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
Members	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: 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 1980s

General Election 1988^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Chng Hee Kok Ch'ng Jit Koon S Vasoo	31,732	57.84
	WP	Low Thia Khiang Lim Lye Soon Gopalan Nair	23,132	42.16
Majority			8,600	15.68
Total valid votes			54,864	98.56
Rejected ballots			799	1.44
Turnout			55,663	93.15
Registered electors			58,898
	PAP win (new seat)