Rochore | |
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Former constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Electorate | 14,164 (1984) |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1951 |
Abolished | 1988 |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | |
Replaced by | Kampong Glam SMC |
Rochore Constituency was a constituency in Singapore that existed from 1951 until 1988.[1] The constituency was represented in the Legislative Council from 1951 until 1955, in the Legislative Assembly from 1955 until 1965, and in Parliament from 1965 until 1988. It elected one member of Parliament.
The constituency was formed in 1951 by merging parts of the Municipal North–East Constituency and the Municipal South-West Constituency. The first election was won by Caralapati Raghaviah Dasaratha Raj of the Labour Party.
In 1955, parts of the constituency were carved out to form Cairnhill, Kampong Kapor and Stamford constituencies. The constituency was won by Tan Theng Chiang of the Labour Front.
In 1959, parts of the constituency were separated to form Crawford and Kampong Glam constituencies. It was then won by Toh Chin Chye of the People's Action Party. Toh will remain the Member of Parliament of the constituency till it merged into Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency in 1988.
Member of Parliament
Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
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Legislative Council of Singapore | |||
1951 | Caralapati Raghaviah Dasaratha Raj | LP | |
Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
1955 | Tan Theng Chiang | LF | |
1959 | Toh Chin Chye | PAP | |
1963 | |||
Parliament of Singapore | |||
1968 | Toh Chin Chye | PAP | |
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | |||
1984 |
Elections
Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Toh Chin Chye | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 14,164 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Toh Chin Chye | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 14,705 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Toh Chin Chye | 9,053 | 65.50 | ![]() | |
BS | Lee Siew Choh | 4,768 | 34.50 | ![]() | |
Majority | 4,285 | 31.00 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 14,172 | 91.9 | ![]() | ||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Toh Chin Chye | 6,218 | 60.40 | ||
BS | Lee Siew Choh | 4,076 | 39.60 | ||
Majority | 2,142 | 20.80 | |||
Turnout | 10,552 | 91.1 | |||
PAP hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Toh Chin Chye | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 12,222 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Toh Chin Chye | 5,015 | 45.56 | ![]() | |
BS | Lee Siew Choh | 4,926 | 44.75 | ||
UPP | Pan Tiek Tai | 1,067 | 9.69 | ||
Majority | 89 | 0.81 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 11,117 | 95.0 | ![]() | ||
PAP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Toh Chin Chye | 7,995 | 71.76 | ||
SPA | Konnolil C. Thomas | 2,212 | 19.85 | ||
LSP | Tan Soo Wan | 934 | 8.39 | ||
Majority | 5,121 | 51.91 | |||
Turnout | 11,287 | 90.8 | ![]() | ||
PAP gain from LF | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
LF | Tan Theng Chiang | 2,929 | 46.25 | ||
DP | Ong Eng Lian | 1,897 | 29.95 | ||
PP | Soh Ghee Soon | 1,507 | 23.80 | ||
Majority | 1,032 | 16.30 | |||
Turnout | 6,414 | 53.1 | ![]() | ||
LF gain from Labour Party | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Party | Caralapati Raghaviah Dasaratha Raj | 1,433 | 43.1 | ||
Independent | Mohamed Javad Namazie | 1,215 | 36.6 | ||
Independent | Pandarapillai Thillai Nathan | 675 | 20.3 | ||
Majority | 218 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,380 | 45.1 | |||
Labour Party win (new seat) |
Historical maps
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1955 General Election
References
- ^ "Singapore Electoral Constituencies". Singapore Elections.