Radin Mas Single Member Constituency

Radin Mas
Radin Mas
Single Member constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Central Region, Singapore
Electorate	24,980
Current constituency
Created	1976
Seats	1
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Melvin Yong
Town Council	Tanjong Pagar
Merged	1988
Merged to	Tiong Bahru GRC
Reformed	2011
Reformed from	Tanjong Pagar GRC

The Radin Mas Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) located in the central area of Singapore. The ward covers a portion of Bukit Merah, specifically the suburbs of Redhill, Bukit Merah Central, the eastern half of Telok Blangah, Bukit Purmei Estate and Mount Faber. The current Member of Parliament is Melvin Yong of the People's Action Party (PAP).

History

In 1976, the constituency was formed from merging parts of Henderson & Telok Blangah constituencies and was known as Radin Mas Constituency. The constituency existed from 1976 to 1988 before it was absorbed into Tiong Bahru Group Representation Constituency (GRC). In 2011, the Radin Mas division, formerly the constituency, was carved out of Tanjong Pagar GRC and reformed as the Radin Mas Single Member Constituency.

Members of Parliament

Constituency abolished (1988 – 2011)
Election	Member	Party
1976	N. Naidu Govindasmy		PAP
1977	Bernard Chen Tien Lap
1980	Mohamed Kassim Abdul Jabbar
1984	Chng Hee Kok
2011	Sam Tan Chin Siong		PAP
2015	Sam Tan Chin Siong
2020	Melvin Yong Hik Chye

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 1970s

General Election 1976: Radin Mas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	N. Naidu Govindasmy	13,246	75.7	N/A
	WP	Othman bin Abdullah	4,263	24.3	N/A
Majority			8,983	51.4	N/A
Turnout			17,879	97.1	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

By-election 1977: Radin Mas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Bernard Chen	12,053	70.6	5.1
	WP	J.B. Jeyaretnam	5,021	29.4	5.1
Majority			7,032	41.2	10.2
Turnout			17,415	94.6	2.5
	PAP hold		Swing	5.1

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Radin Mas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Mohamed Kassim Abdul Jabbar	11,335	64.1	6.5
	WP	Wong Hong Toy	6,356	35.9	6.5
Majority			4,979	28.2	13.0
Turnout			18,115	96.1	1.5
	PAP hold		Swing	6.5

General Election 1984: Radin Mas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Chng Hee Kok	9,997	54.0	10.1
	WP	Wong Hong Toy	8,519	46.0	10.1
Majority			1,478	8.0	20.2
Turnout			18,846	95.3	0.8
	PAP hold		Swing	10.1

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: Radin Mas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Sam Tan	18,609	67.1	N/A
	NSP	Yip Yew Weng	9,123	32.9	N/A
Majority			9,486	34.2	N/A
Turnout			28,401	91.2	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

General Election 2015: Radin Mas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Sam Tan	20,230	77.25	10.15
	RP	Kumar Appavoo	3,329	12.71	N/A
	Independent	Han Hui Hui	2,629	10.04	N/A
Majority			16,901	64.54	30.34
Rejected ballots			768	2.85	-
Turnout			26,956	93.25	2.05
	PAP hold		Swing	10.15

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020: Radin Mas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Melvin Yong	16,834	74.03	3.22
	RP	Kumar Appavoo	5,905	25.97	13.26
Majority			10,929	48.06
Rejected ballots			817	3.47
Turnout			23,556	94.30	1.05
Registered electors			24,980
	PAP hold		Swing	3.22

References

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