Radin Mas Single Member Constituency

Radin Mas
Single Member Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
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Region	Western Singapore
Electorate	28,906
Current constituency
Created	1976
Member(s)	Sam Tan Chin Siong
Town Council	Tanjong Pagar

Radin Mas Single Member Constituency (Chinese: 拉丁马士单选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perseorangan Radin Mas; Tamil: ராடின் மாஸ் தனித்தொகுதி) is a Single Member Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The ward covers a portion of Bukit Merah, specifically the suburbs of Redhill and Telok Blangah. This ward has been carved out during the 2011 General Election and was formerly a ward from the Tanjong Pagar GRC.

Radin Mas used to exist as a single ward from 1976 to 1988 where it was absorbed into the then Tiong Bahru GRC which is subsequently being part of Tanjong Pagar GRC from 1991 to 2011.

Along with Tanjong Pagar GRC, it is managed by Tanjong Pagar Town Council, where its head office are located in Bukit Merah Central.

Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament	Party		Dates	Notes
N. Naidu Govindasmy		PAP	1976 – 1977
Bernard Chen Tien Lap		PAP	1977 – 1980
Mohamed Kassim Abdul Jabbar		PAP	1980 – 1984
Chng Hee Kok		PAP	1984 – 1988
Constituency abolished (1988 – 2011)
Sam Tan Chin Siong		PAP	2011 –	Incumbent

Candidates and Results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Radin Mas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Sam Tan Chin Siong	20,230	77.25	+10.15
	Reform	Kumar Appavoo	3,329	12.71	N/A
	Independent	Han Hui Hui (Loses deposit)	2,629	10.04	N/A
Majority			16,901	64.54
Rejected ballots			768	2.85
Turnout			26,956	93.25	+2.05
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 2011: Radin Mas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Sam Tan Chin Siong	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)

Elections in 1980s

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

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

Elections in 1970s

By-election 1977: Radin Mas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Bernard Chen Tien Lap	12,053	70.6	-5.1
	WP	Joshua Benjamin 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

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)

References

• 2015 General Election results
• 2011 General Election results
• 1984 General Election results
• 1980 General Election results
• 1977 (First) May By-Election's result — There were 2 by elections held in 1977 on various constituencies
• 1976 General Election's result