Tanglin Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in the city area of Singapore. The constituency was formed in 1951 and was abolished in 1997.

History

In 1951, the Tanglin Constituency was formed by carving up

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. In 1955, parts of the constituency were divided to form Cairnhill, Havelock and Queenstown constituencies. In 1959, it was further divided to form

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and Ulu Pandan constituencies. In 1988, it was renamed as Tanglin Single Member Constituency as part of Singapore's political reforms. In 1997, it was abolished and merged into

Kreta Ayer–Tanglin Group Representation Constituency Kreta Ayer–Tanglin Group Representation Constituency was a former four-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in southwestern Singapore. History The GRC was formed in 1997 by splitting up Kampong Glam GRC and incorporating Kreta ...

Member of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Note: Thio Chan Bee, the then incumbent of this ward had contested in the previous general election under

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's banner, which had subsequently joined with

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in this GE whereby another party,

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is one of the alliance member who had stood against him in 1959 GE, Tanglin SMC as well.

Elections in the 1950s

Note:

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and MIC together with

was informally formed as an alliance in 1961, where it still within this term of election which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Ahmad as a candidate for

Historical maps

File:Tanglin 1955 Singaporean GE.svg, 1955 General Elections

References

1984 GE's result
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