Bedok Constituency

Bedok
Bedok
Former Single Member constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Former constituency
Created	1976
Abolished	1988
Seats	1
Member(s)	Constituency Abolished
Replaced by	Bedok GRC

Bedok Constituency was a single member constituency in Bedok South, Singapore. It was formed in 1976 general elections by craving a portion from Siglap constituency and continues throughout till prior to 1988 general elections where this constituency along with neighbouring constituencies namely: Kampong Chai Chee and Tanah Merah to form the Bedok Group Representation Constituency.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament
1976	Sha'ari bin Tadin	PAP
1980	S Jayakumar
1984	S Jayakumar

Elections

Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1976: Bedok^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Sha'ari bin Tadin	7,928	73.78
	PF	Sim Peng Kim^[a]	2,818	26.22
Majority			5,110	47.56
Registered electors			11,310
Turnout			10,989	97.2
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Bedok^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	S Jayakumar	14,691	75.03	N/A
	PKMS	Abdul Rahman Bin Mohamed Zin	3,527	18.01	N/A
	United People's Front	Thomas Anthony Tay	1,362	6.96	N/A
Majority			11,164	57.02	9.46
Registered electors			20,852		84.37
Turnout			20,067	96.2	1.0
	PAP hold		Swing	1.25

General Election 1984: Bedok^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	S Jayakumar	10,972	68.95	6.08
	DPP	Lee Chin Teck	4,941	31.05	N/A
Majority			6,031	37.9	19.12
Registered electors			17,074		18.12
Turnout			16,469	96.5	0.3
	PAP hold		Swing	6.08

Notes

References

Brief History on People's Front (Dormant after the 1976's GE)

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