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| Bras Basah | |
|---|---|
| Former Single Member constituency for theParliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1959 |
| Abolished | 1976 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party | People's Action Party |
| Member | Hoo Bee Seng |
| Town Council | Jalan Besar |
| Replaced by | Jalan Besar GRC |
Bras Basah Single Member Constituency was aconstituency in Singapore. It existed from 1959 to 1976. It was represented in theParliament of Singapore byHoe Puay Choo from 1959 to 1963 then byHo See Beng from 1963 to 1976.
In 1976, the constituency was abolished and the electorate was divided betweenKampong Glam Constituency andTelok Ayer Constituency.[1]
| Year | Member | Party | |
| Formation | |||
| 1959 | Hoe Puay Choo | PAP | |
| 1963 | Ho See Beng | ||
| 1968 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| Constituency abolished (1976) | |||
Note: TheElections 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).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Hoe Puay Choo | 6,014 | 63.25 | ||
| LSP | Foo Ho Fang | 1,993 | 20.96 | ||
| SPA | Goh Hin Shong | 1,501 | 15.79 | ||
| Majority | 4,021 | 42.29 | |||
| Total valid votes | 9,508 | 98.82 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 114 | 1.18 | |||
| Turnout | 9,622 | 85.96 | |||
| Registered electors | 11,193 | ||||
| PAPwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ho Bee Seng | 4,926 | 51.80 |  11.45 | |
| BS | Leong Kwan Fai | 3,831 | 40.28 | N/A | |
| UPP | Pan Cheng Luan | 335 | 3.52 | N/A | |
| SA | Wong Chin Sen | 304 | 3.20 | 12.59 | |
| WP | Chiang Seok Keong | 114 | 1.20 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,095 | 11.52 | 30.77 | ||
| Total valid votes | 9,510 | 99.05 |  0.23 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 91 | 0.95 | 0.23 | ||
| Turnout | 9,601 | 89.91 | 3.95 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,678 | 4.60 | |||
| PAPhold | Swing | 11.45 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ho Bee Seng | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 9,718 | 8.99 | |||
| PAPhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ho Bee Seng | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 8,323 | 14.35 | |||
| PAPhold | |||||
