Crawford Constituency

Crawford Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1976, broke off from Rochore Constituency.

Member of Parliament

  • Kenneth Michael Byrne (1959 - 1963)
  • S.T. Bani (1963 - 1966)
  • Sellappa Ramaswamy (1966 - 1968)
  • Low Yong Nguan (1968 - 1972)
  • Ang Kok Peng (1972 - 1976)

Elections

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Crawford[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Kenneth Michael Byrne 7,120 66.6
SPA Teng Ling Siong 2,487 23.3
LSP Chua Seng Kian 897 8.4
Independent John Sim 191 1.8
Majority 4,633 43.4 N/A
Turnout 10,807 89.8
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Crawford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BS S.T. Bani 4,400 42.8
PAP Kenneth Michael Byrne 4,207 40.9 -25.7
UPP Lau Tok Keong 1,032 10.0
SA Hsieh Shao An 571 5.5 -17.8
WP Wong Hong Toy 81 0.8
Majority 193 0.8
Turnout 10,401 95.0
BS gain from PAP Swing

References

  1. ^ "1959 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. ^ "1963 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 9 November 2020.
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