Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency Explained

Type:	Group Representation
Toa Payoh
Year:	1988
Parl Name:	Parliament of Singapore
Member:	Constituency Abolished
Seats:	4
Region:	Singapore
Local Council Label:	Town Council
Next:	Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC

Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (GRC) was a group representation constituency that from 1988 to 1997 comprised Kuo Chuan, Boon Teck and Toa Payoh, in the Central Region of Singapore. The MPs are Davinder Singh,Ho Tat Kin and S. Dhanabalan.

Kim Keat Single Member Constituency was absorbed in the 1991 elections. In 1997, the ward was merged along with Thomson GRC to form Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC.

Ong would resign in 1993 to contest in the Presidential Election and later become the 5th President of Singapore.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election	Division	Incumbent	Party
	Kuo Chuan Boon Teck Toa Payoh	Wong Kan Seng Ho Tat Kin Davinder Singh		PAP
1991	Kuo Chuan Boon Teck Toa Payoh Kim Keat	S Dhanabalan Ho Tat Kin Davinder Singh Ong Teng Cheong (1991-1993)

Ong Teng Cheong resigned as Member of Parliament in 1993 to contest in the 1993 Presidential Elections. However, no by-election was called on the ground since it was a Group Representation Constituency, and the workload for the ward was distributed among the rest of the team.

Candidates and results

Elections in the 1990s

Notes and References

1. Web site: 18 June 2020. From MP to president: What happens when my MP becomes the head of state?. 6 January 2022. AsiaOne. en.