Crawford Constituency
Crawford Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1976, broke off from Rochore Constituency.
History
During the 1963 general election, S. Thendayatha Bani stood as a BS candidate and won the elections.[1]
In 1966, S.T. Bani was detained. While during detention, Bani resigned from BS and also his parliament seat on 9 January 1966, triggering a by-election.
Member of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formation | |||
| 1959 | K. M. Byrne | PAP | |
| 1963 | S. Thendayatha Bani | BS | |
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1966 | Ramaswamy Sellappa | PAP | |
| 1968 | Low Yong Nguan | ||
| 1972 | Ang Kok Peng | ||
| Constituency abolished (1976) | |||
Electoral results
Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).
Elections in the 1950s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | K. M. Byrne | 7,120 | 66.6 | ||
| SPA | Teng Ling Siong | 2,487 | 23.3 | ||
| LSP | Chua Seng Kian | 897 | 8.4 | ||
| Independent | John Sim Keng Poh | 191 | 1.8 | ||
| Majority | 4,633 | 43.3 | |||
| Turnout | 10,807 | 89.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 12,031 | ||||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in the 1960s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BS | S. Thendayatha Bani | 4,400 | 42.8 | ||
| PAP | K. M. Byrne | 4,207 | 40.9 | 25.7 | |
| UPP | Lau Tok Keong | 1,032 | 10.0 | ||
| Singapore Alliance Party | Hsieh Shao An | 571 | 5.5 | 17.8 | |
| WP | Wong Hong Toy | 81 | 0.8 | ||
| Majority | 193 | 1.9 | 41.4 | ||
| Turnout | 10,401 | 95.0 | 5.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,949 | 9.0 | |||
| BS gain from PAP | Swing | 34.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ramaswamy Sellappa | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 10,450 | 4.6 | |||
| PAP gain from BS | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Low Yong Nguan | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 7,190 | 31.2 | |||
| PAP hold | |||||
Elections in the 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ang Kok Peng | 6,040 | 72.6 | 31.7 | |
| WP | Wu Kher | 1,565 | 18.8 | 18.0 | |
| UNF | N. M. bin Abdul Wahid | 714 | 8.6 | ||
| Majority | 4,475 | 53.8 | 51.9 | ||
| Turnout | 8,524 | 91.8 | 3.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,285 | 29.1 | |||
| PAP hold | Swing | 31.7 | |||
References
- ^ "DETAINEE BANI RESIGNS FROM BARISAN". The Straits Budget. 19 January 1966. p. 5. Retrieved 15 January 2026.