Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency

Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency (波东巴西单选区) is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) in the central region of Singapore. The SMC encompasses Potong Pasir, Lorong 8 Toa Payoh and Sennett Estate. The constituency has existed since 1968. Its current Member of Parliament is opposition party Singapore Democratic Alliance's chairman, Chiam See Tong. Chiam has been the Member of Parliament for Potong Pasir SMC since 1984, when People's Action Party candidate Mah Bow Tan (who is currently the Minister for National Development) lost to the former in the 1984 general election. The seat is a hotly contested seat in the general elections. In the 2001 general election, Chiam See Tong won the seat by 751 votes to People's Action Party's Sitoh Yih Pin, clinching 52.4% of the votes. Chiam subsequently improved his winning margin to 55.8% in the 2006 general election.

Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency.

File:Potong Pasir SMC election poster, GE 2006.JPG

Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency's election poster for the 2006 general election. The top features the People's Action Party's candidate, Sitoh Yih Pin and the bottom shows the incumbent Member of Parliament for the seat who is the Singapore Democratic Alliance's Chiam See Tong.

Members of Parliament

• Sellappa Ramaswamy (1968 – 1972)
• Baptist Ivan Cuthbert (1972 – 1979)
• Howe Yoon Chong (1979 – 1984)
• Chiam See Tong (1984 – )

Candidates and results

Election	Seats	Voters	Party		Candidate(s)	Votes	Votes %
Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency
Singapore general election, 1968	1	11,782	PAP	File:Pap logo.gif	Sellappa Ramaswamy	Walkover	Walkover
Singapore general election, 1972	1	13,103	PAP	File:Pap logo.gif	Baptist Ivan Cuthbert	7,772	66.22
			UNF		Harnek Singh	573	4.89
			WP	File:Wp logo.gif	Rajaratnam Murugason	3,391	28.89
Singapore general election, 1976	1	14,167	PAP	File:Pap logo.gif	Baptist Ivan Cuthbert	9,667	74.83
			WP	File:Wp logo.gif	Quek Doh Lam	3,252	25.17
Singapore parliamentary by-election, 1979	1	14,707	PAP	File:Pap logo.gif	Howe Yoon Chong	9,056	66.85
			INDP		Chiam See Tong	4,491	33.15
Singapore general election, 1980	1	10,068	PAP	File:Pap logo.gif	Howe Yoon Chong	5,509	59.05
			SDP	File:Sdp logo.gif	Chiam See Tong	3,821	40.95
Singapore general election, 1984	1	17,915	PAP	File:Pap logo.gif	Mah Bow Tan	6,674	39.72
			SDP	File:Sdp logo.gif	Chiam See Tong	10,128	60.28
Singapore general election, 1988	1	19,852	PAP	File:Pap logo.gif	Kenneth Chen Koon Lap	6,893	36.87
			SDP	File:Sdp logo.gif	Chiam See Tong	11,804	63.13
Singapore general election, 1991	1	19,263	PAP	File:Pap logo.gif	Andy Gan Lai Chiang	5,486	30.36
			SDP	File:Sdp logo.gif	Chiam See Tong	12,582	69.64
Singapore general election, 1997	1	18,759	PAP	File:Pap logo.gif	Andy Gan Lai Chiang	7,895	44.85
			SPP	File:Spp logo.gif	Chiam See Tong	9,709	55.15
Singapore general election, 2001	1	16,616	PAP	File:Pap logo.gif	Sitoh Yih Pin	7,356	47.57
			SDA	File:Sda logo.gif	Chiam See Tong	8,107	52.43
Singapore general election, 2006	1	15,888	PAP	File:Pap logo.gif	Sitoh Yih Pin	6,527	44.18
			SDA	File:Sda logo.gif	Chiam See Tong	8,245	55.82