Whampoa Single Member Constituency was a single-member constituency (SMC) in central Singapore. At abolition, it was managed by Moulmein–Kallang Town Council.
History In 1955, Whampoa Constituency was newly formed by carving out from the old Balestier Constituency. In 1959, the constituency was absorbed into Kallang Constituency.
In 1968, Whampoa Constituency was recreated as a standalone constituency by again carving out from Kallang Constituency. In 1988, it was renamed as Whampoa Single Member Constituency as part of Singapore's political reforms. It existed for another term until 1991 when it was abolished and divided into Kampong Glam, Jalan Besar and Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituencies.
In 2011, Whampoa Single Member Constituency was recreated by carving out from Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency (GRC) as Jalan Besar GRC was dissolved and was replaced by Moulmein–Kallang and Tanjong Pagar GRCs respectively. Heng Chee How contested as a solo PAP candidate in the newly formed Whampoa SMC and won with 66.1% of the vote against the National Solidarity Party's Ken Sun. This was despite a national swing against the PAP. It was later merged back to the revived Jalan Besar GRC again in the 2015 Singaporean general election.
Member of Parliament Year MemberPartyFormationLegislative Assembly of Singapore1955Chew Swee KeeLFConstituency abolished (1959– 1968)Parliament of Singapore 1968 Buang bin Omar Junid PAP1970Augustine Tan Hui Heng19721976198019841988Constituency abolished (1991– 2011)2011 Heng Chee How PAPConstituency abolished (2015) Electoral results
Elections in 1950s
Elections in 1960s
Elections in 1970s
Elections in 1980s
Elections in 2010s
Historical maps
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