Crawford Constituency

Crawford Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1976, broke off from Rochore Constituency.

History

During the 1963 general election, S. Thendayatha Bani stood as a BS candidate and won the elections.^[1]

In 1966, S.T. Bani was detained. While during detention, Bani resigned from BS and also his parliament seat on 9 January 1966, triggering a by-election.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
Formation
1959	K. M. Byrne		PAP
1963	S. Thendayatha Bani		BS
Parliament of Singapore
1966	Ramaswamy Sellappa		PAP
1968	Low Yong Nguan
1972	Ang Kok Peng
Constituency abolished (1976)

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 the 1950s

General Election 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	K. M. Byrne	7,120	66.6
	SPA	Teng Ling Siong	2,487	23.3
	LSP	Chua Seng Kian	897	8.4
	Independent	John Sim Keng Poh	191	1.8
Majority			4,633	43.3
Turnout			10,807	89.8
Registered electors			12,031
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1963: Crawford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BS	S. Thendayatha Bani	4,400	42.8
	PAP	K. M. Byrne	4,207	40.9	25.7
	UPP	Lau Tok Keong	1,032	10.0
	Singapore Alliance Party	Hsieh Shao An	571	5.5	17.8
	WP	Wong Hong Toy	81	0.8
Majority			193	1.9	41.4
Turnout			10,401	95.0	5.2
Registered electors			10,949		9.0
	BS gain from PAP		Swing	34.3

By-election 1966: Crawford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ramaswamy Sellappa	Unopposed
Registered electors			10,450		4.6
	PAP gain from BS

General Election 1968: Crawford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Low Yong Nguan	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,190		31.2
	PAP hold

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1972: Crawford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ang Kok Peng	6,040	72.6	31.7
	WP	Wu Kher	1,565	18.8	18.0
	UNF	N. M. bin Abdul Wahid	714	8.6
Majority			4,475	53.8	51.9
Turnout			8,524	91.8	3.2
Registered electors			9,285		29.1
	PAP hold		Swing	31.7

References

1. "DETAINEE BANI RESIGNS FROM BARISAN". The Straits Budget. 19 January 1966. p. 5. Retrieved 15 January 2026.