Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency
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- Not to be confused with another defunct ward called Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency that existed only from 1991 to 1997 that covers a larger area than this ward by including Cairnhill, Moulmein and Kim Seng.
Kampong Glam Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 甘榜格南單選區; Simplified Chinese: 甘榜格南单选区) is a former single member constituency in Kampong Glam, Singapore that existed from 1959 to 1991 where it was absorbed and formed into Kampong Glam GRC, only to be disbanded and release this ward into SMC in 1997 til 2001, before it was absorbed into the then defunct Jalan Besar GRC.
Contents
Members of Parliament
- S Rajaratnam (1959 - 1988)
- Loh Meng See (1988 - 1991, 1997 - 2001)
Constituency abolished (1991 - 1997 and 2001 - present)
Candidates and Results
Elections in 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Loh Meng See | 13,446 | 74.5 | N/A | |
DPP | Tan Lead Shake | 4,598 | 25.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,446 | 74.5 | |||
Turnout | 18,648 | N/A | |||
PAP win (new seat) |
Elections in 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Loh Meng See | 12,525 | 67.3 | N/A | |
WP | Frederick De Wind | 5,800 | 31.2 | N/A | |
Angkatan Islam | Mohamad Sani bin Jan | 280 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,725 | 36.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,959 | 87.1 | N/A | ||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Rajaratnam Sinnathamby | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 18,127 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Rajaratnam Sinnathamby | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 17,241 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Rajaratnam Sinnathamby | 13,114 | 80.1 | N/A | |
United People's Front | Ang Bee Lian | 3,241 | 19.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,873 | 60.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16,787 | 91.0 | N/A | ||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Rajaratnam Sinnathamby | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 7,542 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Rajaratnam Sinnathamby | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 9,484 | ||||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Rajaratnam Sinnathamby | 4,313 | 44.8 | -20.5 | |
BS | Tan Jing Quee | 4,093 | 42.5 | +42.5 | |
UPP | Harbans Singh | 1,224 | 12.7 | +12.7 | |
Majority | 220 | 2.3 | -45 | ||
Turnout | 9,738 | 95.6 | +6 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | -20.5 |
Elections in 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Rajaratnam Sinnathamby | 6,324 | 65.3 | N/A | |
SPA | Mahmood bin Latiff | 1,747 | 18.0 | N/A | |
LSP | Ong Eng Lian | 1,377 | 14.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Wu Shiaw | 241 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,577 | 47.3 | |||
Turnout | 9,792 | 89.6 | N/A | ||
PAP win (new seat) |
References
- 1997 General Election's result
- 1988 General Election's result
- 1984 General Election's result
- 1980 General Election's result
- 1976 General Election's result
- 1972 General Election's result
- 1968 General Election's result
- 1963 General Election's result
- 1959 General Election's result
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