Cairnhill Constituency
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Cairnhill | |
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Former Single Member Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
Region | Central Region, Singapore |
Electorate | 23,197 (1988) |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1955 |
Abolished | 1991 |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | |
Replaced by | Kampong Glam GRC |
Cairnhill Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1991, and was merged into the Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency.
Lim Kim San was the elected Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1980 and then from 1980 to 1991.
Constituency changes[]
Election | Boundary changes |
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1955 | Constituency formed from Balestier, Rochore and Tanglin. |
1959 | Part of the constituency separated to form River Valley. |
1988 | Constituency became a Single Member Constituency and absorbed River Valley. |
1991 | Constituency abolished and merged into Kampong Glam GRC as Cairnhill ward. |
Member of Parliament[]
Year | Member | Party | |
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Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||
1955 | David Marshall | LF | |
1957 | LSP | ||
1959 | Lim Yew Hock | SPA | |
1963 | Lim Kim San | PAP | |
Parliament of Singapore | |||
1968 | Lim Kim San | PAP | |
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | Wong Kwei Cheong | ||
1984 | |||
1988 |
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 the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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LF | David Marshall | 3,305 | 47.58 | |
PP | Tan Chye Cheng | 2,530 | 36.42 | |
DP | Tan Khiang Khoo | 1,111 | 16.0 | |
Majority | 775 | 11.16 | ||
Registered electors | 11,239 | |||
Total valid votes | 6,946 | 99.07 | ||
Rejected ballots | 65 | 0.93 | ||
Turnout | 7,011 | 62.38 | ||
LF win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
LSP | Soh Ghee Soon | 2,342 | 40.28 | N/A | |
Independent | Goh Kong Beng | 1,281 | 22.03 | N/A | |
LF | Keng Ban Ee | 1,118 | 19.23 | N/A | |
Malay Union | Tengku Muda Muhamed bin Mahmud | 983 | 16.90 | N/A | |
Independent | Mirza Abdul Majid | 91 | 1.56 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,061 | 18.25 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 14,802 | 31.7 | |||
Total valid votes | 5,815 | 98.74 | 0.33 | ||
Rejected ballots | 74 | 1.26 | 0.33 | ||
Turnout | 5,889 | 39.79 | 22.59 | ||
LSP gain from LF |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SPA | Lim Yew Hock | 5,275 | 48.22 | N/A | |
WP | David Marshall | 2,920 | 26.69 | N/A | |
PAP | Oh Su Chen | 2,262 | 20.68 | N/A | |
LSP | Tan Keng Siong | 483 | 4.41 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,355 | 21.53 | 3.28 | ||
Registered electors | 12,239 | 17.32 | |||
Total valid votes | 10,940 | 89.39 | 9.35 | ||
Rejected ballots | 105 | 10.61 | 9.35 | ||
Turnout | 11,045 | 90.24 | 50.45 | ||
SPA gain from LSP |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Lim Kim San | 7,749 | 66.46 | N/A | |
BS | Lim Ang Chuan | 2,443 | 20.95 | N/A | |
SA | Lee Ah Seong | 1,467 | 12.59 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,306 | 45.51 | 23.98 | ||
Registered electors | 12,340 | 0.83 | |||
Total valid votes | 11,659 | 99.22 | 9.83 | ||
Rejected ballots | 92 | 0.78 | 9.83 | ||
Turnout | 11,751 | 95.23 | 4.99 | ||
PAP gain from SA |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Lim Kim San | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 12,287 | 0.43 | |||
PAP hold |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Lim Kim San | 8,458 | 80.92 | N/A | |
United National Front | Paul Elisha | 1,994 | 19.08 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,464 | 61.84 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,952 | 2.73 | |||
Total valid votes | 10,452 | 97.96 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 218 | 2.04 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,670 | 89.27 | N/A | ||
PAP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAP | Lim Kim San | 7,979 | 68.17 | 12.75 | |
Independent | Chiam See Tong | 3,726 | 31.83 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,253 | 36.34 | 25.5 | ||
Registered electors | 13,419 | 12.27 | |||
Total valid votes | 11,705 | 97.91 | 0.05 | ||
Rejected ballots | 251 | 2.09 | 0.05 | ||
Turnout | 11,956 | 89.1 | 0.2 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 12.75 |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | 11,444 | 71.79 | 3.62 | ||
SDP | Fok Tai Loy | 4,498 | 28.21 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,946 | 43.58 | 7.24 | ||
Registered electors | 18,133 | 35.13 | |||
Total valid votes | 15,942 | 97.97 | 0.06 | ||
Rejected ballots | 331 | 2.03 | 0.06 | ||
Turnout | 16,273 | 89.7 | 0.6 | ||
PAP hold | Swing | 3.62 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Wong Kwei Cheong | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 15,862 | 12.52 | |||
PAP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Wong Kwei Cheong | 12,779 | 63.98 | N/A | |
SDP | Jimmy Tan Tiang Hoe | 7,194 | 36.02 | N/A | |
Registered electors | 23,197 | 46.24 | |||
Majority | 5,585 | 27.96 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 19,973 | 98.04 | |||
Rejected ballots | 399 | 1.96 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,372 | 87.82 | N/A | ||
PAP hold |
Historical maps[]
1955 General Elections
References[]
- ^ "ELD | 1955 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1955 > Cairnhill". www.singapore-elections.com. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "ELD | 1957 Legislative Assembly By-election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
- ^ "Singapore Legislative Assembly By-Election 1957 > Cairnhill". www.singapore-elections.com.
- ^ "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
- ^ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1959 > Cairnhill". www.singapore-elections.com.
- ^ "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
- ^ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1963 > Cairnhill". www.singapore-elections.com.
- ^ "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
- ^ "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1972 > Cairnhill". www.singapore-elections.com.
- ^ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1976 > Cairnhill". www.singapore-elections.com.
- ^ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1980 > Cairnhill". www.singapore-elections.com.
- ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
- ^ "ELD | 1988 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
- ^ "Singapore Parliamentary General Election 1988 > Cairnhill". www.singapore-elections.com.
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