Tampines Constituency

Tampines Constituency was a constituency in Tampines, Singapore. It was formed in 1959 when Punggol–Tampines Constituency was split into Punggol and Tampines constituencies. In 1988, the constituency was merged into Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC).

History

In the 1955 general elections, this ward started as part of Punggol–Tampines Constituency which consisted of largely present-day Hougang, Pasir Ris, Punggol, Sengkang, Simei and Tampines. These were considered rural areas of Singapore and had a very low population (there were only 6,628 voters then, of which only 3,886 of them turned out to vote).

In 1959, prior to the 1959 general election, the Punggol–Tampines Constituency was split into two constituencies, Punggol and Tampines Constituencies. Tampines constituency took on significant portions of Ulu Bedok Constituency and part of the original of the Punggol–Tampines Constituency to become one of the larger wards in eastern Singapore.

From 1968, no significant changes were made to the constituency until 1984 when Simei and part of Tampines (which is south of Tampines Avenue 2) formed the new Changkat Constituency due to the growing population in the fast-development in Tampines New Town. From 1984 to 1988, this ward then only consisted of present-day Tampines and Pasir Ris. The ward only contain the residents committees in Tampines that is north of Tampines Avenue 2.

In 1988, the constituency was merged into Tampines Group Representation Constituency following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and Single Member Constituency (SMC).^[1]

Member of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Formation
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959	Goh Chew Chua		PAP
1963	Poh Ber Liak		BS
Parliament of Singapore
1967	Chew Chin Han		PAP
1968	Phua Bah Lee
1972
1976
1980
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 1950s

General Election 1959: Tampines

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Goh Chew Chua	7,461	73.27
	SPA	Ong Phi Hok	2,041	20.04
	Independent	Lim Choo Ten	681	6.69
Majority			5,420	53.3
Turnout			10,334	90.1
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1963: Tampines

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BS	Poh Ber Liak	5,976	48.33	+48.33
	PAP	Goh Chew Chua	3,601	29.13	−44.14
	UPP	Liam Tian Seng	2,130	17.23	+17.23
	SA	Lim Jew Kan	656	5.31	−14.73
Majority			2,375	19.2	−42.47
Turnout			12,486	95.0	+4.9
	BS gain from PAP		Swing	-44.14

Note: the Singapore People's Alliance (SPA) became part of the Singapore Alliance (SA) in the 1963 general election.^[2]

By-election 1967: Tampines

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chew Chin Han	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			16,481
	PAP gain from BS		Swing

General Election 1968: Tampines

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Phua Bah Lee	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			12,703
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1972: Tampines

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Phua Bah Lee	9,049	64.30
	PF	Tan Sim Hock	5,025	35.70
Majority			4,024	28.60
Turnout			14,510	94.8
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1976: Tampines

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Phua Bah Lee	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			15,559
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Tampines

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Phua Bah Lee	15,065	85.92
	United People's Front	Kasim bin Ibrahim	2,469	14.08
Majority			12,596	71.84
Turnout			18,108	95.4
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1984: Tampines

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Phua Bah Lee	13,163	72.34	−13.58
	United People's Front	Kasim bin Ibrahim	5,032	27.66	+13.58
Majority			8,131	44.68	−27.16
Turnout			19,060	97.0	+1.6
	PAP hold		Swing	-13.58

See also

• Tampines GRC
• Tampines

References

1. "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times. 15 June 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
2. "Singapore People's Alliance". Archived from the original on 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2011-05-20.

• 1984 General Election's result
• 1980 General Election's result
• 1976 General Election's result
• 1972 General Election's result
• 1968 General Election's result
• 1967 By Election's result
• 1963 General Election's result
• 1959 General Election's result
• In 1955, it started with Punggol - Tampines
• Map of Punggol–Tampines ward in 1955
• Map of Tampines ward in 1959
• Map of Tampines ward in 1963
• Map of Tampines ward in 1968
• Map of Tampines ward in 1972
• Map of Tampines ward in 1976
• Map of Tampines ward in 1980
• Map of Tampines ward in 1984
• Map of Tampines GRC in 1988