Anson Single Member Constituency

History

• 1959 - Carved out from Tanjong Pagar SMC

Candidates and results

3rd Legislative Assembly / 1st Parliament

1963 General Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	People's Action Party	P. Govindasamy	3,957	46.90	▲ 10.15
	Barisan Sosialis	Chan Chong Keen	3,123	37.02
	Singapore Alliance	A. K. Isaac	543	6.44	▼ 11.40
	Independent	David Marshall	416	4.93
	United People's Party	Vythalingam V.	306	3.63
	Workers' Party	Chiang Seok Keong	91	1.08	▼ 42.24
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
Electorate			9,192
Turnout			8,506	92.54
Valid Vote			8,436	99.18
	People's Action Party hold		Swing	N/A

2nd Legislative Assembly

1961 July By Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Workers' Party	David Marshall	3,598	43.32
	People's Action Party	M. Awang	3,052	36.75	▼ 24.00
	Singapore Alliance	Chee Phui Hung	1,482	17.84
	Liberal Socialist Party	Ismail Haji Hussain	104	1.25	▼ 13.22
	Singapore Congress	K. M. Ibrahim	69	0.84
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
Electorate			9,816
Turnout			9,566	97.45
Valid Vote			8,305	86.82
	Workers' Party hold		Swing	N/A

1959 General Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	People's Action Party	Baharudin bin Mohamed Ariff	5,167	60.75
	Singapore People's Alliance	Goh Kong Beng	1,875	22.04
	Liberal Socialist Party	Tan Cheng Chuan	1,231	14.47
	Independent	Wong Swee Kee	117	1.38
	Independent	P. Krishanan	116	1.36
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
	Independent	sgWiki	0	0.00
Electorate			9,921
Turnout			8,608	86.77
Valid Vote			8,506	98.82
	People's Action Party hold		Swing	N/A