Havelock Constituency

Not to be confused with the later Havelock Single Member Constituency.

Havelock Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1980.

Havelock
Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Former constituency
Created	1955
Abolished	1984
Seats	1
Member(s)	constituency abolished

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament	Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955	Lim Yew Hock		LF
1959	Peter Lau		PAP
1963	Loh Miaw Gong		BS
Parliament of Singapore
1963	Loh Miaw Gong (resigned in 1967)		BS
1967	Lim Soo Peng		PAP
1968
1970	Hon Sui Sen
1972
1976
1980

Elections

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%.

1955 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lim Yew Hock	LF	5,744	86.48
	C. S. Soh	Independent	525	7.90
	Chua Bock Kwee	PP	373	5.62
Total			6,642	100.00
Valid votes			6,642	99.09
Invalid/blank votes			61	0.91
Total votes			6,703	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			12,835	52.22
Majority			5,219	78.58
	LF win new seat

1959 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Peter Lau	PAP	9,227	63.60
	Ng See Thong	Independent	3,562	24.55
	Tan Theng Chiang	SPA	963	6.64
	K. S. Loke	MCA	433	2.98
	Tan Ah Pek	LSP	323	2.23	3.39
Total			14,508	100.00	–
Valid votes			14,508	99.03
Invalid/blank votes			142	0.97
Total votes			14,650	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			15,909	92.09
Majority			5,665	39.05	39.53
	PAP gain from LF		Swing		75.04

1963 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Loh Miaw Gong	BS	6,304	44.05
	Wong Chun Choi	PAP	4,157	29.05	34.55
	Ng Chee Sen	UPP	3,209	22.42
	Lim Ser Puan	SA	641	4.48	5.14
Total			14,311	100.00	–
Valid votes			14,311	98.79
Invalid/blank votes			176	1.21
Total votes			14,487	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			15,159	95.57
Majority			2,147	15	24.05
	BS gain from PAP		Swing		39.30

1967 By-Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lim Soo Peng	PAP
Total
Registered voters/turnout			12,898	–
	PAP gain from BS

Caused by the resignation of incumbent MP Loh Miaw Gong

1968 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lim Soo Peng	PAP
Total
Registered voters/turnout			11,049	–
	PAP hold

1970 By-Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Hon Sui Sen	PAP
Total
Registered voters/turnout			11,498	–
	PAP hold

Caused by the resignation of incumbent MP Lim Soo Peng

1972 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Hon Sui Sen	PAP	7,151	72.65	43.60
	Harbans Singh	BS	2,692	27.35	16.70
Total			9,843	100.00	–
Valid votes			9,843	97.99
Invalid/blank votes			202	2.01
Total votes			10,045	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			10,849	92.59
Majority			4,459	45.3	30.30
	PAP hold		Swing		30.15

1976 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Hon Sui Sen	PAP	9,250	79.29	6.64
	Ngoei Soon On	WP	2,416	20.71
Total			11,666	100.00	–
Valid votes			11,666	97.76
Invalid/blank votes			267	2.24
Total votes			11,933	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			12,492	95.53
Majority			6,834	58.58	13.28
	PAP hold		Swing		6.64

1980 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Hon Sui Sen	PAP
Total
Registered voters/turnout			12,524	–
	PAP hold

Historical maps

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  1955 General Election