Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency
Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency (Chinese: 武吉知马单选区; pinyin: Wǔjí Zhīmǎ dānxuǎnqū) is a former single-member constituency (SMC) in Bukit Timah, Singapore. The name - Bukit Timah still exists since the independence.
Bukit Timah | |
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Former Single Member Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | Central Region, Singapore |
Electorate | 26,951 (2001) |
Former constituency | |
Created | 2001 |
Abolished | 2006 |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | Bukit Timah GRC |
Replaced by | Holland–Bukit Timah GRC |
Bukit Timah | |
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Former Single Member Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | Central Region, Singapore |
Electorate | 24,512 (1991) |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1951 |
Abolished | 1997 |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | Rural West |
Replaced by | Bukit Timah GRC |
History
It is one of the oldest spanning the mature estates of Clementi, Jurong East, Jurong West, Boon Lay, Joo Koon, and most of it until it was developed in 1963. In 1963, it broke away with the Jurong SMC, followed by in 1980 distributed to Ayer Rajah SMC, Clementi SMC and West Coast SMC with the growing development of Clementi, and in 1984 to Yuhua SMC and Hong Kah SMC with the growing development of Jurong East. It finally absorbed into Bukit Timah GRC (now defunct) along with Bukit Batok SMC, Jurong SMC, Ulu Pandan SMC and Yuhua SMC.
In 2001, it reappeared as Bukit Batok was split into two and thus the newly formed Bukit Batok East as well as a newly formed Taman Jurong which used to be part of Bukit Gombak SMC along with Jurong that was renamed as Jurong Central together with Yuhua forms the newly created Jurong GRC and remains until date while Ulu Pandan was one of the founding wards of the then Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC.
However, the revival of Bukit Timah SMC did not last long as it was absorbed into Holland–Bukit Timah GRC in 2006 and holds until date as Wang Kai Yuen had retired on 2006 and hence, Yu-Foo Yee Shoon was the successor of this ward.
Constituency changes
Election | Boundary changes | Electorate |
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1951 | Constituency formed from Rural West. | 3,850 |
1955 | Parts of the constituency separated to form Bukit Panjang, Pasir Panjang, Queenstown, Sembawang and Southern Islands. | 9,173 |
1959 | Part of the constituency separated to form Jurong. | 11,285 |
1963 | No changes. | 12,502 |
1966 by-election | No changes. | 14,854 |
1968 | No changes. | 16,769 |
1972 | Part of the constituency separated to form Bukit Batok. | 15,476 |
1976 | No changes. | 13,132 |
1980 | Parts of the constituency separated to form Ayer Rajah, Clementi and West Coast. | 15,334 |
1984 | Part of the constituency separated to form Yuhua. | 17,238 |
1988 | Constituency became a Single Member Constituency. | 20,222 |
1991 | No changes. | 24,512 |
1997 | Constituency abolished and merged into Bukit Timah GRC as Bukit Timah ward. | |
2001 | Single Member Constituency formed from Bukit Timah ward in Bukit Timah GRC. | 26,951 |
2006 | Constituency abolished and merged into Holland–Bukit Timah GRC as Bukit Timah ward. |
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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Legislative Council of Singapore | |||
1951 | Hollupatherage James Caldera Kulasingha | Progressive Party | |
Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
1955 | Lim Chin Siong | People's Action Party | |
1959 | Ya'acob bin Mohamed | People's Action Party | |
1963 | Lee Tee Tong | Barisan Sosialis | |
1966 by-election | Chor Yeok Eng | People's Action Party | |
Parliament of Singapore | |||
1968 | Chor Yeok Eng | People's Action Party | |
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | |||
1984 | Wang Kai Yuen | People's Action Party | |
1988 | |||
1991 | |||
1997 | Constituency abolished and merged into Bukit Timah GRC | ||
2001 | Wang Kai Yuen | People's Action Party | |
2006 | Constituency abolished and merged into Holland-Bukit Timah GRC |
Candidates and Results
Elections in 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Wang Kai Yuen | 19,121 | 77.37 | N/A | |
SDA | Tong Meng Chye | 4,376 | 17.71 | N/A | |
Independent | Tan Kim Chuang | 1,215 | 4.92 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,745 | 54.36 | |||
Turnout | 26,951 | N/A | |||
PAP win (new seat) |
Elections in 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Wang Kai Yuen | 16,080 | 72.64 | N/A | |
WP | Zeng Guo Yuan | 5,683 | 25.68 | N/A | |
Independent | Md Sani Jan | 371 | 4.92 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,397 | 46.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,695 | 92.6 | N/A | ||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Wang Kai Yuen | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 21,043 | N/A | |||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Wang Kai Yuen | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 17,238 | N/A | |||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Chor Yeok Eng | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 17,238 | N/A | |||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Chor Yeok Eng | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 13,132 | N/A | |||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Chor Yeok Eng | 9,475 | 66.78 | ||
BS | K. K. Nair | 4,714 | 33.22 | ||
Majority | 4,761 | 33.6 | |||
Turnout | 14,598 | 94.3 | N/A | ||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Chor Yeok Eng | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 13,132 | N/A | |||
PAP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Chor Yeok Eng | Walkover | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 14,854 | N/A | |||
PAP gain from BS | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BS | Lee Tee Tong | 6,173 | 52.39 | +52.39 | |
PAP | Chor Yeok Eng | 4,982 | 42.28 | -18.86 | |
UPP | Ong Tiong Kuan | 628 | 5.33 | +5.33 | |
Majority | 1,191 | 10.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,935 | 95.5 | +5.2 | ||
BS gain from PAP | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Ya'acob bin Mohamed | 6,174 | 61.14 | +8.69 | |
LSP | Pek Cheng Chuan | 2,460 | 24.36 | -8.31 | |
Independent | Lee Yew Seng | 1,464 | 14.50 | +14.50 | |
Majority | 3,714 | 36.7 | |||
Turnout | 10,190 | 90.3 | +21.9 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | +8.69 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Lim Chin Siong | 3,259 | 52.45 | +52.45 | |
DP | Tan Wah Meng | 1,308 | 21.05 | +21.05 | |
LF | A. N. Mitra | 924 | 14.88 | +14.88 | |
PP | S. F. Ho | 722 | 11.62 | -45.53 | |
Majority | 1,951 | 31.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,272 | 68.4 | +8.00 | ||
PAP gain from PP | Swing | -45.53 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PP | Hollupatherage James Caldera Kulasingha | 1,311 | 57.15 | ||
Labour Party | Valiya Purayil Abdullah | 983 | 42.85 | ||
Majority | 428 | 14.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,326 | 60.4 | N/A | ||
PP win (new seat) |
See also
References
- 2001 General Election's result
- 1991 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
- Third 1966 By-Election's result
- 1963 General Election's result
- 1959 General Election's result
- 1955 General Election's result
- 1951 General Election's result