Tanjong Pagar Single Member Constituency

Tanjong Pagar Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) in Tanjong Pagar, Singapore. The constituency was formed in 1955 and was abolished in 1991. It was one of the longest-surviving constituencies since the pre-independence era, and has been a People's Action Party stronghold. Throughout its history, the seat was only held by the late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who held the longest political term in Parliament from 1955 to 2015.

Tanjong Pagar
Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Former constituency
Created	1955
Abolished	1991
Seats	1
Member	Constituency Abolished
Town Council	Tanjong Pagar
Replaced by	Tanjong Pagar GRC

Not to be confused with Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency.

History

In 1955, the Tanjong Pagar constituency was formed. It took over Sepoy Lines in 1976 and Anson in 1988. After Lee Kuan Yew had passed the premiership to Goh Chok Tong in 1990, the constituency was even merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC, and the legacy of the "Tanjong Pagar GRC" name continues to remain even after the death of Lee Kuan Yew in 2015. 1988 was also the last election of which Tanjong Pagar was contested during Lee Kuan Yew's time, following which during the final 24 years of Lee Kuan Yew in Tanjong Pagar GRC, the constituency was declared as walkover.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament	Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955	Lee Kuan Yew		PAP
1959
1963
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Lee Kuan Yew		PAP
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988

Electoral results

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 1950s

General Election 1955: Tanjong Pagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew	6,029	78.33
	PP	Lim Seck Tiong	908	11.80
	DP	Lam Thian	760	9.87
Majority			5,121	66.53
Turnout			7,737	57.6
	PAP win (new seat)

By-election 1957: Tanjong Pagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew	4,707	68.1	−10.2
	LSP	Chong Wei Ling	1,315	19.0	N/A
	Independent	Koh Choon Hong	887	12.8	N/A
Majority			3,392	49.1	−17.4
Turnout			6,985	47.3	−10.3
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1959: Tanjong Pagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew	7,617	71.04	−7.29
	LSP	Subrahmanyam Chinniah	3,105	28.96	+28.96
Majority			4,512	42.08	−24.45
Turnout			10,870	91.0	+33.4
	PAP hold		Swing	-7.29

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Tanjong Pagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew	6,317	58.93	−12.11
	BS	Ong Hock Siang	3,537	32.99	+32.99
	UPP	Lim Peng Kang	473	4.41	+4.41
	SA	Chng Boon Eng	393	3.67	+3.67
Majority			2,780	25.94	−16.14
Turnout			10,841	95.1
	PAP hold		Swing	-12.11

General Election 1968: Tanjong Pagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew	9,128	94.34	+35.41
	Independent	Vetrivelu Rengaswamy	548	5.66	+5.66
Majority			8,580	88.68	+62.74
Turnout			9,902	91.6	−3.5
	PAP hold		Swing	+35.41

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Tanjong Pagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew	7,542	84.08	−10.26
	PF	Leong Mun Kwai	1,428	15.92	+15.92
Majority			6,114	68.16	−20.52
Turnout			9,142	91.9	+0.3
	PAP hold		Swing	-10.26

General Election 1976: Tanjong Pagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew	9,996	89.03	+4.95
	United People's Front	Harbans Singh	1,232	10.97	+10.97
Majority			8,764	78.06	+9.9
Turnout			11,479	94.5	+2.6
	PAP hold		Swing	+4.95

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Tanjong Pagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew	11,730	92.74	+3.71
	UF	Johnny Wee Lai Seng	555	4.39	+4.39
	United People's Front	Lee Mun Hung	363	2.87	−8.1
Majority			11,175	88.35	+10.29
Turnout			12,941	94.0	−0.5
	PAP hold		Swing	+3.71

General Election 1984: Tanjong Pagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			15,812
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1988: Tanjong Pagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lee Kuan Yew	14,043	81.60
	Independent	Gnaguru Thamboo Mylvaganam	3,167	18.40
Majority			10,876	63.20
Turnout			17,685	92.9
	PAP hold		Swing

Historical maps

• 
  1955 General Election

References

• 1988 General Election's result
• 1984 General Election's result
• 1980 General Election's result
• 1976 General Election's result
• 1972 General Election's result
• 1968 General Election's result
• 1963 General Election's result
• 1959 General Election's result
• 1955 General Election's result