Tanjong Pagar Single Member Constituency

Not to be confused with the present Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency which is way larger than this Tanjong Pagar Single Member Constituency (Tanjong Pagar SMC) by including it's nearby towns such as Tiong Bahru etc. .

Tanjong Pagar Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 丹戎巴葛單選區;Simplified Chinese: 丹戎巴葛单选区) is a former single member constituency in Tanjong Pagar, Singapore from 1955 to 1991 and absorbed into Tanjong Pagar GRC.

It was one of the longest surviving ward since pre-independence era and it has been People's Action Party's stronghold where Lee Kuan Yew have been winning his opponents by a huge margin.

Lee Kuan Yew is also til date the longest serving MP and politician in Singapore.

Members of Parliament

• Lee Kuan Yew (1955 - 1991)

Constituency Abolished (1991 – present)

(Still continues as a division of Tanjong Pagar in Tanjong Pagar GRC, but constituency abolished. However, presently in 2011 it had absorbed Tiong Bahru ward to become Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru ward. Despite so, this ward is still held by Lee Kuan Yew himself as of 2011.)

Candidates and Results

Elections in 1980s

Elections in 1970s

Elections in 1960s

Elections in 1950s

See also

• Lee Kuan Yew
• Tanjong Pagar GRC

Reference

• 1988 General Election's result
• 1984 General Election's result
• 1980 General Election's result
• 1976 General Election's result
• 1972 General Election's result
• 1968 General Election's result
• 1963 General Election's result
• 1959 General Election's result
• 1955 General Election's result