Tiong Bahru Group Representation Constituency

The Tiong Bahru Group Representation Constituency (GRC) was a three-member group representation constituency in Singapore that existed from 1988 to 1991, consisting of the pre-GRC constituencies of Anson, Henderson, and Tiong Bahru. It was replaced by Tanjong Pagar GRC after one term in Parliament. The Members of Parliament (MPs) for this GRC were Ch'ng Jit Koon, Chng Hee Kok and S Vasoo from the People's Action Party (PAP).

Tiong Bahru
Former Group Representation constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Electorate	58,898
Former constituency
Created	1988
Abolished	1991
Seats	3
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Chng Hee Kok Ch'ng Jit Koon S Vasoo
Town Council	Tiong Bahru
Replaced by	Tanjong Pagar GRC

History

In 1991, Tiong Bahru GRC was merged into a new GRC, Tanjong Pagar GRC.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Year	Division	Members of Parliament	Party
Formation
1988	Henderson Radin Mas Tiong Bahru	S Vasoo Chng Hee Kok Ch'ng Jit Koon		PAP
Constituency abolished (1991)

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 the 1980s

General Election 1988: Tiong Bahru GRC^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Chng Hee Kok Chng Jit Koon S Vasoo	28,732	52.37
	WP	Low Thia Khiang Lim Lye Soon Gopalan Nair	26,132	47.63
Majority			2,600	4.74
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout			54,864	93.15
Registered electors			58,898
	PAP win (new seat)