River Valley Constituency
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River Valley Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1988. The 1959 election in River Valley remains the record for the closest winning margin in any election in Singapore history.
Member of Parliament
Election | Member of Parliament | Party | |
1959 | Lim Cheng Lock | PAP | |
1963 | |||
1968 | Low Guan Onn | ||
1972 | Tan Eng Liang | ||
1976 | |||
1980 | Tay Eng Soon | ||
1984 |
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Lim Cheng Lock | 3,430 | 36.6 | |
SPA | Soh Ghee Soon | 3,425 | 36.5 | |
LSP | Tan Ek Khoo | 2,529 | 27.0 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,534 | 90.0 | ||
PAP win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Lim Cheng Lock | 5,597 | 56.7 | +20.1 | |
BS | Goh Lam San | 2,668 | 27.0 | ||
SA | Yap Pheng Geck | 1,156 | 11.7 | -24.8 | |
UPP | Wong Chung Kit | 455 | 4.6 | ||
Majority | 2,929 | 29.7 | |||
Turnout | 9,980 | 94.8 | |||
PAP hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
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