Farrer Park Constituency

Farrer Park Constituency is a former constituency in Singapore. It existed from 1955 to 1980.^[1]

Member of Parliament

Election	Member of Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955	Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous	PAP
1959	A. P. Rajah
1963	S. R. Dharmarajoo	People's Action Party
1966		People's Action Party
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Lee Chiaw Meng	PAP
1972
1976
1980

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%.

General Election 1976: Farrer Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lee Chiaw Meng	Uncontested	—
Registered electors			11,949

General Election 1972: Farrer Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lee Chiaw Meng	8,521	73.82	−11.09
	WP	Jeyaretnam J. B.	2,668	23.11
	UNF	S. A. Latiff	354	3.07
Majority			5,853	50.71
Turnout			11,189	88.05
Registered electors			12,707
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1968: Farrer Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lee Chiaw Meng	7,826	84.91	+29.21
	Independent	M. P. D. Nair	1,391	15.09
Majority			6,435	69.82
Turnout			9,217	89.57
Registered electors			10,290
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1963: Farrer Park^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	S.R. Dharmarajoo	5,365	55.7	+13.8
	BS	Lee Chin Siang	2,619	27.2
	SA	A.P. Rajah	1,232	12.8	−31.7
	UPP	Wee Kia Eng	414	4.3
Majority			2,746	28.5
Turnout			9,704	95.2
Registered electors			10,189
	PAP gain from SA		Swing

General Election 1959: Farrer Park^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A.P. Rajah	4,077	44.5
	PAP	Tan Teck Ngiap	3,832	41.9	+8.8
	Independent	Soo-Tho Siu Hee	789	8.6
	Independent	Chan Kooi Chew	311	3.4
	Independent	Arthur Joseph	147	1.6
Majority			245	2.6
Turnout			9,291	90.3
Registered electors			10,293
	Independent gain from LF		Swing

General Election 1955: Farrer Park^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LF	Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous	2,585	38.5
	PAP	Devan Nair	2,219	33.1
	PP	Eric Wee	1,784	26.6
	Independent	C.T.B. Unnithan	85	1.3
	Independent	Chua Kim Watt	37	0.6
Majority			366	5.4	N/A
Turnout			6,803	55.6
Registered electors			12,242
	LF win (new seat)

Historical maps

1955 General Election

References

^ "Dr Lee dies". TODAY. 24 May 2001. p. 5.
^ "THIS IS THE WAY THE VOTING WENT". The Straits Times. 22 September 1963. p. 2.
^ "THE RESULTS: ALL YOU". The Straits Times. 31 May 1959. p. 4.
^ "The Results". The Straits Times. 3 April 1955. p. 1.

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[1] "Dr Lee dies". TODAY. 24 May 2001. p. 5.

[2] "THIS IS THE WAY THE VOTING WENT". The Straits Times. 22 September 1963. p. 2.

[3] "THE RESULTS: ALL YOU". The Straits Times. 31 May 1959. p. 4.

[4] "The Results". The Straits Times. 3 April 1955. p. 1.

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