Tampines Constituency was a constituency in Tampines, Singapore. It was formed in 1959 when Punggol–Tampines Constituency was split into Punggol and Tampines constituencies. In 1988, the constituency was merged into Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC).
History
In the 1955 general elections, this ward started as part of Punggol–Tampines Constituency which consisted of largely present-day Hougang, Pasir Ris, Punggol, Sengkang, Simei and Tampines. These were considered rural areas of Singapore and had a very low population (there were only 6,628 voters then, of which only 3,886 of them turned out to vote).
In 1959, prior to the 1959 general election, the Punggol–Tampines Constituency was split into two constituencies, Punggol and Tampines Constituencies. Tampines constituency took on significant portions of Ulu Bedok Constituency and part of the original of the Punggol–Tampines Constituency to become one of the larger wards in eastern Singapore.
From 1968, no significant changes were made to the constituency until 1984 when Simei and part of Tampines (which is south of Tampines Avenue 2) formed the new Changkat Constituency due to the growing population in the fast-development in Tampines New Town. From 1984 to 1988, this ward then only consisted of present-day Tampines and Pasir Ris. The ward only contain the residents committees in Tampines that is north of Tampines Avenue 2.
In 1988, the constituency was merged into Tampines Group Representation Constituency following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and Single Member Constituency (SMC).
Member of Parliament Election Member PartyFormationLegislative Assembly of Singapore1959Goh Chew ChuaPAP1963Poh Ber LiakBSParliament of Singapore1967Chew Chin Han PAP1968Phua Bah Lee1972197619801984Constituency abolished (1988)
Electoral results
Elections in 1950s
Elections in 1960s
Elections in 1970s
Elections in 1980s
See also Tampines GRC Tampines
References
1984 General Election's result 1980 General Election's result 1976 General Election's result 1972 General Election's result 1968 General Election's result 1967 By Election's result 1963 General Election's result 1959 General Election's result In 1955, it started with Punggol - Tampines Map of Punggol–Tampines ward in 1955 Map of Tampines ward in 1959 Map of Tampines ward in 1963 Map of Tampines ward in 1968 Map of Tampines ward in 1972 Map of Tampines ward in 1976 Map of Tampines ward in 1980 Map of Tampines ward in 1984 Map of Tampines GRC in 1988