Thomson Single Member Constituency

Thomson Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. The constituency was formed in 1959 and was abolished in 1991

History

In 1959, the Thomson Constituency was formed. In 1988, it was renamed as Thomson Single Member Constituency as part of Singapore's political reforms. In 1991, it was abolished and merged into Thomson Group Representation Constituency.

Members of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament	Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959	T. Bani		PAP
1963	Koo Young		BS
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Ang Nam Piau		PAP
1972
1976
1980	Chau Sik Ting
1984	Leong Horn Kee
1988

Electoral results

Note: The Elections 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).

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Thomson^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	T. Bani	4,978	54.63
	LF	Francis Thomas	2,581	28.33
	SPA	Yap Chin Choon	1,553	17.04
Majority			2,397	26.3
Registered electors			10,067
Turnout			9,112	90.51
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Thomson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BS	Koo Young	5,292	49.2
	PAP	Jukiri bin Parjo	4,248	39.5	−15.1
	UPP	LOO Ka Thiam	1,223	11.4
Majority			1,044	9.7
Turnout			10,882	96.0
	BS gain from PAP		Swing