Kim Keat Single Member Constituency

Kim Keat Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1968 to 1991, where Ong Teng Cheong was the Member of Parliament. It was absorbed into Toa Payoh GRC in 1991.

Kim Keat
Single Member Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Current constituency
Created1968
Member(s)Ong Teng Cheong
Town CouncilToa Payoh
Replaced byToa Payoh GRC
Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC

Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament Party Dates Notes
Ong Teng Cheong PAP 1972–1991 Ong was the 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore from 2 January 1985 till 1 September 1993. He was the Chairman of the People's Action Party from 5 January 1981 to 1 September 1993. He was the Ministry of Manpower (Singapore) from 1981 to 1983 and the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts from 1978 to 1981 before he resigned to participate in the 1993 Singaporean presidential election.

Candidates & Results

Elections in 1970s
General Election 1972: Kim Keat[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ong Teng Cheong 10,262 74.00
WP Seow Khee Leng 3,022 21.79
UNF W. J. Paglar 583 4.21
Registered electors 14,640 N/A
PAP win (new seat)
General Election 1976: Kim Keat[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ong Teng Cheong 14,262 76.62 2.62
BS Chin Tian Choo 4,353 23.38
Registered electors 19,700 34.6
PAP hold Swing 2.62

Elections in 1980s
General Election 1980: Kim Keat[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ong Teng Cheong Walkover N/A
Registered electors 20,781 5.5
PAP hold
General Election 1984: Kim Keat[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ong Teng Cheong Walkover N/A
Registered electors 20,439 1.6
PAP hold
General Election 1988: Kim Keat[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Ong Teng Cheong 10,644 73.00
SDP Md Shariff Bin Yahya 3,937 27.00
Registered electors 15,850 19.5
PAP hold Swing N/A

References
  1. "1972 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  2. "1976 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  3. "1980 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  4. "1984 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  5. "1988 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 2020-12-03.


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