Anson Constituency

Not to be confused with the later Anson Single Member Constituency.

Anson
Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Singapore
Former constituency
Created	1959
Abolished	1988
Seats	1
Member(s)	Constituency Abolished
Town Council	Tanjong Pagar
Replaced by	Radin Mas SMC

Anson Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1988 and was merged into Tiong Bahru Group Representation Constituency in 1988.

Member of Parliament

Year	Member of Parliament	Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1959	Baharuddin bin Mohamed Ariff		PAP
1961	David Marshall		WP
1963	Govindaswamy Perumal		PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Govindaswamy Perumal		PAP
1972
1976
1979	Devan Nair
1980
1981	J.B. Jeyaretnam		WP
1984

Elections

1959 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Baharuddin bin Mohamed Ariff	PAP	5,167	60.75
	Goh Kong Beng	SPA	1,875	22.04
	Tan Cheng Chuan	LSP	1,231	14.47
	Wong Swee Kee	Independent	117	1.38
	P. Krishnan	Independent	116	1.36
Total			8,506	100.00
Valid votes			8,506	98.82
Invalid/blank votes			102	1.18
Total votes			8,608	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			9,921	86.77
Majority			3,292	38.71
	PAP win new seat

1961 By-Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	David Marshall	WP	3,598	43.32
	M. Awang	PAP	3,052	36.75	24.00
	Chee Phui Hung	SA	1,482	17.84	4.20
	Ismail Haji Hussain	LSP	104	1.25	13.22
	K. M. Ibrahim	SC	69	0.83
Total			8,305	100.00	–
Valid votes			8,305	98.45
Invalid/blank votes			131	1.55
Total votes			8,436	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			9,816	85.94
Majority			546	6.57	32.14
	WP gain from PAP		Swing		33.66

Caused by the death of incumbent MP Baharuddin Mohamed Ariff

1963 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	P. Govindasamy	PAP	3,957	46.91	10.15
	Chan Chong Keen	BS	3,123	37.02
	A. K. Isaac	SA	543	6.44	11.40
	David Marshall	Independent	416	4.93
	V. Vythalingam	UPP	306	3.63
	Chiang Seok Kong	WP	91	1.08	42.24
Total			8,436	100.00	–
Valid votes			8,436	99.18
Invalid/blank votes			70	0.82
Total votes			8,506	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			9,192	92.54
Majority			834	9.89	3.32
	PAP gain from WP		Swing		26.20

1968 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	P. Govindasamy	PAP
Total
Registered voters/turnout			8,764	–
	PAP hold

1972 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	P. Govindasamy	PAP	5,027	74.34	27.43
	Tay Kim Oh	WP	1,291	19.09	18.01
	C. Kunjuraman	UNF	444	6.57
Total			6,762	100.00	–
Valid votes			6,762	98.01
Invalid/blank votes			137	1.99
Total votes			6,899	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			8,171	84.43
Majority			3,736	55.25	45.36
	PAP hold		Swing		27.43

1976 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	P. Govindasamy	PAP
Total
Registered voters/turnout			12,755	–
	PAP hold

1979 By-Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Devan Nair	PAP	8,127	86.21	11.87
	Johnny Wee Lai Seng	UF	1,300	13.79
Total			9,427	100.00	–
Valid votes			9,427	97.25
Invalid/blank votes			267	2.75
Total votes			9,694	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			11,243	86.22
Majority			6,827	72.42	17.17
	PAP hold		Swing		11.87

Caused by the death of incumbent MP P. Govindasamy

1980 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Devan Nair	PAP	11,564	84.10	2.11
	Santhi Thevar	UPF	2,187	15.90
Total			13,751	100.00	–
Valid votes			13,751	96.67
Invalid/blank votes			473	3.33
Total votes			14,224	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			15,077	94.34
Majority			9,377	68.2	4.22
	PAP hold		Swing		2.11

1981 By-Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	J. B. Jeyaretnam	WP	7,012	51.93
	Pang Kim Hin	PAP	6,359	47.10	37.00
	Harbans Singh	UPF	131	0.97	14.93
Total			13,502	100.00	–
Valid votes			13,502	98.22
Invalid/blank votes			244	1.78
Total votes			13,746	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			14,512	94.72
Majority			653	4.83	63.37
	WP gain from PAP		Swing		44.47

Caused by incumbent MP Devan Nair's ascension to the Presidency

1984 General Election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	J. B. Jeyaretnam	WP	9,909	56.81	4.88
	Ng Pock Too	PAP	7,533	43.19	3.91
Total			17,442	100.00	–
Valid votes			17,442	98.19
Invalid/blank votes			322	1.81
Total votes			17,764	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			18,493	96.06
Majority			2,376	13.62	8.79
	WP hold		Swing		4.88