Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency

Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (GRC) was a group representation constituency that from 1988 to 1997 comprised Kuo Chuan, Boon Teck and Toa Payoh, in the Central Region of Singapore. The MPs of Toa Payoh GRC was Ong Teng Cheong, Davinder Singh, Ho Tat Kin and S. Dhanabalan.

Toa Payoh
Group Representation Constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Current constituency
Created1988
Seats4
Party People's Action Party
Member(s)Davinder Singh
Ong Teng Cheong
Ho Tat Kin
S. Dhanabalan
Town CouncilToa Payoh
Replaced byBishan-Toa Payoh GRC

Kim Keat Single Member Constituency was absorbed in the 1991 elections. In 1997, the ward was merged along with Thomson GRC to form Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC.

Ong would resign in 1993 to contest in the Presidential Election and later become the 5th President of Singapore.[1]

Members of Parliament
Election Division IncumbentParty
1988
  • Kuo Chuan
  • Boon Teck
  • Toa Payoh
  • Kim Keat
 PAP
1991

^ Ong Teng Cheong resigned his post in July 1993 in order to contest in the 1993 Presidential Elections.

Candidates and results

Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1988: Toa Payoh GRC[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
PAP Ho Tat Kin
Davinder Singh
Wong Kan Seng		 Unopposed
Registered electors 49,243
PAP win (new seat)

Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1991: Toa Payoh GRC[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP S Dhanabalan
Ho Tat Kin
Davinder Singh
Ong Teng Cheong		 Unopposed
Registered electors 63,591 29.14
PAP hold

References
  1. "From MP to president: What happens when my MP becomes the head of state?". AsiaOne. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  3. "ELD | 1991 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 January 2022.


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