Aljunied Constituency was a 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.
| Aljunied | |
|---|---|
| Former Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1959 |
| Abolished | 1988 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Member(s) | Constituency Abolished |
| Replaced by | Aljunied GRC |
Member of Parliament
edit| Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
| 1959 | Suppiah Visva Lingam | PAP | |
| 1963 | |||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||
| 1968 | Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail | PAP | |
| 1972 | Chin Harn Tong | ||
| 1976 | |||
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | |||
Elections
editNote : 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 1950s
edit| 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 | ||
| Majority | 697 | 6.04 | |||
| Registered electors | 13,255 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 11,540 | 98.52 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 173 | 1.48 | |||
| Turnout | 11,713 | 88.37 | |||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in 1960s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Suppiah Visva Lingam | 7,745 | 50.90 |  1.50
| |
| BS | Thio Kheng Lock | 4,624 | 30.39 | N/A | |
| SA | Lim Koon Teck | 1,681 | 11.05 | N/A | |
| UPP | Woo Kong Seng | 1,165 | 7.66 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3121 | 20.51 | 14.47
| ||
| Registered electors | 16,152 | 21.86
| |||
| Total valid votes | 15,215 | 99.14 | 0.62
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 132 | 0.86 |  0.62
| ||
| Turnout | 15,347 | 95.02 | 6.65
| ||
| PAP hold | Swing | 1.50
|
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 14,472 | 10.40
| |||
| PAP hold | |||||
Elections in 1970s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Chin Harn Tong | 12,861 | 71.51 | N/A | |
| WP | Lim Kang Chew | 4,360 | 24.25 | N/A | |
| United National Front | Amir Ali bin Mohamed | 762 | 4.24 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8501 | 47.26 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 19,278 | 33.20
| |||
| Total valid votes | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 18,251 | 94.7 | N/A | ||
| PAP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Chin Harn Tong | 12,230 | 74.88 | 3.37
| |
| WP | Lim Kang Chew | 4,103 | 25.12 | 0.87
| |
| Majority | 8,127 | 49.76 | 2.5
| ||
| Registered electors | 17,461 | 9.42
| |||
| Total valid votes | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 16,645 | 94.3 | 0.4
| ||
| PAP hold | Swing | 3.37
|
|||
Elections in 1980s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Chin Harn Tong | 13,313 | 84.59 | 9.71
| |
| DPP | Sim Peng Kim | 2,425 | 15.41 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,888 | 69.18 | 19.42
| ||
| Registered electors | 17,017 | 2.54
| |||
| Total valid votes | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 16,191 | 95.1 | 0.8
| ||
| PAP hold | Swing | 9.71
|
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Chin Harn Tong | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 19,045 | 11.92
| |||
| PAP hold | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1959 > Aljunied". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1963 > Aljunied". www.singapore-elections.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
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