Toa Payoh Constituency

Toa Payoh Single Member Constituency was a constituency that holds the Toa Payoh area, in the Central Region of Singapore, from 1959 to 1988.

History

The constituency broke away into Boon Teck, Kim Keat and Kuo Chuan in 1972 general elections, and Khe Bong in 1976 general elections.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament	Party
1959	Wong Soon Fong		PAP
1963			BS
1968	Eric Cheong		PAP
1972
1976
1980
1984

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^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Wong Soon Fong	8,693	77.66
	SPA	Lee Poh Chee	2,500	22.34
Majority			6,193	55.32
Registered electors			12,551
Turnout			11,442	91.16
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BS	Wong Soon Fong	6,083	48.20	N/A
	PAP	Yip Sai Weng	4,276	33.88	−43.78
	UPP	Goh Nee Kim	1,501	11.89	N/A
	United Democratic Party	Tan Chor Yong	760	6.03	N/A
Majority			1,807	14.32	41
Registered electors			13,394		6.72
Turnout			12,772	95.36	4.18
	BS gain from PAP

General Election 1968^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Eric Cheong	Unopposed
Registered electors			19,143		42.93
	PAP hold

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Eric Cheong	10,884	73.85	N/A
	BS	Tay Cheng Kang	3,853	26.15	N/A
Majority			7,031	47.70	N/A
Registered electors			15,742		17.77
Turnout			14,737	93.62	N/A
	PAP hold

General Election 1976^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Eric Cheong	9,633	73.63	0.22
	BS	Abdul Rahim	3,450	26.37	N/A
Majority			6,183	47.26	0.44
Registered electors			13,933		11.49
Turnout			13,083	93.90	0.28
	PAP hold		Swing	0.22

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Eric Cheong	9,872	76.73	3.1
	BS	Ng Ho	2,994	23.27	N/A
Majority			6,878	53.46	6.2
Registered electors			13,799		0.96
Turnout			12,866	93.24	0.66
	PAP hold		Swing	3.1

General Election 1984^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Eric Cheong	8,559	65.16	11.57
	BS	Ng Ho	4,576	34.84	11.57
Majority			3,983	30.32	23.14
Registered electors			14,177		2.74
Turnout			12,866	92.65	0.59
	PAP hold		Swing	11.57