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Fengshan Single Member Constituency
Former electoral district in Singapore From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fengshan Single Member Constituency was a former single-member constituency (SMC) in eastern Singapore. At abolition, it was managed by East Coast–Fengshan Town Council.
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First existence (1984–1991)
Fengshan Constituency was created prior to the 1984 general election from parts of the constituencies of Bedok, Changi and Kampong Chai Chee.[1] Arthur Beng from the governing People's Action Party (PAP) defeated Chng Chin Siah from the Singapore United Front (SUF) with 65.13% of the vote.[2]
During the 1988 general election, the constituency was renamed Fengshan Single Member Constituency with the creation of group representation constituencies (GRCs).[3] Beng won reelection with a decreased 57.92% of the vote in a rematch against Chng, who had since joined the Workers' Party (WP).[4]
Prior to the 1991 general election, Fengshan SMC was abolished and merged to Bedok GRC.[5]
Second existence (2015–2020)
Prior to the 2015 general election, Fengshan SMC was reformed from East Coast GRC, which it had previously belonged to as a division.[6] In the election, PAP candidate Cheryl Chan defeated Dennis Tan, WP candidate and fellow newcomer, with 57.5% of the vote.[7] Having obtained the second-best result among defeated opposition candidates, Tan accepted the second of three non-constituency MP (NCMP) seats offered after the election.[8]
In the leadup to the 2020 general election, Fengshan SMC was reabsorbed to East Coast GRC, which gained a seat in Parliament to become a five-member GRC.[9]
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Member of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
| Formation | |||
| 1984 | Arthur Beng | PAP | |
| 1988 | |||
| Constituency abolished (1991) | |||
| 2015 | Cheryl Chan | PAP | |
| Constituency abolished (2020) | |||
Electoral results
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 1980s
Elections in 2010s
References
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