Bedok Constituency

Not to be confused with Bedok Group Representation Constituency or Ulu Bedok Single Member Constituency.

Bedok Constituency was a single member constituency in Bedok South, Singapore. It was formed in 1976 general elections by craving a portion from Siglap constituency and continues throughout till prior to 1988 general elections where this constituency along with neighbouring constituencies namely: Kampong Chai Chee and Tanah Merah to form the Bedok Group Representation Constituency.

Bedok
Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Former constituency
Created	1976
Abolished	1988
Seats	1
Member(s)	Constituency Abolished
Replaced by	Bedok GRC

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament	Party
1976	Sha'ari bin Tadin		PAP
1980	S Jayakumar
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 1970s

General Election 1976: Bedok^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Sha'ari bin Tadin	7,928	73.78
	PF	Sim Peng Kim[a]	2,818	26.22
Majority			5,110	47.56
Registered electors			11,310
Turnout			10,989	97.2
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Bedok^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	S Jayakumar	14,691	75.03	N/A
	PKMS	Abdul Rahman Bin Mohamed Zin	3,527	18.01	N/A
	United People's Front	Thomas Anthony Tay	1,362	6.96	N/A
Majority			11,164	57.02	9.46
Registered electors			20,852		84.37
Turnout			20,067	96.2	1.0
	PAP hold		Swing	1.25

General Election 1984: Bedok^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	S Jayakumar	10,972	68.95	6.08
	DPP	Lee Chin Teck	4,941	31.05	N/A
Majority			6,031	37.9	19.12
Registered electors			17,074		18.12
Turnout			16,469	96.5	0.3
	PAP hold		Swing	6.08

Notes

1. By end of 1976, the remnants of People's Front had moved to United Front which was the reason for the elections department to view Sim Peng Kim as a candidate for United Front.

References

1. "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
2. "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
3. "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

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