Aljunied Constituency
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Aljunied | |
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Former Single Member Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | Singapore |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1959 |
Abolished | 1988 |
Seats | 1 |
Party | People's Action Party |
Member(s) | Chin Harn Tong |
Town Council | Aljunied |
Replaced by | Aljunied GRC |
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.
Member of Parliament[]
Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
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Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
1959 | PAP | ||
1963 | |||
Parliament of Singapore | |||
1968 | PAP | ||
1972 | Chin Harn Tong | ||
1976 | |||
1980 | |||
1984 |
Elections[]
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 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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PAP | 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 | |||||
Rejected ballots | |||||
Turnout | 11,713 | 88.4 | |||
PAP win (new seat) |
Elections in 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Suppiah Visva Lingam | 7,745 | 50.90 | 1.5 | |
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 | |||||
Rejected ballots | |||||
Turnout | 15,347 | 95.0 | 6.6 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Unopposed | ||||
Registered electors | 14,472 | 10.40 | |||
PAP hold |
Elections in 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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[]
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Chin Harn Tong | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 19,045 | 11.92 | |||
PAP hold |
See also[]
- Aljunied GRC
References[]
- ^ "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "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.
Categories:
- Aljunied
- Constituencies established in 1959
- Constituencies disestablished in 1988
- 1959 establishments in Singapore
- 1988 disestablishments in Singapore
- Singaporean electoral divisions
- Singapore geography stubs