# Rochore Constituency

Rochore Constituency was a constituency in Singapore that existed from 1951 until 1988. The constituency was represented in the Legislative Council from 1951 until 1955, in the Legislative Assembly from 1955 until 1965, and in Parliament from 1965 until 1988. It elected one member of Parliament.

## History

The constituency was formed in 1951 by merging parts of the Municipal North–East Constituency and the Municipal South-West Constituency. The first election was won by Caralapati Raghaviah Dasaratha Raj of the Labour Party.
In 1955, parts of the constituency were carved out to form Cairnhill, Kampong Kapor and Stamford constituencies. The constituency was won by Tan Theng Chiang of the Labour Front.
In 1959, parts of the constituency were separated to form Crawford and Kampong Glam constituencies. It was then won by Toh Chin Chye of the People's Action Party. Toh will remain the Member of Parliament of the constituency till it merged into Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency in 1988.
In 1988, the constituency was dissolved following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and Single Member Consituency (SMC).

## Member of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| Formation ||||
| Legislative Council of Singapore ||||
| 1951 | Caralapati Raghaviah Dasaratha Raj | LP |
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore ||||
| 1955 | Tan Theng Chiang | LF |
| 1959 | Toh Chin Chye | PAP |
| 1963 | Toh Chin Chye | PAP |
| Parliament of Singapore ||||
| 1968 | Toh Chin Chye | PAP |
| 1972 | Toh Chin Chye | PAP |
| 1976 | Toh Chin Chye | PAP |
| 1980 | Toh Chin Chye | PAP |
| 1984 | Toh Chin Chye | PAP |
| Constituency abolished (1988) ||||

## Electoral results

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%.

### Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1984: Rochore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | PAP | Toh Chin Chye | Walkover |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,164 |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | Swing |
General Election 1980: Rochore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | PAP | Toh Chin Chye | Walkover |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,705 |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | Swing |

### Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1976: Rochore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Toh Chin Chye | 9,053 | 65.50 | 5.10 |
| | BS | Lee Siew Choh | 4,768 | 34.50 | 5.10 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,285 | 31.00 | 10.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,172 | 91.9 | 0.8 |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | Swing | 5.10 | |
General Election 1972: Rochore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PAP | Toh Chin Chye | 6,218 | 60.40 |
| | BS | Lee Siew Choh | 4,076 | 39.60 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,142 | 20.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,552 | 91.1 |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1968: Rochore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | PAP | Toh Chin Chye | Walkover |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,222 |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | Swing |
General Election 1963: Rochore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Toh Chin Chye | 5,015 | 45.56 | 26.20 |
| | BS | Lee Siew Choh | 4,926 | 44.75 | |
| | UPP | Pan Tiek Tai | 1,067 | 9.69 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 89 | 0.81 | 51.10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,117 | 95.0 | 4.2 |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | Swing | 26.20 | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Rochore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAP | Toh Chin Chye | 7,995 | 71.76 | |
| | SPA | Konnolil C. Thomas | 2,212 | 19.85 | |
| | LSP | Tan Soo Wan | 934 | 8.39 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,121 | 51.91 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,287 | 90.8 | 37.7 |
| | PAP gain from LF | PAP gain from LF | Swing | | |
General Election 1955: Rochore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LF | Tan Theng Chiang | 2,929 | 46.25 | |
| | DP | Ong Eng Lian | 1,897 | 29.95 | |
| | PP | Soh Ghee Soon | 1,507 | 23.80 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,032 | 16.30 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,414 | 53.1 | 8 |
| | LF gain from Labour Party | LF gain from Labour Party | Swing | | |
General Election 1951: Rochore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Party | Caralapati Raghaviah Dasaratha Raj | 1,433 | 43.1 | |
| | Independent | Mohamed Javad Namazie | 1,215 | 36.6 | |
| | Independent | Pandarapillai Thillai Nathan | 675 | 20.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 218 | 6.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,380 | 45.1 | |
| | Labour Party win (new seat) | Labour Party win (new seat) | Labour Party win (new seat) | Labour Party win (new seat) | Labour Party win (new seat) |

## Historical maps

* 1955 General Election