Bedok Group Representation Constituency
| Bedok | |
|---|---|
| Former group representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1988 |
| Abolished | 1997 |
| Seats | 4 |
| Party | People's Action Party |
| Created from | |
| Replaced by | East Coast GRC |
The Bedok Group Representation Constituency was a group representation constituency (GRC) in eastern Singapore.
History
[edit]Bedok GRC was established prior to the 1988 general election, comprising the three former constituencies of Bedok, Kampong Chai Chee, and Tanah Merah. Constituencies with a single Member of Parliament (MP) were renamed single-member constituencies (SMCs).[1] The governing People's Action Party (PAP) defeated the Workers' Party (WP) with 54.92% of the vote.[2]
During the 1991 general election, Bedok GRC was expanded to have four seats, as with all other GRCs at the election; it also absorbed the defunct SMCs of Fengshan and Siglap.[3] The PAP defeated the WP with an improved 61.98% of the vote.[4]
In the 1997 general election, Bedok GRC was one of two GRCs (the other being Eunos) merged into the newly created six-seat East Coast GRC.[5][6]
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Year | Division | Members of Parliament | Party | |
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| Formation | ||||
| 1988 |
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PAP | |
| 1991 |
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| Constituency abolished (1997) | ||||
Electoral results
[edit]Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).
Elections in 1980s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | S. Jayakumar Hong Hai Ibrahim Othman |
28,266 | 54.92 | ||
| WP | Gertrude De Gracias Sarawathy Murugason Seow Khee Leng |
23,203 | 45.08 | ||
| Majority | 5,063 | 9.84 | |||
| Total valid votes | 51,469 | 98.05 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1,024 | 1.95 | |||
| Turnout | 52,493 | 95.50 | |||
| Registered electors | 54,969 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in 1990s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | S. Jayakumar Abdullah Tarmugi Tan Soo Khoon Arthur Beng Kian Lam |
49,109 | 61.98 |  7.06
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| WP | Balakrishnan Ananthan Sim Say Chuan Lim Chiu Liang Tan Soo Phuan |
30,121 | 38.02 |  7.06
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| Majority | 18,988 | 23.96 | 14.12
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| Total valid votes | 79,230 | 97.20 | 0.85
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| Rejected ballots | 2,276 | 2.80 | 0.85
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| Turnout | 81,506 | 94.51 | 0.99
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| Registered electors | 86,246 | 56.90 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | 7.06
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times. 15 June 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ a b "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ^ "21 single-member wards, 15 GRCs for next election". The Straits Times. 10 August 1991. Retrieved 26 November 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ a b "ELD | 1991 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ^ "New Horizons". The Straits Times. 22 November 1996. p. 54. Retrieved 20 June 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "If you now live in ..." The New Paper. 22 November 1996. p. 5. Retrieved 20 June 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1988 > Bedok GRC". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1991 > Bedok GRC". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
