Rochore Constituency

Rochore was a constituency in Singapore that existed from 1951 until 1988.[1] The constituency was represented in the Legislative Council from 1951 until 1955, in the Legislative Assembly from 1955 until 1965, and in Parliament from 1965 until 1988. It elected one member of Parliament.

Rochore
Former Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Electorate	14,164 (1984)
Former constituency
Created	1951
Abolished	1988
Seats	1
Created from	Municipal North–East Municipal South–West
Replaced by	Kampong Glam SMC

The constituency was first held by the Labour Party from 1951 until 1955, and was followed by the Labour Front from 1955 until 1959. After 1959, Rochore became a People's Action Party stronghold with Toh Chin Chye serving as its Member of Parliament from 1959 until 1988.

Constituency changes

Election	Boundary changes	Electorate
1951	Constituency formed from Municipal North–East and Municipal South–West.	7,493
1955	Parts of the constituency were separated to form Cairnhill, Kampong Kapor and Stamford.	12,073
1959	Parts of the constituency were separated to form Crawford and Kampong Glam.	12,436
1963	No changes.	11,698
1968	No changes.	12,222
1972	No changes.	11,589
1976	No changes.	15,424
1980	No changes.	14,705
1984	No changes.	14,164
1988	Constituency abolished and merged into Kampong Glam SMC.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Legislative Council of Singapore
1951	Caralapati Raghaviah Dasaratha Raj		Labour Party
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955	Tan Theng Chiang		Labour Front
1959	Toh Chin Chye		People's Action Party
1963
Parliament of Singapore
1968	Toh Chin Chye		People's Action Party
1972
1976
1980
1984

Electoral results

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1984: Rochore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Toh Chin Chye	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			14,164
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1980: Rochore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Toh Chin Chye	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			14,705
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1976: Rochore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Toh Chin Chye	9,053	65.50	5.10
	BS	Lee Siew Choh	4,768	34.50	5.10
Majority			4,285	31.00	10.20
Turnout			14,172	91.9	0.8
	PAP hold		Swing	5.10

General Election 1972: Rochore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Toh Chin Chye	6,218	60.40
	BS	Lee Siew Choh	4,076	39.60
Majority			2,142	20.80
Turnout			10,552	91.1
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1968: Rochore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Toh Chin Chye	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			12,222
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1963: Rochore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Toh Chin Chye	5,015	45.56	26.20
	BS	Lee Siew Choh	4,926	44.75
	UPP	Pan Tiek Tai	1,067	9.69
Majority			89	0.81	51.10
Turnout			11,117	95.0	4.2
	PAP hold		Swing	26.20

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Rochore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Toh Chin Chye	7,995	71.76
	SPA	Konnolil C. Thomas	2,212	19.85
	LSP	Tan Soo Wan	934	8.39
Majority			5,121	51.91
Turnout			11,287	90.8	37.7
	PAP gain from LF		Swing

General Election 1955: Rochore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LF	Tan Theng Chiang	2,929	46.25
	DP	Ong Eng Lian	1,897	29.95
	PP	Soh Ghee Soon	1,507	23.80
Majority			1,032	16.30
Turnout			6,414	53.1	8
	LF gain from Labour Party		Swing

General Election 1951: Rochore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Party	Caralapati Raghaviah Dasaratha Raj	1,433	43.1
	Independent	Mohamed Javad Namazie	1,215	36.6
	Independent	Pandarapillai Thillai Nathan	675	20.3
Majority			218	6.5
Turnout			3,380	45.1
	Labour Party win (new seat)

References

1. "Singapore Electoral Constituencies". Singapore Elections.