Bedok Constituency

Bedok
Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Former constituency
Created	1976
Abolished	1988
Seats	1
Member	Constituency Abolished
Replaced by	Bedok GRC

Bedok Constituency was a single member constituency in Bedok South, Singapore. It was formed in the 1976 general elections by carving a portion from Siglap constituency and continued throughout the period prior to 1988 general elections where the constituency, along with neighbouring constituencies namely: Kampong Chai Chee and Tanah Merah were merged to form the Bedok Group Representation Constituency.^[1]

Member of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
Formation
1976	Sha'ari bin Tadin		PAP
1980	S Jayakumar
1984
Constituency abolished (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 1970s

General Election 1976^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Sha'ari bin Tadin	7,928	73.78
	UF	Sim Peng Kim	2,818	26.22
Majority			5,110	47.56
Total valid votes			10,746	97.79
Rejected ballots			243	2.21
Turnout			10,989	97.16
Registered electors			11,310
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	S Jayakumar	14,691	75.03	1.25
	PKMS	Abdul Rahman Bin Mohamed Zin	3,527	18.01	N/A
	UPF	Thomas Anthony Tay	1,362	6.96	N/A
Majority			11,164	57.02	9.46
Total valid votes			19,580	97.57	0.22
Rejected ballots			487	2.43	0.22
Turnout			20,067	96.23	1.0
Registered electors			20,852		84.37
	PAP hold		Swing	1.25

General Election 1984^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	S Jayakumar	10,972	68.95	6.08
	SUF	Lee Chin Teck	4,941	31.05	N/A
Majority			6,031	37.90	19.12
Total valid votes			15,913	96.62	0.95
Rejected ballots			556	3.38	0.95
Turnout			16,469	96.46	0.23
Registered electors			17,074		18.12
	PAP hold		Swing	6.08

References

1. "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times. 15 June 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
2. "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
3. "Halaman 5 Iklan Ruangan 1". Berita Harian. 24 December 1976. p. 5. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
4. "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
5. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1980 > Bedok". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
6. "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
7. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1984 > Bedok". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 12 August 2025.

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