Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency

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Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency.
Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency.
Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency's election poster for the 2006 general election. The top features the People's Action Party's candidate, Sitoh Yih Pin and the bottom shows the incumbent Member of Parliament for the seat who is the Singapore Democratic Alliance's Chiam See Tong.
Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency's election poster for the 2006 general election. The top features the People's Action Party's candidate, Sitoh Yih Pin and the bottom shows the incumbent Member of Parliament for the seat who is the Singapore Democratic Alliance's Chiam See Tong.

Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency (波东巴西单选区) is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) in the central region of Singapore. The SMC encompasses Potong Pasir, Lorong 8 Toa Payoh and Sennett Estate. The constituency has existed since 1968. Its current Member of Parliament is opposition party Singapore Democratic Alliance's chairman, Chiam See Tong. Chiam has been the Member of Parliament for Potong Pasir SMC since 1984, when People's Action Party candidate Mah Bow Tan (who is currently the Minister for National Development) lost to the former in the 1984 general election. The seat is a hotly contested seat in the general elections. In the 2001 general election, Chiam See Tong won the seat by 751 votes to People's Action Party's Sitoh Yih Pin, clinching 52.4% of the votes. Chiam subsequently improved his winning margin to 55.8% in the 2006 general election.

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Election Seats Voters Party Candidate(s) Votes Votes %
Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency
Singapore general election, 1968 1 11,782 PAP Sellappa Ramaswamy Walkover Walkover
Singapore general election, 1972 1 13,103 PAP Baptist Ivan Cuthbert 7,772 66.22
UNF Harnek Singh 573 4.89
WP Rajaratnam Murugason 3,391 28.89
Singapore general election, 1976 1 14,167 PAP Baptist Ivan Cuthbert 9,667 74.83
WP Quek Doh Lam 3,252 25.17
Singapore parliamentary by-election, 1979 1 14,707 PAP Howe Yoon Chong 9,056 66.85
INDP Chiam See Tong 4,491 33.15
Singapore general election, 1980 1 10,068 PAP Howe Yoon Chong 5,509 59.05
SDP Chiam See Tong 3,821 40.95
Singapore general election, 1984 1 17,915 PAP Mah Bow Tan 6,674 39.72
SDP Chiam See Tong 10,128 60.28
Singapore general election, 1988 1 19,852 PAP Kenneth Chen Koon Lap 6,893 36.87
SDP Chiam See Tong 11,804 63.13
Singapore general election, 1991 1 19,263 PAP Andy Gan Lai Chiang 5,486 30.36
SDP Chiam See Tong 12,582 69.64
Singapore general election, 1997 1 18,759 PAP Andy Gan Lai Chiang 7,895 44.85
SPP Chiam See Tong 9,709 55.15
Singapore general election, 2001 1 16,616 PAP Sitoh Yih Pin 7,356 47.57
SDA Chiam See Tong 8,107 52.43
Singapore general election, 2006 1 15,888 PAP Sitoh Yih Pin 6,527 44.18
SDA Chiam See Tong 8,245 55.82


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