Fengshan | Geylang East | Geylang Serai | Geylang West | Havelock | Henderson | Holland-Bukit Panjang (5) | Hong Kah | Hong Lim | Jalan Besar | Jalan Kayu | Jurong | Kaki Bukit | Kallang | Kampong Chai Chee | Kampong Glam | Kampong Glam (4) | Kampong Kapor | Kampong Kembangan | Kampong Ubi | Katong | Kebun Baru | Khe Bong | Kim Keat | Kim Seng | Kolam Ayer | Kreta Ayer | Kreta Ayer-Tanglin (4) | Kuo Chuan | Leng Kee | Marine Parade | Moulmien | Mountbatten | Nee Soon | Nee Soon South | Pasir Panjang | Pasir Panjang (3) | Pasir Ris (4) | Paya Lebar | Punggol | Punggol-Tampines | Queenstown | Radin Mas | River Valley | Rochore | Seletar | Sembawang | Sepoy Lines | Serangoon Gardens | Siglap | Stamford | Southern Islands | Tampines | Tanah Merah | Tanglin | Tanjong Pagar | Teck Ghee | Telok Ayer | Telok Blangah | Thomson | Thomson (4) | Tiong Bahru (3) | Toa Payoh | Toa Payoh (3) | Ulu Bedok | Ulu Pandan | Upper Serangoon | West Coast | Whampoa | Yuhua
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