Alexandra Constituency

Alexandra
Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Former constituency
Created	1968
Abolished	1988
Seats	1
Replaced by	Brickworks GRC

Alexandra Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1968 to 1988 and was merged into Brickworks Group Representation Constituency (GRC).

History

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

Member of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Formation
1968	Wong Lin Ken		PAP
1972
1976	Tan Soo Khoon
1980
1984
Constituency abolished (1988)

Electoral results

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%.

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1968: Alexandra^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAP	Wong Lin Ken	Unopposed
Registered electors			13,317
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1972: Alexandra^[3]^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Wong Lin Ken	17,965	77.52	N/A
	WP	Wong Kui Yu	3,782	16.32	N/A
	UNF	S. A. Hamid	1,427	6.16	N/A
Majority			14,183	61.2	N/A
Registered electors			24,499		83.97
Total valid votes			23,174	98.83	N/A
Rejected ballots			272	4.30	N/A
Turnout			23,446	95.70	N/A
	PAP hold

General Election 1976: Alexandra^[5]^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Tan Soo Khoon	12,413	75.90	1.62
	WP	Chua Boon Eng Edward	3,941	24.10	7.78
Majority			8,472	51.80	9.4
Registered electors			17,367		29.11
Total valid votes			16,354	98.45	0.38
Rejected ballots			257	1.55	0.38
Turnout			16,611	95.65	0.05
	PAP hold		Swing	1.62

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1980: Alexandra^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Tan Soo Khoon	Unopposed
Registered electors			18,163		4.58
	PAP hold

General Election 1984: Alexandra^[8]^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Tan Soo Khoon	12,172	66.79	N/A
	WP	J C Corera	6,053	33.21	N/A
Majority			6,119	33.58	N/A
Registered electors			19,670		8.30
Total valid votes			18,225	97.79	N/A
Rejected ballots			411	2.21	N/A
Turnout			18,636	94.74	N/A
	PAP hold

References

1. "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times. 15 June 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
2. "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
3. "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
4. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1972 > Alexandra". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
5. "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
6. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1976 > Alexandra". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
7. "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
8. "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
9. "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1984 > Alexandra". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.