1991 General Election

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Main Event[edit]

Event Date[1]
Nomination day 21 August 1991
Polling day 31 August 1991

Electoral Boundaries[edit]

4-Members Group Representative Constituency

Changes in boundaries
Constituency Changes
GRC
Aljunied GRC Absorbed Paya Lebar SMC
Ang Mo Kio GRC Formed from Ang Mo Kio SMC, Kebun Baru SMC, Teck Ghee SMC and Yio Chu Kang SMC
Bedok GRC Absorbed Fengshan SMC and Siglap SMC
Tanah Merah division was absorbed into Bedok division
Brickworks GRC Absorbed Clementi and West Coast divisions from Pasir Panjang GRC
Alexandra division was absorbed into Brickworks and Queenstown divisions
Pasir Panjang division was absorbed into Brickworks division
Cheng San GRC Absorbed Punggol SMC
Eunos GRC Absorbed Changi SMC
Changi and Tampines North division were split to include Pasir Ris division
Hong Kah GRC Hong Kah West division was split from Hong Kah South division
Jalan Besar GRC Absorbed Kallang SMC and a portion of Whampoa SMC
Kampong Glam GRC Formed from Cairnhill SMC, Kampong Glam SMC, Kim Seng SMC, Moulmein SMC and Whampoa SMC
Marine Parade GRC Absorbed MacPherson SMC
Sembawang GRC Absorbed Bukit Panjang SMC
Tampines GRC Split Changkat division to include Changkat South division
Tanjong Pagar GRC Formed from Henderson SMC, Tanjong Pagar SMC and Telok Blangah SMC, and a majority of Tiong Bahru GRC
Thomson GRC Formed from Serangoon Gardens SMC and Thomson SMC
Divisions split to form Bishan East and Bishan North
Toa Payoh GRC Absorbed Kim Keat SMC

Results[edit]

Parties and alliances Leader Seats Popular vote[2] % ±
Contested Won
People's Action Party (PAP) Goh Chok Tong 81 77 477,760 60.97 ▼ 2.20
Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Chiam See Tong 9 3 93,856 11.98 ▲ 0.18
Workers' Party (WP) J B Jeyaretnam 13 1 112,010 14.29 ▼ 2.43
National Solidarity Party (NSP) Rasiah Thiagarajah 8 0 57,306 7.31 ▲ 3.55
Justice Party, Singapore (JPS) Suib Bin Abdul Rahman 4 0 15,222 1.94 ▲ 0.85
Independent(s) N/A 7 0 14,596 1.86 N/A
Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura (PKMS) Sahid Bin Sahooman 4 0 12,862 1.64 ▲ 0.63
Electorate 1,692,384
Walkover 844,668
Total Votes cast 805,573 95.03
Valid Votes 783,612 97.27

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