Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency

Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a single member constituency in Singapore that existed from 1980 to 2006. The SMC had only one Member of Parliament, Tan Cheng Bock, of the People's Action Party from the creation of the SMC till its abolishment.

Ayer Rajah Constituency was first formed during the 1980 general election. In 1988, following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and SMC, it was known as Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency..^[1]

Ayer Rajah SMC was made up of Pandan Gardens estate, Teban Gardens estate, parts of Jurong East New Town and Clementi West New Town. In 2006, prior to the 2006 general election, it was absorbed into the West Coast GRC.^[2]

Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.

General Election 1984^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Tan Cheng Bock	14,050	75.44	7.95
	SJP	Suib bin Abdul Rahman	4,575	24.56	7.95
Majority			9,475	50.88	15.90
Total valid votes			18,625	96.40	0.80
Rejected ballots			695	3.60	0.80
Turnout			19,320	96.52	0.39
Registered electors			20,017		26.79
	PAP hold		Swing	7.95

General Election 1988^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Tan Cheng Bock	14,824	69.55	5.89
	WP	Tan Song Gek	6,489	30.45	N/A
Majority			8,335	39.10	11.78
Total valid votes			21,313	98.03	1.63
Rejected ballots			429	1.97	1.63
Turnout			21,742	96.49	0.03
Registered electors			22,532		12.56
	PAP hold		Swing	5.89

General Election 1991^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Tan Cheng Bock	15,038	75.16	5.61
	PKMS	Mohammed Aziz bin Ibrahim	4,971	24.84	N/A
Majority			10,067	50.32	11.22
Total valid votes			20,009	96.28	0.12
Rejected ballots			773	3.72	0.12
Turnout			20,782	94.95	1.54
Registered electors			21,887		2.86
	PAP hold		Swing	5.61

General Election 1997^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Tan Cheng Bock	15,081	73.17	1.99
	SPP	Sin Kek Tong	5,531	26.83	N/A
Majority			9,550	46.34	3.98
Total valid votes			20,612	97.76	1.48
Rejected ballots			473	2.24	1.48
Turnout			21,085	95.73	0.78
Registered electors			22,025		0.63
	PAP hold		Swing	1.99

General Election 2001^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Tan Cheng Bock	15,024	87.96	14.79
	DPP	Tan Lead Shake	2,057	12.04	N/A
Majority			12,967	75.92	29.58
Total valid votes			17,081	98.05	0.29
Rejected ballots			339	1.95	0.29
Turnout			17,420	94.29	1.44
Registered electors			18,475		16.12
	PAP hold		Swing	14.8

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