Tiong Bahru Group Representation Constituency
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The Tiong Bahru Group Representation Constituency (GRC) was a three-member
group representation constituency A group representation constituency (GRC) is a type of electoral division or constituency in Singapore in which teams of candidates, instead of individual candidates, compete to be elected into Parliament as the Members of Parliament (MPs) for th ...
in Singapore that existed from 1988 to 1991, consisting of the pre-GRC constituencies of Anson, Henderson, and Tiong Bahru. It was replaced by
Tanjong Pagar GRC The Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in Central Region, Singapore, Central and West Region, Singapore, Western Singapore. The five divisions consists: Buona Vista, Telok Bl ...
after one term in Parliament. The Members of Parliament (MPs) for this GRC were Ch'ng Jit Koon,
Chng Hee Kok Chng Hee Kok (born 1948) was a Member of the 6th, 7th 8th and 9th Parliaments of Singapore, where he has been in Radin Mas from 1984 to 1988, Tiong Bahru GRC (Radin Mas) from 1988 to 1991, Tampines GRC (Changkat South) from 1991 to 1997 and East ...
and S Vasoo from the
People's Action Party The People's Action Party (PAP) is a major Conservatism, conservative political party in Singapore and is the governing contemporary political party represented in the Parliament of Singapore, followed by the opposition Workers' Party of Singap ...
(PAP).


History

In 1991, Tiong Bahru GRC was merged into a new GRC,
Tanjong Pagar GRC The Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in Central Region, Singapore, Central and West Region, Singapore, Western Singapore. The five divisions consists: Buona Vista, Telok Bl ...
.


Members of Parliament


Electoral results


Elections in the 1980s


References

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