Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency

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Bukit Batok
Single Member Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	West Region, Singapore
Electorate	29,950
Current constituency
Created	1972; 49 years ago (1972)
Seats	1
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	Murali Pillai
Town Council	Jurong–Clementi
Merged	1997
Merged to	Bukit Timah GRC
Reformed	2015
Reformed from	Jurong GRC

The Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency is a Single Member Constituency covering a portion of Bukit Batok (Neighbourhood 1,6 and Parts of N2) in Singapore. The current MP is Murali Pillai.

History[]

In 1972, Bukit Batok SMC was created by carving out places from Bukit Timah SMC, Chua Chu Kang SMC and Bukit Panjang SMC. It existed from 1972 to 1997, when it was merged with Bukit Timah GRC. It was carved out as an SMC again ahead of the 2015 general elections. It absorbed part of Bukit Panjang, Bukit Timah & Choa Chu Kang constituencies in 1972.^[1]

In 2016, incumbent PAP MP, David Ong, resigned due to personal reasons and a by-election was called to replace the empty seat. On 7 May, Murali Pillai won the Bukit Batok by-election against Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) secretary-general, Chee Soon Juan by a vote count of 61.2% to 38.8%.

At the 2020 Singaporean general election, Pillai was challenged by Chee again and won with a vote count of 54.80% to 45.20%.

Town council[]

Bukit Batok SMC, Jurong Group Representation Constituency and Yuhua SMC are managed by Jurong–Clementi Town Council.

Members of Parliament[]

Electoral results[]

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 1970s[]

General Election 1976: Bukit Batok^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP		12,216	84.57	10.79
	SJP	Sulaiman Jaffar	2,229	15.43	N/A
Majority			9,987	69.14	21.6
Registered electors			15,650		7.46
Total valid votes			14,445	96.88	0.28
Rejected ballots			465	3.12	0.28
Turnout			14,910	95.27	1.72
	PAP hold		Swing	10.79

Elections in 1980s[]

General Election 1980: Bukit Batok^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP		Unopposed
Registered electors			18,275		16.77
	PAP hold

General Election 1984: Bukit Batok^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP		14,767	78.27	N/A
	UPF	Tan Jue Kit	4,099	21.73	N/A
Majority			10,668	56.54	N/A
Registered electors			20,812		13.88
Total valid votes			18,866	96.23	N/A
Rejected ballots			740	3.77	N/A
Turnout			19,606	94.21	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1988: Bukit Batok^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Chit Chung	12,873	55.94	N/A
	SDP	Kwan Yue Keng	10,139	44.06	N/A
Majority			2,734	11.88	44.66
Registered electors			24,138		15.98
Total valid votes			23,012	96.88	0.65
Rejected ballots			381	3.12	0.65
Turnout			23,393	96.91	2.7
	PAP hold		Swing	22.33

Elections in 1990s[]

General Election 1991: Bukit Batok^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Chit Chung	12,205	51.8	4.1
	SDP	Kwan Yue Keng	11,347	48.2	4.1
Majority			858	3.57	8.2
Registered electors			24,908
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout			24,067	96.6	0.3
	PAP hold		Swing	4.1

Elections in 2010s[]

By-election 2016: Bukit Batok^[16][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	K. Muralidharan Pillai	14,452	61.23	11.79
	SDP	Chee Soon Juan	9,150	38.77	12.39
Majority			5,302	22.46	24.18
Registered electors			25,727
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots			622	2.57	0.43
Turnout			24,192	94.03	0.21
	PAP hold		Swing	12.09

Elections in 2020s[]

General Election 2020: Bukit Batok^[18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	K. Muralidharan Pillai	15,476	54.80	6.43
	SDP	Chee Soon Juan	12,764	45.20	6.43
Majority			2,712	9.60
Registered electors			29,950
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots			533	1.85
Turnout			28,773	96.07	2.04
	PAP hold		Swing	6.43

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