Sembawang Single Member Constituency

Sembawang Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 三巴旺單選區;Simplified Chinese: 三巴旺单选区) is a defunct single member constituency in Sembawang, Singapore that is formed in 1955 and continues throughout till 1988 where it is one of the founding ward of the larger Sembawang Group Representation Constituency and continues throughout as present ward.

Members of Parliament

• Ahmad bin Ibrahim (1955–1962)
• Teong Eng Siong (1963–1979)
• Tony Tan Keng Yam (1979–1988)

Candidates and results

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1984: Sembawang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Tony Tan Keng Yam	15,948	77.42	-4.13
	Independent	Stanley Mariadass	4,652	22.58	+22.58
Turnout			21,304	95.4	+0.2
	PAP hold		Swing	-4.13

General Election 1980: Sembawang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Tony Tan Keng Yam	13,415	81.55	-2.02
	United People's Front	Harbans Singh	3,035	18.45	+2.02
Turnout			16,932	95.2	+0.6
	PAP hold		Swing	-2.02

Elections in 1970s

1979 By Election: Sembawang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Tony Tan Keng Yam	12,824	78.42	-5.15
	United People's Front	Harbans Singh	3,528	21.58	+5.15
Turnout			16,714	94.6	-0.2
	PAP hold		Swing	-5.15

General Election 1976: Sembawang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Teong Eng Siong	13,661	83.57	+6.21
	United People's Front	Mohd Arif bin Sahul Hameed	2,685	16.43	+16.43
Turnout			16,767	94.8	+2.7
	PAP hold		Swing	+6.21

General Election 1972: Sembawang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Teong Eng Siong	8,466	77.36
	United National Front	Mohd Arif bin Sahul Hameed	2,478	22.64
Turnout			11,251	92.1
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1968: Sembawang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Teong Eng Siong	Walkover
Turnout			11,220
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1963: Sembawang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Teong Eng Siong	3,745	42.17	-12.52
	BS	Chen Poh Chang	3,591	40.43	+40.43
	SA	Appavoo Pakri	1,197	13.48	-20.10
	UPP	Low Seng Wan	348	3.92	+3.92
Turnout			8,930	95.7	+6
	PAP hold		Swing	-12.52

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Sembawang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ahmad bin Ibrahim	4,316	54.69	-8.55
	MIC	Vangadaslam Jayaram	1,566	19.84	+19.84
	SPA	Chew Seng	1,084	13.74	+13.74
	LSP	Lau Sai Seng	926	11.73	+11.73
Turnout			7,948	89.7	+25.7
	PAP hold		Swing	-8.55

Note: The then incumbent Ahmad bin Ibrahim ran for the election in the same seat again, but he had joined the People's Action Party before the 1959 election. He died in 1962, which made this election the last he contested.^[1]

Note 2: MIC is allied with Singapore's UMNO and MCA chapters, similar to its Malaysian counterpart with the exception of not using the alliance symbol which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Vangadaslam Jayaram as an independent candidate.

General Election 1955: Sembawang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ahmad bin Ibrahim	4,281	63.24
	PP	Lee Kim Kee	2,488	36.76
Turnout			6,835	64.0
	Independent win (new seat)

References

1. Summary of Ahmad bin Ibrahim's election records.

• 1984 GE's result
• 1980 GE's result
• 1976 GE's result
• 1972 GE's result
• 1968 GE's result
• 1963 GE's result
• 1959 GE's result
• 1955 GE's result