MacPherson Single Member Constituency
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The MacPherson Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) located in the central area of Singapore. At abolition, it was managed by Marine Parade Town Council.
History
MacPherson Constituency was created for the 1968 general election.
In 1988, the constituency was renamed MacPherson Single Member Constituency with the creation of group representation constituencies (GRCs). MacPherson SMC would exist until 1991, when it was merged to Marine Parade GRC. It was reformed for the 1997 general election, with Matthias Yao, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the MacPherson ward, winning 65.14% of the vote for the governing People's Action Party (PAP).[1] In 2011, it was merged back to Marine Parade GRC and reformed for the 2015 general election after one term in the GRC.
For the 2015 general election, the National Solidarity Party (NSP) initially planned to field a candidate against the PAP in MacPherson SMC, but decided to pull out of the contest when the Workers' Party (WP) announced it had also planned to contest in the constituency.[2] NSP later changed its mind and fielded Steve Chia in the constituency, but Chia would later pull out of the contest citing online abuse over his participation.[2] As a result, NSP fielded Cheo Chai Chen for the contest.[2] NSP's Acting Secretary-General, Hazel Poa, resigned from the party, stating her disagreement with the decision of the party's Central Executive Committee (CEC) to contest in the SMC.[3]
During the election campaign, Cheo drew considerable criticism for telling reporters that PAP candidate Tin Pei Ling's status as a new mother was "her weakness" and saying that she might spend more time focusing on her child than on her constituents.[4] He later claimed that he was joking.[5] Tin, the incumbent MP for the MacPherson ward, won the election with 65.6% of the vote, Bernard Chen from the WP took 33.6% and Cheo took just 0.8%.[6] Cheo would forfeit his $14,500 election deposit for not winning at least 12.5% of the vote.
For the 2025 general election, the SMC was abolished and merged into Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC.[7]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
| Formation | |||
| 1968 | Chua Sian Chin | rowspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | PAP |
| 1972 | |||
| 1976 | |||
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | |||
| 1988 | |||
| Constituency abolished (1991 – 1997) | |||
| 1997 | Matthias Yao | rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | PAP |
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| Constituency abolished (2011 – 2015) | |||
| 2015 | Tin Pei Ling | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | PAP |
| 2020 | |||
| Constituency abolished (2025) | |||
Electoral results
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Elections in 1960s
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Elections in 1970s
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Lee Tow Kiat | 4,597 | 31.24 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 5,520 | 37.52 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Rejected ballots | 238 | 1.59 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 14,952 | 95.62 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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Elections in 1980s
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Chua Sian Chin | 15,280 | 86.89 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| United People's Front | Darus bin Shariff | 2,306 | 13.11 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 12,974 | 73.78 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Rejected ballots | 510 | 2.82 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 18,096 | 95.26 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Kum Teng Hock | 5,390 | 34.02 | ||
| Majority | 5,063 | 31.96 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Rejected ballots | 354 | 2.19 | |||
| Turnout | 16,197 | 94.92 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | Decrease2.78 | |||
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Elections in 1990s
Template:Election box majority no changeTemplate:Election box registered electors no changeTemplate:Election box total valid no change| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Matthias Yao | Script error: No such module "string". | 65.14 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Chee Soon Juan | Script error: No such module "string". | 34.86 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 561 | 2.83 | |||
| Turnout | 19,820 | 95.59 | |||
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Elections in 2000s
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Tan Soo Phuan | 3,277 | 16.27 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 13,593 | 67.46 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Rejected ballots | 577 | 2.78 | Decrease0.05 | ||
| Turnout | 20,724 | 94.16 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | Increase18.59 | |||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Sin Kek Tong | 6,067 | 31.52 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 7,117 | 36.96 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Rejected ballots | 544 | 2.75 | Decrease0.03 | ||
| Turnout | 19,795 | 94.08 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | Decrease15.25 | |||
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Elections in 2010s
Template:Election box majority no changeTemplate:Election box registered electors no changeTemplate:Election box total valid no change| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Tin Pei Ling | Script error: No such module "string". | 65.58 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Chen Jiaxi Bernard | Script error: No such module "string". | 33.60 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Cheo Chai Chen (lost deposit) | Script error: No such module "string". | 0.82 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 415 | 1.56 | |||
| Turnout | 26,683 | 93.59 | |||
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Elections in 2020s
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Goh Meng Seng | 7,489 | 28.26 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 11,520 | 43.48 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Rejected ballots | 625 | 2.30 | Increase0.74 | ||
| Turnout | 27,123 | 95.13 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | Increase 6.16 | |||
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See also
References
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- 2020 General Election's result
- 2015 General Election's result
- 2006 General Election's result
- 2001 General Election's result
- 1997 General Election's result
- 1988 General Election's result
- 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
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