Aljunied Single Member Constituency

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Not to be confused with the larger constituency with similar name of Aljunied Group Representation Constituency, which is the first Group Representation Constituency to be won by an opposition party in 2011 Singapore General Elections.

Aljunied Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 阿裕尼單選區; Simplified Chinese: 阿裕尼单选区) is a defunct single member constituency in Aljunied, Singapore that was formed in 1959 and continued throughout till 1988 where it was one of the wards that form the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency.

Members of Parliament

Candidates and results

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1984: Aljunied
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chin Harn Tong Walkover
Turnout 19,045 N/A
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1980: Aljunied
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chin Harn Tong 13,313 84.59 +9.71
UF Sim Peng Kim 2,425 15.41 +15.41
Turnout 16,191 95.1 +0.8
PAP hold Swing +9.71

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1976: Aljunied
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chin Harn Tong 12,230 74.88 +3.37
WP Lim Kang Chew 4,103 24.25 +0.87
Turnout 16,645 94.3 -0.4
PAP hold Swing +3.37
General Election 1972: Aljunied
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Chin Harn Tong 12,861 71.51
WP Lim Kang Chew 4,360 24.25
United National Front Amir Ali bin Mohamed 762 4.24
Turnout 18,251 94.7 N/A
PAP hold Swing

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1968: Aljunied
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail Walkover
Turnout 14,472 N/A
PAP hold Swing
General Election 1963: Aljunied
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Suppiah Visva Lingam 7,745 50.90 +1.5
BS Thio Kheng Lock 4,624 30.39 +30.39
SA Lim Koon Teck 1,681 11.05 +11.05
UPP Woo Kong Seng 1,165 7.66 +7.66
Turnout 15,347 95.0 +6.6
PAP hold Swing +1.5

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Aljunied
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAP Suppiah Visva Lingam 5,701 49.40
LSP Edward Henry Holloway 5,004 43.36
Partai Rakyat Tang Yoong Chiaw 835 7.24
Turnout 11,713 88.4
PAP win (new seat)

See also

References


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