Radin Mas Single Member Constituency

Radin Mas
Single Member constituency
for the Parliament of Singapore
RegionCentral Region, Singapore
Electorate25,567
Current constituency
Created1976 (1976)
Seats1
PartyPeople's Action Party
Member(s)Melvin Yong
Town CouncilTanjong Pagar
Merged1988 (1988)
Merged toTiong Bahru GRC
Reformed2011 (2011)
Reformed fromTanjong Pagar GRC

The Radin Mas Single Member Constituency is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) located in the central area of Singapore. It is managed by Tanjong Pagar Town Council. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Melvin Yong from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).

History

Radin Mas Constituency was created in 1976, with Govindasamy Naidu from the PAP winning with 75.65% of the vote.[1] Bernard Chen retained the constituency in one of two by-elections in 1977 after Naidu died.[2] The PAP would continue to retain the constituency in the 1980 and 1984 general elections until 1988, when, with the creation of group representation constituencies (GRCs), it was abolished and made part of the three-member Tiong Bahru GRC.[3][4][5]

For the 2011 general election, Radin Mas Single Member Constituency was carved from Tanjong Pagar GRC, where it had previously been a division.[6][a] Sam Tan, the incumbent MP for the Radin Mas division, won the SMC with 67.1% of the vote against Yip Yew Weng from the National Solidarity Party (NSP).[6][8]

In the 2015 general election, blogger Han Hui Hui ran as an independent candidate for the constituency. She won 10% of the vote, losing her election deposit of $14,500 in the process for not winning at least 12.5% of the vote. Tan, on the other hand, retained the SMC with an improved 77.25% of the vote in a three-cornered fight.[9]

Prior to the 2020 general election, Tan retired from politics. Melvin Yong, the incumbent MP for the Moulmein–Cairnhill division in Tanjong Pagar GRC, was fielded by the PAP to retain the SMC;[10] he won 74.01% of the vote against Kumar Appavoo from the Reform Party (RP), who had been contesting the SMC since 2015.[11][12]

In the 2025 general election, Darryl Lo, another independent candidate, ran in the constituency, claiming that there was no "credible opposition" in Parliament, leading to a three-cornered fight.[13] He won 23.47% of the local vote, while Kumar, now under the banner of the coalition People's Alliance for Reform (PAR), lost his $13,500 deposit with 7.36% of the vote. Yong, the incumbent MP for the SMC, won for the PAP with 69.17% of the vote, a decrease from the 74.01% he had won in 2020.[12]

Constituency profile

Radin Mas SMC covers a portion of Bukit Merah, specifically the suburbs of Redhill, Bukit Merah Central, the eastern half of Telok Blangah, Bukit Purmei Estate and Mount Faber. In the north, it is served by Redhill MRT station (which technically lies in neighbouring Tanjong Pagar GRC) on the East–West Line, as well as Bukit Merah Bus Interchange (not related to the MRT station), while in the south, it is served by the MRT stations of Labrador Park, Telok Blangah, and HarbourFront (and its bus interchange).

Member of Parliament

Year Member Party
Formation
1976 N. Naidu Govindasmy PAP
1977 Bernard Chen
1980 Mohamed Kassim Abdul Jabbar
1984 Chng Hee Kok
Constituency abolished (1988 – 2011)
2011 Sam Tan PAP
2015
2020 Melvin Yong
2025

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 1970s

General Election 1976: Radin Mas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP N. Naidu Govindasmy 13,246 75.7 N/A
WP Othman bin Abdullah 4,263 24.3 N/A
Majority 8,983 51.4 N/A
Turnout 17,879 97.1 N/A
PAP win (new seat)
By-election 1977: Radin Mas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Bernard Chen 12,053 70.6 Decrease5.1
WP J.B. Jeyaretnam 5,021 29.4 Increase5.1
Majority 7,032 41.2 Decrease10.2
Turnout 17,415 94.6 Decrease2.5
PAP hold Swing Decrease5.1

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1980: Radin Mas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Mohamed Kassim Abdul Jabbar 11,335 64.1 Decrease6.5
WP Wong Hong Toy 6,356 35.9 Increase6.5
Majority 4,979 28.2 Decrease13.0
Turnout 18,115 96.1 Increase1.5
PAP hold Swing Decrease6.5
General Election 1984: Radin Mas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chng Hee Kok 9,997 54.0 Decrease10.1
WP Wong Hong Toy 8,519 46.0 Increase10.1
Majority 1,478 8.0 Decrease20.2
Turnout 18,846 95.3 Decrease0.8
PAP hold Swing Decrease10.1

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: Radin Mas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Sam Tan 18,609 67.1 N/A
NSP Yip Yew Weng 9,123 32.9 N/A
Majority 9,486 34.2 N/A
Turnout 28,401 91.2 N/A
PAP win (new seat)
General Election 2015: Radin Mas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Sam Tan 20,230 77.25 Increase10.15
RP Kumar Appavoo 3,329 12.71 N/A
Independent Han Hui Hui 2,629 10.04 N/A
Majority 16,901 64.54 Increase30.34
Rejected ballots 768 2.85 -
Turnout 26,956 93.25 Increase2.05
PAP hold Swing Increase10.15

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Melvin Yong 16,864 74.01 Decrease3.24
RP Kumar Appavoo 5,922 25.99 Increase13.28
Majority 10,942 48.02 Decrease16.52
Total valid votes 22,786 96.53
Rejected ballots 818 3.47
Turnout 23,604 94.68 Increase1.43
Registered electors 24,931
PAP hold Swing Decrease3.24
General Election 2025[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Melvin Yong 15,854 69.12 Decrease4.89
Independent Darryl Lo 5,394 23.52 N/A
PAR Kumar Appavoo 1,689 7.36 Decrease18.63
Majority 10,460 45.60 Decrease2.42
Total valid votes 22,937 98.09 Increase1.56
Rejected ballots 446 1.91 Decrease1.56
Turnout 23,383 91.46 Decrease3.22
Registered electors 25,567 Increase2.55
PAP hold Swing Decrease4.89

Notes

  1. ^ Tanjong Pagar GRC replaced Tiong Bahru GRC upon the latter's abolition in 1991.[7]

References

  1. ^ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  2. ^ "ELD | 1977 Parliamentary By-election Result". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  3. ^ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  4. ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  5. ^ "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times. 15 June 1988. p. 1 – via NewspaperSG.
  6. ^ a b "Sam Tan". Prime Minister's Office (Singapore). 24 July 2020.
  7. ^ "21 single-member wards, 15 GRCs for next election". The Straits Times. 10 August 1991. p. 22. Retrieved 9 May 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
  8. ^ "ELD | 2011 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  9. ^ Tang, Louisa (12 September 2015). "Both independent candidates lose election deposit". TODAY. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  10. ^ "GE2020: Tanjong Pagar GRC's Melvin Yong to stand in Radin Mas SMC; two new faces in team". Yahoo News. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  11. ^ "ELD | 2020 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  12. ^ a b "GE2025 first results in: PAP's Melvin Yong wins Radin Mas SMC". AsiaOne. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  13. ^ "GE2025: 'No credible opposition' party in Radin Mas, says independent candidate Darryl Lo". The Straits Times. 23 April 2025. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Radin Mas" (PDF). 16 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Radin Mas" (PDF). 16 May 2025.

See also

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